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Cal was Corporate Secretary of Georgia-Pacific Corporation when it was acquired by Koch Industries, Inc. in a deal valued at $21 billion. Cal’s practice also involves significant capital markets-related work and counseling regarding SEC reporting requirements. \nCal co-leads King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Public Companies Practice Group and is recognized by Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America and Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in the Corporate/M\u0026amp;A/Governance categories. He also has been twice named a BTI Client Service All-Star, as well as a winner of Lexology’s U.S. Client Choice Award for M\u0026amp;A and General Corporate.\nPresentations and Speaking Engagements\n\nPresenter, “Understanding the “E” in ESG: What Public Company Directors Need to Know,” National Association of Corporate Directors, 2021 (Atlanta, GA)\nCo-Chair, “Negotiated Corporate Acquisitions,” Georgia Bar/ICLE Seminar, 2016 (Atlanta, GA)\nPresenter, “Special Committee Overview: A Guide for Corporate Counsel,” Corporate Counsel Institute, December 2008 (Atlanta, GA)\nPresenter, “Corporate Governance Update” and “Form 8-K and other Disclosure Issues,” Glasser Legal Works' SEC Hot Topics Institute, Winter 2006 (Atlanta, GA)\nPresenter, “The Continuing Quest for the Risk-Free MD\u0026amp;A in the Sarbanes-Oxley Environment”, SEC Institute's 20th Annual National Reporting Conference, August and November, 2004 (San Francisco, CA and San Diego, CA)\nPresenter, “Accelerated and Enhanced 8-K Current Disclosure” and “Preparing the New MD\u0026amp;A”, Glasser Legal Works' SEC Hot Topics Institute Fall 2004 (Atlanta, GA)\n Partner 2022 BTI Client Service All-Star BTI, 2022 2018 BTI Client Service All-Star BTI, 2018 Named by Chambers USA as one of the leading Corporate/M\u0026amp;A lawyers in the State of Georgia  Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Mergers \u0026amp; Acquisitions Law  Named a “BTI Client Service All-Star”  Winner of the U.S. Client Choice Award for M\u0026amp;A and General Corporate as determined by International Law Office and Lexol  Selected as a Super Lawyer by Law \u0026amp; Politics and Atlanta Magazine for M\u0026amp;A excellence  Named to Georgia Trend magazine's Legal Elite  Selected as one of the top 14 young Atlanta lawyers “On the Rise” by The Fulton County Daily Report  Wake Forest University Wake Forest University School of Law Emory University Emory University School of Law Georgia State Bar of Georgia Atlanta Bar Association Representation of Genuine Parts Company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group. Representation of CURO Group Holdings Corp. in its $360 million acquisition of Heights Finance. Representation of American First Finance Inc. in its $1.47 billion sale to FirstCash Inc. Advised Aaron's Holdings Company, Inc. in the spin-off of its Aaron's Business segment. Representation of Energizer in its $2 billion carve-out acquisition of Spectrum Brands’ global battery business. Representation of the special committee of the board of directors of comScore in activist campaign by Starboard Value. Representation of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. in its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International, Inc. Representation of Lindsay Goldberg LLC affiliates Crown Paper Group Inc. and Golden West Packaging Group LLC in several strategic transactions including, most recently, Golden West’s acquisition of Heritage Solutions Inc., Capital Corrugated Inc., PackageOne Inc., Package Innovators Corporation and their co-owned captive sheet feeder, Cal Sheets LLC. 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A partner in our Environmental practice, Cynthia advises clients in matters concerning the risk, transportation and management of chemical substances in industrial and consumer products, as well as environmental, health and safety issues arising in transactional or energy project matters.\nWith scientific training and experience as a project manager and environmental engineer, Cynthia brings a unique perspective to her client work on environmental issues. 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Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine, and also has been cited by Legal 500 for her work on environmental transactional and regulatory matters. Cynthia AM Stroman Partner Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer Super Lawyers Environmental Transactional Legal 500 Cornell University Cornell Law School University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School District of Columbia Maryland Texas American Bar Association District of Columbia Bar Association State Bar of Texas (Environmental \u0026amp; Natural Resources Section) Maryland State Bar Association Law Clerk, Hon. Emilio M. Garza, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Assisting product manufacturers and importers with TSCA compliance and enforcement matters, including Section 6 risk evaluations under the Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. 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Counseling product manufacturers on warnings and “no significant risk level” requirements under California’s Proposition 65, advising companies regarding private party enforcement, and assessing adequacy of Proposition 65 support documentation for proposed listing of chemicals as carcinogens or reproductive hazards. Advising clients nationwide on the safe transportation of hazardous materials (“hazmat”) across all modes, including highway, rail, aviation, marine and pipeline, under the Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Safety regulations of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as related international transportation of dangerous goods regimes (IATA, IMDG). 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