EXPERIENCE

Arash's transactional representations include:

• The initial purchasers of Itron, Inc.'s US$805 million offering of convertible senior notes
• BNY Mellon Capital Markets in the establishment of DDR Corp.’s US$200 million equity shelf program with an equity forward purchase option
• The underwriters of McDermott International, Inc.’s US$286 million public offering of tangible equity units
• Weatherford International Ltd. in its US$1,265 million registered offering of exchangeable senior notes
• Sempra Energy in its US$1,725 million and US$575 million registered offerings of mandatory convertible preferred stock
• The dealer-manager of Inseego Corp.’s consent solicitation and registered exchange offer of newly issued convertible notes for outstanding convertible notes
• The underwriters of STORE Capital Corporation’s US$360 million initial public offering
• GNC Holdings, Inc. in its private exchange of existing convertible notes for newly issued shares of common stock
• MetLife, Inc. in its US$15.5 billion acquisition of the ALICO division of AIG*
• Eli Lilly in its US$2.5 billion public offering of unsubordinated notes, US$1.5 billion private offering of floating rate notes, and US$1.5 billion private offering of floating rate extendible notes*
• Prudential Retirement in the establishment of longevity swap transactions with Deutsch Bank and Rothesay Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., covering pension liabilities aggregating over £950 million*
• Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited in its US$200 million collared accelerated stock buyback *

* Matters handled prior to joining Latham