AlexanderCalnon (Alex)

Associate

Cleveland + 1.216.586.7009

Alex Calnon represents public and private companies at all stages of the corporate life cycle. He has experience representing clients in domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs, as well as private equity fund formation. He also assists clients on corporate governance matters and has worked with companies in the health care, consumer goods, technology, and manufacturing industries.

Experience

  • ITT completes divestiture of Wolverine Advanced MaterialsJones Day advised ITT, Inc. in the $171 million sale of its Wolverine Advanced Materials business to private equity firm Center Rock Capital Partners.
  • DataBank obtains $725 million senior secured revolving credit facility to finance development of data centersJones Day represented DataBank Holdings, Ltd. in connection with a $725 million senior secured revolving credit facility to finance existing and future data center construction projects.
  • American Pacific Group acquires Spark Power Group Inc.Jones Day acted as U.S. counsel to American Pacific Group, L.P. in the approximately C$140 million acquisition of Spark Power Group Inc., a leading independent provider of end-to-end electrical services and operations and maintenance services to the industrial, utility, and renewable asset markets in North America.
  • H-D Advanced Manufacturing sells Engineered Solutions Group to Timken CompanyJones Day represented H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company in connection with its sale of Engineered Solutions Group (a.k.a. Innovative Mechanical Solutions or iMECH) to The Timken Company.
  • ONCAP sells medical division to BiomericsJones Day advised ONCAP in the sale by portfolio company Precision Concepts International of its medical division to Biomerics, a portfolio company of Wasatch Equity Partners.
  • GrafTech completes $450 million Senior Secured Notes offeringJones Day represented GrafTech International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of high-quality graphite electrode products essential to the production of electric arc furnace steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 9.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the "Notes") by GrafTech Global Enterprises Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary.
  • American Transmission Systems completes $150 million private placement of Senior NotesJones Day represented American Transmission Systems, Incorporated, a transmission-only subsidiary of FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC, which is a majority-owned subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., a diversified energy holding company, in connection with a private placement of $150 million aggregate principal amount of 5.13% Senior Notes due 2033.
  • Real Alloy sells European business to SpeiraJones Day advised Real Alloy Holding, LLC in the sale of its European aluminum and magnesium recycling operations to Speira GmbH, an affiliate of KPS Capital Partners.
  • Metropolitan Edison Company completes $425 million Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented Metropolitan Edison Company, an electric public utility subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $425 million aggregate principal amount of 5.200% Senior Notes due 2028.
  • Pennsylvania Electric Company completes $300 million Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented Pennsylvania Electric Company, an electric public utility subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.150% Senior Notes due 2026.
  • Riverside forms Riverside Micro-Cap Fund VIJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the formation of Riverside Micro-Cap Fund VI (RMCF VI), raising $1.872 billion in investable capital, the largest in RMCF and Riverside history and more than 50% larger than its predecessor fund RMCF V.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Human Element Solutions, LLC ("Element H")Jones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Red Nucleus of Human Element Solutions, LLC (Element H), a leading content engagement provider of meetings, events, creative communications, training, and production services for biotech and pharmaceutical teams with extensive experience supporting oncology, rare disease, and specialty therapeutic areas.
  • American Pacific Group portfolio company acquires Silveredge ConsultingJones Day advised American Pacific Group in connection with the acquisition by portfolio company Fresche Solutions of Silveredge Consulting, a premier IT consulting services provider specializing in IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) application support, ERP and homegrown application development and help desk services.
  • Sonepar acquires NEDCO SupplyJones Day represented Sonepar, a global market leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical products, in its acquisition of NEDCO Supply, a full-line distributor of electrical products and services operating throughout southern Nevada.
  • Riverside invests in AlphaGroup Medical CommunicationsJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Red Nucleus of Alpha Group Medical Communications LLC, a medical communication agency renowned for delivering industry-best scientific, medical affairs and outcomes communications services.