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Marita A. Makinen

Partner
Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions
Co-chair, Transactions & Advisory Group

New York
T: +1 212.419.5843 F: +1 973.535.3357 mmakinen@lowenstein.com
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Marita Makinen brings insight, clarity, and unbelievable attention to detail to her transactional work for some of the world's best-known brands. She counsels public and growth-stage technology and consumer products clients on a broad spectrum of issues, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions as well as minority and control investments.  Her deals—whether buy side or sell side—frequently involve highly complex capital structures, intricate management incentives, talent retention issues, and protection of intellectual property. Marita's ability to identify the impact of these issues while anticipating short- and long-term complications has led to a steady stream of significant transactions. Clients value her long-term approach to relationships, describing her as a "company-focused" lawyer who sees each transaction within a larger strategic context.

For public companies, Marita advises in the areas of corporate governance and reporting obligations. Known for her astute interpretation of SEC rules and regulations, she provides practical disclosure advice grounded in a solid understanding of her clients' business objectives. She advises on both routine public reporting matters and complex restatements and stock exchange rule compliance issues.

Insights

  • Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL), through its early-stage venture arm New Incubation Ventures (NIV), in its minority investments in Chinese fragrance brand Melt Season, Web3 beauty tech startup KIKI World, and natural skin care and wild fragrance company Haeckels.
  • Represented PVH Corp. (NYSE:PVH) in the sale of its Warners, Olga, and True & Co. businesses to Basic Resources, a private, family-owned organization that manufactures and distributes apparel for leading consumer brands. 
  • Represented Glow Recipe, a clean, fruit-forward, clinically effective skincare line, co-founded by beauty industry veterans Sarah Lee and Christine Chang in 2014, in connection with an investment from North Castle Partners.
  • Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (“ELC”) in a transaction to complete its acquisition of DECIEM Beauty Group Inc. (“DECIEM”), a Canadian-based, vertically integrated, multi-brand company for approximately $860 million. Lowenstein Sandler had previously represented ELC in its initial investment in DECIEM in 2017 and again when ELC increased its stake in DECIEM to become a majority owner of the company in 2021. Net of cash, ELC’s total investment in DECIEM was approximately $1.7 billion.
  • Represented PVH Corp., one of the world’s largest apparel companies, in the sale of its Speedo North America business to Pentland Group, the parent company of Speedo International Limited, for $170 million in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment.
  • Represented Compassionate Care Hospice, a community-based organization providing hospice care nationwide, in its $340 million sale to Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED). This transaction makes Amedisys the third largest hospice provider in the U.S.
  • Represented Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. in the acquisition of Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) by a Cerberus affiliate. Sparton Corporation is a provider of complex and sophisticated electromechanical devices with capabilities that include concept development, industrial design, design and manufacturing engineering, production, distribution, field service, and refurbishment.
  • Represented The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in its acquisitions of Have & Be. Co. Ltd, the global skin care company behind Dr. Jart+ and Do the Right Thing, Too Faced Cosmetics, BECCA Cosmetics, By Kilian, GLAMGLOW, Parfums Frédéric Malle, RODIN olio lusso, Le Labo, and Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics.
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Education

  • Columbia University School of Law (J.D. 1993), Senior Articles Editor, Columbia Business Law Review; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Olin Junior Fellow in Law and Economics

    Michigan State University (B.A. 1989), cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

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