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Claire Frost's practice involves representing private and public companies in a variety of complex transactions. She advises clients on a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing transactions, collaboration agreements, securities offerings, and minority and majority private equity investments. Ms. Frost also has experience assisting clients with their day-to-day corporate governance matters and in preparing their periodic securities law filings. She assists clients in a number of industries, including life sciences, private equity, technology, insurance and financial services.

Ms. Frost also maintains a pro bono practice, assisting non-profit companies with their formation, filings for tax-exemption, and corporate governance matters.

Experience

  • Pharmavite LLC, the maker of Nature Made vitamins, in its acquisition of Bonafide Health, a provider of drug- and hormone-free women’s health products.
  • Sanofi in its acquisition of Qunol, a U.S.-based market leading brand in health & wellness.
  • Coherus Biosciences Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, in its acquisition of Surface Oncology Inc., a publicly traded clinical-stage immuno-cology company.
  • JHT Holdings Inc., a leading asset light logistics and transportation provider in North America, in its merger with TFI International Inc., a publicly traded leader in the transportation and logistics industry.
  • American Securities in its sale of Milk Specialties Global, a leader in human and animal nutrition, to Butterfly, a California-based private equity firm.
  • National Securities Clearing Corporation in its offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2023 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2025, under Rule 144A and Reg S.
  • The Saul Zaentz Company and its subsidiary, Middle-earth Enterprises, in the sale of the worldwide film, stage, video game, and merchandising rights in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien to Embracer Freemode Iconic Holding Inc., a subsidiary of the Swedish gaming company, Embracer Group.
  • CuriosityStream Inc. in its issuance of $100.9 million of its common stock.
  • National Securities Clearing Corporation in its offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2023 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2025, under Rule 144A and Reg S.
  • National Securities Clearing Corporation in its inaugural issue of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes under Rule 144A and Reg S.

Perspectives

Environmental, Social, Governance: The Professional's Guide to the Law and Practice of ESG
Environmental, Social, Governance: The Professional's Guide to the Law and Practice of ESG
Arnold & Porter Advises JHT Holdings in Sale to TFI International
Arnold & Porter Advises Coherus in Acquisition of Surface Oncology
Forming an Impact Investment Fund
Author, Impact Investing and Social Enterprises, American Bar Association, International Law Section
Significant 2022 Decisions Affecting Private Company M&A (pdf)
Advisory
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Credentials

Education

  • J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2019
  • B.A., Political Science, Tufts University, 2016

Admissions

  • New York

Activities

  • Member, American Bar Association—Business Law Division
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