Jeffrey N. Ostrager

Mr. Ostrager is Chairperson of the Firm’s International Securities Practice Group and is a member of the Firm’s Strategic Planning Committee.

Representative Transactions

• Representation of Flextronics International Ltd. in its acquisition of Solectron Corporation, a NYSE listed company, in a transaction valued at approximately $3.6 billion. This transaction closed in October 2007.
• Representation of Flextronics in its $2.0 billion revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, which closed in May 2007, and its $1.759 billion term loan B facility with Citibank N.A., as Administrative Agent, which financed the acquisition of Solectron Corporation.
• Representation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in a cross-border tender offer conducted simultaneously in the United States and Venezuela to acquire control of Compañía Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV) and in connection with a related purchase agreement to acquire the approximate 28.5% stake of Verizon Communications Inc. The transaction was completed in May 2007.
• Representation of Access Industries, a privately-owned industrial group, in the sale of its 25% + 1 share stake in Svyazinvest, the Russian national telephone company, to OAO Comstar United Telesystems. The transaction closed in December 2006.
• Representation of Flextronics International Ltd. in its acquisition of International DisplayWorks, a Nasdaq listed company, in a transaction valued at approximately $300 million. This transaction closed in November 2006.
• Representation of Flextronics International Ltd. in the sale of its software solutions business to KKR in a transaction valued at $900 million. The transaction closed in September 2006.
• Representation of Flextronics International Ltd. in the merger of its network services business with the Telavie network services business owned by Altor Equity Partners, a Nordic private equity firm. The combined business now operates under the Relacom name. The transaction closed in August 2005.
• Representation of Century Aluminum Company in its offering of $175 million 1.75% Convertible Senior Notes in August 2004.
• Representation of Century Aluminum Company in its offering of $250 million 7.5% Senior Notes in August 2004.
• Representation of Century Aluminum Company in its offer to purchase and consent solicitation for its 11.75% Senior Secured First Mortgage Notes in August 2004.
• Representation of Access Industries, a privately-owned industrial group, in the purchase of a 25% + 1 share stake in Svyazinvest, the Russian national telephone company, from Soros Funds Management and certain other investors. The transaction closed in April 2004.
• Representation of Century Aluminum Company in a $256 million combined follow on and secondary offering in April 2004.
• Representation of the federal Air Transportation Stabilization Board (ATSB) in the implementation of its loan guarantee program supporting U.S. air carriers following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The ATSB representation has included transactions totaling US$1.7 billion in loans to US Airways, Frontier Airlines, America West Airlines, Aloha Airlines and American Trans Air, and has involved equity investments by the ATSB in each of the borrowers.

Education

• J.D., New York University School of Law, 1980
  - Editor, Annual Survey of American Law
• B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1977
  - Phi Beta Kappa

Associations

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• New York State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
  - Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions
  - Committee on Corporate Governance
  - Committee on Legal Opinions
• Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals
• National Association of Stock Planning Professionals

Publications

• “Corporate Governance in the Risk Management Context,” Special Report: Strategies for Successful Public Companies, Financier Worldwide (2008)