Soren Lindstrom

Partner | Corporate
Chair, Capital Markets and Securities

About

Soren Lindstrom leads an active M&A practice in a range of industries and has extensive experience representing clients in complex U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, direct investments, and other strategic alliances. He represents clients in capital market transactions, including IPOs, and frequently counsels management and boards of directors on corporate governance and SEC compliance.

  • A native of Denmark, Soren regularly advises Scandinavian and other European companies in U.S. legal matters, including M&A transactions and the establishment of businesses in the U.S.

    Soren is the Honorary Consul of Denmark in Dallas.

    Soren has been recognized in eleven consecutive years in Chambers Global in the Corporate & M&A area as a foreign expert for Denmark and in The Best Lawyers in America©.

    Soren’s close, value-added relationships with clients have earned him accolades, including from the general counsel of a major NYSE-listed company who describes him as “one of the most practical and effective lawyers I have worked with in almost 35 years of practice,” “smart and exceptionally client-focused,” and able to “bring matters to a close on time and on budget.” Another GC states that Soren “provided exceptional value in the sale of our company to a strategic buyer” and delivered “sophisticated work that maximized shareholder value.” A GC of another major NYSE-listed company describes Soren as “invaluable in helping senior management successfully execute” a transformational acquisition involving multiple countries.

Practices

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Private Equity and Venture Capital

  • Securities

  • International Trade

Admissions

  • Texas

  • New York

  • Denmark

Education

  • Tulane University, M.C.L.

  • King’s College London, LL.M.

  • Aarhus University, J.D. and LL.M.

Affiliations and Memberships

  • Dansk Selskab for Virksomhedsledelse

  • Danish-American Chamber of Commerce, founding board member

  • International Bar Association

  • Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP)

Recognition

Experience

  • FisherBroyles, LLP

  • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  • Alston & Bird LLP

Representative Transactions

U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented PFSWeb, Inc., a Nasdaq listed global fulfillment and logistics company, in its $180 million sale to GXO Logistics by public tender offer and merger.

  • Represented PFSWeb, Inc., a Nasdaq listed global commerce services company, in a $250 million carve-out sale of its LiveArea business unit to Merkle, Inc. (a Dentsu Group company).

  • Represented Amazon.com as Texas deal counsel in its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods, a leading natural and organic foods supermarket.

  • Represented Fujitsu Network Communications, a global information and communications technology company, in its acquisition of a U.S. telecommunications and network provider.

  • Represented Parago, a U.S. incentives and rewards solutions company, in its $290 million merger with Blackhawk Network, a major U.S. prepaid and payment solutions company.

  • Represented Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a U.S. Fortune 200 personal care corporation, in its acquisition of a U.S. manufacturer of personal protective and safety equipment.

  • Represented Perot Systems, a leading NYSE-listed U.S. provider of information technology services and business solutions, in its $3.9 billion merger with Dell.

  • Represented Odyssey HealthCare, a stock-exchange-listed U.S. provider of hospice services, in its $1 billion merger with Gentiva, the largest U.S. provider of home health care, hospice, and related services.

International and Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented Cardea Bio Inc., a leading producer of graphene-based bio compatible chips, in its sale to Paragraf Limited.

  • Acted as U.S. counsel to Japanese publicly-listed Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. in its acquisition of NKT Photonics from Danish publicly-listed NKT for a consideration of approximately EUR 205 million.

  • Represented Nokia, a Finnish multinational network and telecommunications company, in its acquisitions of a U.S. provider of infrastructure and network deployment solutions and a U.S. self-organizing network (SON) technology developer.

  • Represented Ericsson, a Swedish multinational telecommunications company, in its acquisition of a U.S. telecommunications vendor in the networks optimization sector.

  • Represented Mondi Group, a South African multinational packaging and paper company, in its acquisition of a U.S. industrial bags and kraft-paper business.

  • Represented Darling Ingredients, a leading NYSE-listed U.S. developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients, in its €1.6 billion acquisition of a leading Dutch multinational company that develops and produces specialty ingredients from animal origin for applications in pharmaceuticals, food, feed, bioenergy, and more.

  • Represented Norma Group, a leading German industrial group, in its $285 million acquisition of a U.S. drainage, irrigation, and water management company.

  • Represented a Danish logistics and shipping company in its acquisition of the largest ship supply organization in North America.

Private Equity Transactions

  • Representing a prominent Swedish private equity firm in connection with multiple roll-up acquisitions of online media businesses on behalf of its Finnish portfolio company.

  • Represented a Swedish industrial software company, backed by a Finnish private equity firm, in its acquisition of a system integrator company.

  • Represented a Danish private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a multi-national battery and charger manufacturer.

Capital Markets and Public Companies

  • Represented several U.S. companies in initial public offerings, including:

    • A multinational investment banking firm in a $4.1 billion IPO.

    • A major wireless service provider in a $1.3 billion IPO.

    • An engineering, procurement, and construction company in a $544 million IPO.

    • A major insurance and investment management firm in a demutualization and related $3 billion IPO.

    • A provider of general-purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid debit cards in a $204 million IPO.

  • Represented several major U.S. companies in public equity and debt offerings.

  • Represented several major stock-exchange-listed U.S. companies in connection with SEC reporting, corporate governance, and FCPA/anti-bribery compliance.