Representative Engagements

• 3G Capital in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Hunter Douglas
• Advance, a founder and major shareholder of Discovery, in the $150 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction that will combine AT&T’s WarnerMedia business with Discovery
• Agrium in its $36 billion merger of equals with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
• Air Methods in its $2.5 billion sale to affiliates of American Securities
• Alere in its $5.8 billion sale to Abbott Laboratories
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Portola Pharmaceuticals
• Amazon in its:
  • $1.4 billion proposed acquisition of iRobot; and
  • $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical
• Amedisys in its $3.3 billion combination with Optum
• American Tower Corporation in its $1.85 billion acquisition of Eaton Towers Holdings Limited
• Angelo Gordon in its $2.7 billion sale to TPG
• Apollo Global Management in its $43 billion merger with Athene
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in their:
  • €1 billion investment in Vonovia;
  • $5 billion acquisition of Verizon Media;
  • $1.55 billion investment in Athene; and
  • $2.7 billion acquisition of Shutterfly
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and its portfolio company Diamond Resorts International, alongside their co-investors, in the $1.4 billion sale of Diamond Resorts to Hilton Grand Vacations
• Aptiv in its:
  • $4.3 billion acquisition of Wind River from TPG Capital; and
  • $4 billion autonomous driving joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group
• ARIAD Pharmaceuticals in its approximately $5.2 billion sale to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
• The independent directors of Avon Products in its $3.7 billion sale to Natura & Co.
• Biogen in the $5 billion spin-off of its global hemophilia business into a separate publicly traded company (Bioverativ Inc.)
• Bioverativ in its $11.6 billion sale to Sanofi
• Bowlero Corp in its $2.6 billion business combination with Isos Acquisition Corporation, to form a publicly listed company
• Carrier Global Corporation in:
  • the $3.1 billion sale of its Chubb fire and security business to APi Group Corporation; 
  • its €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions;
  • the $4.95 billion sale of its global access solutions business to Honeywell; and
  • the $1.425 billion sale of its Industrial Fire business to Sentinel Capital Partners
• The special committee of the board of directors of CBS in its merger with Viacom to form a combined media company with an initial enterprise value of more than $40 billion
• CDK Global in its sale to Brookfield Business Partners for a total enterprise value of $8.3 billion
• Cenovus Energy in its C$23.6 billion ($18 billion) combination with Husky Energy
• Chesapeake Lodging Trust in its $2.7 billion sale to Park Hotels & Resorts
• Chevron in its:
  • $60 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation.
  • $13 billion acquisition of Noble Energy;
  • $7.6 billion acquisition of PDC Energy;
  • $3.15 billion acquisition of Renewable Energy Group; and
  • proposed $50 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum
• Chico’s FAS in its $1 billion sale to Sycamore Partners
• Continental Grain Company in its joint venture with Cargill to acquire Sanderson Farms for a total equity value of $4.53 billion
• CSRA in its $9.6 billion sale to General Dynamics
• Elanco Animal Health in its $7.6 billion acquisition of Bayer’s animal health business
• Encana (now known as Ovintiv) in its $7.7 billion acquisition of Newfield Exploration Company
• Endeavor Energy Resources, a Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company, in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy, a Texas-based independent oil and natural gas company
• eviCore Healthcare, a portfolio company of General Atlantic, in its $3.6 billion sale to Express Scripts Holding
• General Atlantic:
  • in the $4 billion sale of its publicly traded portfolio company, EngageSmart, a Massachusetts-based financial services platform, to Vista Equity Partners, a Texas-based private equity firm;
  • as lead investor in a consortium, in its acquisition of 58.com, a China-based online classifieds marketplace, for an enterprise value of $8.7 billion;
  • in the $10.6 billion sale of its stake in its portfolio company, Oak Street Health, to CVS Health Corp.;
  • and its portfolio company, OneOncology, in the $2.1 billion sale to AmerisourceBergen and TPG; and
  • in the sale of its stake in CinCor Pharma, Inc., in connection with CinCor’s $1.8 billion sale to AstraZeneca
• General Electric in the:
  • more than $30 billion combination of its jet leasing unit, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), with AerCap Holdings;
  • $21.4 billion sale of its biopharma business to Danaher; and 
  • reorganization through spin-offs into separate publicly traded aviation, healthcare and energy companies.
• GE Capital Aviation Services in the sale of its $3.6 billion PK AirFinance business to Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding
• General Motors in its $2.1 billion acquisition of SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in Cruise, and in GM’s separate, additional $1.35 billion investment in Cruise
• Global Infrastructure Partners in its $15 billion acquisition (together with KKR) of CyrusOne
• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
• GSK plc, in its $2 billion acquisition of BELLUS Health
• Hammerhead Energy Inc., a Canada-based energy company, in its C$2.55 billion sale to Crescent Point Energy Corp., a Canada-based oil and gas company
• The independent directors of Harris Corporation in its $37 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies
• HP in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics Co.’s printer business
• IBM in its
  • $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat to form the world’s largest hybrid cloud provider; and
  • $4.6 billion acquisition of Apptio.
