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Jean Nicolas “Nick” Samedi Jr.

Partner

New York / New Jersey
T: +1 212.419.5844 / +1 973.597.2428 F: +1 973.597.2429 jsamedi@lowenstein.com
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Jean Nicolas “Nick” Samedi Jr. represents global and domestic corporations, investment groups, and portfolio companies in public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other complex transactional matters. He represents numerous companies in the consumer goods, beauty, manufacturing, food and beverage, and pharmaceuticals industries, among others.

For clients on both the buy- and sell-side, Nick leads the negotiation and closing of deals involving refinancing, restructuring, securities offerings, and private investments. Whether advocating on behalf of entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, growth-stage technology ventures, or family-owned businesses, he remains focused on understanding his clients’ respective and distinct financial conditions and business objectives and achieving their goals on time and on budget.

Passionate about pro bono work, Nick advises nonprofits on corporate governance and cleanup issues, and has assisted on matters ranging from a sale of intellectual property assets to a business restructuring. He also negotiated the merger of several nonprofit entities into Literacy NJ, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating adult illiteracy in New Jersey through individualized instruction and tutoring. 

Having worked at the firm since his selection to its LS Scholars Program for his 1L summer, Nick is deeply involved in Lowenstein’s diversity, recruiting, and mentoring programs. He is one of the major drivers of the firm’s recruiting efforts: he co-founded Lowenstein’s Diversity Leadership Network, an employee resource group focused on recruiting, supporting, and promoting diverse attorneys; he is a partner coordinator and partner mentor of the Summer Associate program; and he is active in the Associate Mentoring program. In 2021, Nick was selected by the firm to participate in the prestigious LCLD Pathfinders program.

Prior to his legal career, Nick served as a senior consultant for Appraisal Economics, an international business valuation company. In this role, he developed complex financial models; analyzed market transactions; managed valuation engagements for Fortune 500 companies; and valued complex securities, derivatives, stock options, and intangible assets.

Buy-side:

  • Represented Topspin Consumer Partners in connection with its investment in reCommerce, a technology-enabled selling partner of brands through Amazon.
  • Represented Foley, Inc., the Caterpillar franchisee for northern New Jersey, Staten Island, and Bermuda, in its acquisition of substantially all assets of Giles & Ransome, Inc.
  • Represented Pamplona Capital Management in connection with Bass Pro Shops’ acquisition of Cabela’s Incorporated (NYSE:CAB).
  • Represented Turtle Entertainment in its acquisition of the online gaming platform ESL.
  • Represented BASF Corp. in its acquisition of Verenium Corp. through a cash tender offer.
  • Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in its $1.45 billion acquisition of Too Faced, one of the fastest-growing makeup brands in the specialty-multi and online categories.

Sell-side:

  • Represented Covis Pharma S.á.r.l and Covis Injectables S.á.r.l, global specialty pharmaceutical companies and portfolio companies of Cerberus Capital Management, in their all-cash $1.2 billion sale of assets to Concordia Healthcare Corp (TSX: CXR).
  • Represented Metalico Inc. (MEA), one of the nation's largest scrap metal recyclers, in its execution of the merger agreement for the $102 million all-cash sale to Total Merchant Limited.
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Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 2013)

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (B.S. 2006), Finance

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

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