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Todd A. Mortensen

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    Todd Mortensen represents companies and financial advisors in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganization, and financing transactions.

    He has advised boards of directors, special committees, investment banks and investment funds on sell-side, buy-side, public and private company transactions in a wide range of industries. His practice focuses on advising clients on valuation-related matters in corporate transactions.

    Mr. Mortensen has represented numerous bulge-bracket and boutique investment banks in their engagements to deliver valuation analyses and fairness opinions to companies involved in corporate transactions, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Wells Fargo Securities, UBS, Evercore, Houlihan Lokey, Perella Weinberg Partners, Rothschild & Co., Jefferies, Lincoln International, Cowen, and Tudor Pickering.

    Prior to joining Covington, Mr. Mortensen worked as in-house counsel with a $35 billion AUM credit-focused asset manager and in a number of investment banking and investment management roles at Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo. He is a former professional athlete and speaks fluent Spanish.

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    Over the course of his career at Covington and in prior advisory roles, Mr. Mortensen has advised clients on over 70 corporate transactions, with an aggregate deal value of more than $200 billion. He has worked with clients on a broad variety of transaction types and in a wide range of industries, including:

    Financial Advisor Representations

    • Houlihan Lokey as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Athene Holding Ltd. in its announced $11.3 billion merger with Apollo Global Management
    • Evercore as financial advisor to Straight Path Communications Inc. in its $3.1 billion sale to Verizon Communications Inc.
    • Tudor Pickering Holt & Co as financial advisor to Parsley Energy, Inc. in its $2.27 billion acquisition of Jagged Peak Energy Inc.
    • Rothschild & Co. as financial advisor to Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition with Brookfield Infrastructure of an indirect 41% interest in Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
    • Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to Cryoport, Inc. in its $320 million acquisition of cryogenic related products of Chart Industries, Inc.
    • Perella Weinberg Partners as financial advisor to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in the $201 million sale of its Azamara brand to Sycamore Partners
    • Jefferies as financial advisor to Sierra Wireless, Inc. in the $165 million sale of its automotive embedded module business to Rolling Wireless (H.K.) Ltd.

    • Cowen as financial advisor to NIC, Inc. in its announced $2.3 billion sale to Tyler Technologies, Inc.
    • JPMorgan Chase as financial advisor to Visa, Inc. in its €21.2 acquisition of Visa Europe Limited.
    • Bank of America as financial advisor to United Parcel Service in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Coyote Logistics.
    • Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to the Dow Chemical Company in the $5.0 billion sale of its chlorine business to Olin Corp.
    • Barclays Capital as financial advisor to Bats Global Markets, Inc. in its $3.2 billion sale to CBOE Holdings, Inc.
    • Wells Fargo Securities as financial advisor to Triton Container International Limited in its all-stock merger of equals transaction with TAL International Group, Inc.
    • UBS Securities as financial advisor to American Finance Trust, Inc. in its $1.4 billion acquisition of American Realty Capital - Retail Centers of America, Inc.

    Company Counsel Representations

    • Insight Enterprises, Inc. in its acquisition of data center service provider Datalink Corporation.
    • Harris Corporation in its $4.75 billion acquisition of defense contractor Exelis, Inc.
    • Swiss Re Company Ltd. in the sale of its U.S. subsidiary Aurora National Life Assurance company to Reinsurance Group of America.
    • Bank of Montreal with respect to regulatory matters in its $1.2 billion acquisition of F&C Asset Management plc.

    Restructuring and Reorganization Representations

    • Energy Future Holdings’ special committee of unsecured creditors in connection with EFH’s $42 billion chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
    • Eastman Kodak Company in connection with its global reorganization and $6.8 billion chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
    • The Los Angeles Dodgers in connection with its chapter 11 bankruptcy case and $2.15 billion sale to Guggenheim Partners and Magic Johnson.
    • Radio Shack’s unsecured bondholders in connection with RadioShack’s restructuring and rescue financing negotiations prior to its chapter 11 filing.
    • Dendreon Corporation’s official committee of unsecured creditors in connection with Dendreon’s chapter 11 bankruptcy case and $495 million sale to Valeant Pharmaceuticals.

    Financing Representations

    • Versa Capital Management in its acquisition and financing of Sport Chalet, Inc.
    • Aquiline Capital Partners in its investment in BNC Bancorp.
    • Anchorage Capital Group in its investment in Woodbine Holdings.

    Pro Bono Representations

    • Advised small business owners as a volunteer attorney for the City Bar Justice Center’s COVID-19 Small Business Remote Legal Clinic.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2012
        • Journal of Business Law, Associate Editor
    • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, M.B.A., 2012
        • Director’s List - Top 10% of Class
    • Brigham Young University, B.A., 2003
        • Spanish 
        • Valedictorian, summa cum laude, Humanities College
    Bar Admissions
    • New York
    Languages
    • Spanish
    Pro Bono
    • City Bar Justice Center - COVID-19 Small Business Remote Legal Clinic
    Accolades
    • The Wharton School “40 Under 40 - Alumni to Watch”
    • 1st Place - ABI National Restructuring Case Competition (2011)
    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Chair, Greater New York Chapter
    • University of Pennsylvania JD/MBA Alumni Association, Board Member

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