• Cleveland-Cliffs in its:
  • $14 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire US Steel
  • $2.5 billion acquisition of Stelco
• Summit Materials in its:
  • $11.5 billion acquisition by Quikrete Holdings
  • $3.2 billion acquisition of Argos USA
• Owens Corning in its $3.9 billion acquisition of Masonite International
• Alcoa in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Alumina
• Nordson in its $800 million acquisition of Atrion
• Evergreen Hill Enterprise, Pte. Ltd. in its $630 million acquisition of Mativ’s engineered papers business
• HNI Corporation in its $485 million acquisition of Kimball International
• Shyft Group in its merger with Aebi Schmidt Group

Prior to joining Davis Polk, James’s experience includes advising:

• Evoqua Water Technologies in its $7.5 billion sale to Xylem Inc.
• Marathon Petroleum in its $23 billion acquisition of Andeavor
• Goodrich in its $18.4 billion sale to United Technologies
• USG in its $7 billion sale to Knauf
• Parker Hannifin in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Clarcor
• Lubrizol in its $9.7 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
• Cintas in its $2.2 billion acquisition of G&K Services
• Exelis in its $4.8 billion acquisition by L3 Harris  
• Duchossois Group in its sale of Chamberlain Group to private equity funds managed by Blackstone
• STERIS in its $3.6 billion acquisition of Cantel Medical
• Vertex Aerospace, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its stock-for-stock merger with Vectrus
• Cooper Tire & Rubber in its $2.5 billion sale to Goodyear Tire & Rubber
• Avient in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Koninklijke DSM’s protective materials business