

He felt it was particularly fun because it was a cross-border leveraged acquisition of a global icon involving both full equity financing and debt financing for a major retail operating company. Caplan, who noted that the Hudson's Bay-Saks deal was among his most complex of the year, involving a wide array of private equity disciplines. The article also includes an interview with Mr. Caplan for "working on some of this year's most complex, uniquely structured private equity deals," including Hudson's Bay Co.'s $2.9 billion leveraged take-private acquisition of Saks Inc., and the sale of private equity-backed Pearl Therapeutics to AstraZeneca PLC for $1.15 billion. The profile, published on December 12, praises Mr.

Caplan was one of only five attorneys nationwide to be named MVP in the area of Private Equity. Lefkowitz Public Service Award from Fordham Law School.Willkie partner Gordon Caplan was profiled as part of Law360’s MVP series, which features "elite law firm partners" in recognition of their "exemplary work" on "mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters." After a formal nomination and selection process conducted by a team of Law 360 editors, involving hundreds of candidates, Mr. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Publicolor and is a member of Fordham Law School’s Planning Council and recipient of the 2016 Louis J. Gordon has been published on the subject of M&A, private equity, private equity regulation, corporate governance and high-technology transactions and has lectured on private equity and technology transactions at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Fordham Law School. Caplan) is an American attorney presently facing criminal charges for fraud and bribery. He has also been included in the Legal 500. Gordon Caplan, 52, who was placed on leave from his job as cochairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher after he was charged last month in the college.

In 2014, Gordon was named one of North America’s Top 50 M&A Lawyers by the Global M&A Network, and in December 2013, he was one of five attorneys nationwide to be profiled by Law360 as an MVP in the area of Private Equity. Additionally, Chambers USA (2014) ranks him as a leading practitioner in the area of Technology & Outsourcing in New York.

Chambers USA (2016) and Chambers Global (2016) rank Gordon among the leading individuals practicing in the area of Private Equity (Buyouts) in the United States. Gordan Caplan, the suspended co-chairman of law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, said Friday he would plead guilty to charges that he paid to have his daughters ACT score inflated so she could get.
