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Michelle Rutta

White & Case

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Position: Position: Partner, M&A and Corporate
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
  • Women Leaders
Bar Admissions:
New York
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Languages:
English
Hebrew
Biography

Previous chair of the Public Company Advisory Group, Michelle is a senior partner in the Securities and M&A Groups. Noted for her versatility and breadth of expertise, Michelle has over 30 years of experience in securities law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, acquisition finance, high-yield debt and complex securities offerings.

Overview of the firm’s Diversity Programmes

Michelle serves as a senior partner mentor at the Firm, where she meets with women associates on one-to-one and group bases. She also regularly speaks to the Firm on a global basis regarding issues relating to work-life balance as well as diversity and inclusion matters.

More information about White & Case’s commitment to advancing women is available here.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE: MIC) and its related entities in the US$4.475 billion sale of its Atlantic Aviation business to KKR (NYSE: KKR).
  • Represented Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH), a developer of diagnostic imaging products, in the acquisition of Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGNC), an oncology company.
  • Represented EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) in the tax-free spin-off and merger of its broadcast satellite service business, including nine satellites and certain real estate owned by EchoStar, with a subsidiary of DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH).
  • Represented LifePoint Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) in its US$5.6 billion sale of the company to RCCH HealthCare Partners, owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO).
  • Represented Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: and SIX: ZBH), a global medical technology leader, and ZimVie Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIMV) in the spinoff of ZimVie, Zimmer Biomet's former Dental and Spine businesses.
Academic qualifications

Bachelor of Arts, Queens College (CUNY), summa cum laude (1986)
Juris Doctor, New York University School of Law, (1989)

Address:
New York
Tel:+1 212 819 7864 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.whitecase.com/people/michelle-rutta