Erik Belenky

Partner

King & Spalding

Office Phone:

(404) 572-4600

Direct Phone:

(404) 572-2738


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Bio

Erik Belenky focuses on mergers and acquisitions, where he represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, in the full range of M&A activity, including significant acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions. Erik also has substantial experience counseling companies, including boards of directors and C-Suite executives, on takeover defense, proxy contests, shareholder activism and corporate governance. Erik has advised numerous leading public and private companies on substantial M&A matters, such as Newell Brands, General Electric Company, Baker Hughes Company, Georgia-Pacific, RELX Group (formerly, Reed Elsevier), The Home Depot, United Parcel Service, Xerox Holdings Corporation and Genuine Parts Company. Recent representative transactions include acting for Newell Brands in its acquisition of Jarden Corporation; General Electric Company in the sale of its Small Industrial Motors business to Wolong Electric Group; Baker Hughes Company in the sale of its global Natural Gas Solutions business to First Reserve; Genuine Parts Company in its acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group; Mailchimp in its sale to Intuit; Xerox in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP; and U.S. Xpress in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation. For the last 12 consecutive years, Erik has been listed as a top M&A attorney in Chambers USA. He is also listed in M&A by The Legal 500 US and Best Lawyers in America and has been recognized as a "Client Service All Star MVP" by BTI Consulting Group.

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