• ILG in its approximately $4.7 billion sale to Marriott Vacations Worldwide
• Inhibrx in the $2.2 billion sale of INBRX-101 to Sanofi and the related spin-off of Inhibrx's non-101 assets and liabilities, non-101 discovery pipeline and its corporate infrastructure, to create a new publicly traded company known as Inhibrx Biosciences
• Inspire Brands, an affiliate of Roark Capital Group, in its $11.3 billion acquisition of Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent company of Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins
• Intertape Polymer Group in its $2.6 billion sale to an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group
• JACK Entertainment, an urban gaming company owned by Dan Gilbert, in a series of transactions aggregating more than $2.5 billion in value, including the $1 billion sale of Greektown Casino-Hotel to Penn National Gaming
• Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO and Director of DreamWorks Animation, in DreamWorks’ $3.8 billion sale to Comcast
• John Wood Group in its $1.9 billion sale of its Built Environment consulting business to WSP Global
• Kate Spade & Co. in its $2.4 billion sale to Coach
• The Kraft Heinz Company in its:
  • $3.2 billion sale of its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to Groupe Lactalis; and
  • proposed $143 billion acquisition of Unilever
• L3Harris Technologies in the $1 billion sale of its airport security and automation business to Leidos Holdings
• Lehigh Hanson, the U.S. affiliate of HeidelbergCement, in the $2.3 billion sale of its U.S. West region business to Martin Marietta Materials
• M.D.C. Holdings, a Colorado-based home construction company, in its $4.9 billion sale to Sekisui House, a Japan-based homebuilder
• The Medicines Company in its $9.7 billion sale to Novartis
• Merck & Co. in its:
  • $11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron Pharma; and
  • $10.8 billion acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences
• MGM in its $8.45 billion sale to Amazon
• Mitel Networks in its $2 billion sale to an investor group led by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners
• Mosaic Acquisition Corp. in its merger with Vivint Smart Home to form a publicly traded company with an initial enterprise value of approximately $4.2 billion
• National General Holdings in its $4 billion sale to The Allstate Corporation
• North Mountain Merger Corp. in its business combination with Corcentric to form a publicly traded company with a pro-forma enterprise value of $1.2 billion
• Nuance Communications in its $19.7 billion sale to Microsoft 
• Oak Hill Advisors in its $4.2 billion sale to T. Rowe Price Group
• The special committee of the board of directors of Pattern Energy Group in its $6.1 billion sale to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)
• Perspecta in its $7.1 billion sale to Peraton and Veritas Capital
• The special committee of the board of directors of Pilgrim’s Pride in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Moy Park from JBS
• PRA Health Sciences in its approximately $12 billion sale to ICON
• Pretium Resources in its C$3.5 billion sale to Newcrest Mining Limited
• QTS Realty Trust in its approximately $10 billion take-private acquisition by Blackstone
• Qualcomm:
  • alongside SSW Partners, in its $4.5 billion topping bid for Veoneer. As part of the transaction, Veoneer terminated its prior agreement with Magna International;
  • in its successful defense against a $142 billion hostile takeover offer from Broadcom; and
  • in its proposed $47 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
• Resolute Forest Products in its $2.7 billion sale to The Paper Excellence Group through the Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Domtar Corporation
• Restaurant Brands International in its:
  • $1 billion acquisition of Firehouse Restaurant Group; and
  • $1 billion acquisition of Carrols Restaurant Group
• Roark Capital Group in its acquisition of Subway Restaurants 
• Sandler Capital Management in connection with the $2 billion sale of Xplornet Communications, a portfolio company of Sandler, to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
• Score Media & Gaming in its $2 billion sale to Penn National Gaming
• Shopify in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Deliverr
• Simon Property Group in its approximately $9 billion acquisition of Taubman Centers
• Spectrum Brands Holdings in the $1.25 billion sale of its global auto care business to Energizer Holdings
• SVF Investment Corp. 3, sponsored by an affiliate of SoftBank Investment Advisers, in its merger with Symbotic to form a publicly traded company with a pro-forma equity value of $5.5 billion
• Taylor Morrison in its:
  • $2.4 billion acquisition of William Lyon Homes; and
  • $1 billion acquisition of AV Homes
• Teck Resources Limited, a Canada-based diversified mining company, in the $9 billion sale of its steelmaking coal business, Elk Valley Resources, to Glencore and Nippon Steel Corporation
• Teladoc Health in its $18.5 billion acquisition of Livongo Health
• Trane Technologies in the $15 billion Reverse Morris Trust spin-off and merger of its industrial business with Gardner Denver Holdings
• Translate Bio in its $3.2 billion sale to Sanofi
• Trine Acquisition, led by Leo Hindery, Jr. and global credit investment firm HPS Investment Partners, in its combination with Desktop Metal and will become a publicly listed company with an estimated post-transaction equity value of up to $2.5 billion
• United Group in the €1.22 billion sale of its Mobile Tower Infrastructure Business to TAWAL
• Univision Holdings in its $4.8 billion combination with the content and media assets of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B
• WestRock in its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, creating Smurfit WestRock
• World Wrestling Entertainment in its agreement with Endeavor Group Holdings to merge WWE with UFC to form a new publicly listed company with an enterprise value of $21.4 billion
• The Yokohama Rubber Co. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Alliance Tire Group from KKR