EXPERIENCE

Ben’s M&A experience includes a broad range of industries. Notable representations have included:

CONSUMER, RETAIL, SPORTS & TECHNOLOGY

• AB InBev in its agreement to produce Teavana Tea for Starbucks
• Broadcom in its sale and cross licensing of its Internet of Things business to Synaptics
• Brown Brothers Harriman as a significant shareholder in connection with the going-public of Westrock Coffee at a $1.1 billion valuation
• CyrusOne in its strategic partnership with GDS Holdings
• DraftKings Inc. in its $1.56 billion acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming
• Gildan Activewear in its acquisition of American Apparel
• HelloFresh in its acquisition of Factor75
• Indeed in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Glassdoor
• Jim Ratcliffe in his acquisition of 25% of Manchester United Football Club
• Kering on its acquisition of Maui Jim
• Legacy Development Corporation on the long term lease of the London Olympic Stadium to West Ham Football Club
• Rhône Capital in its acquisition of a controlling interest in GardaWorld at a $3.3 billion valuation
• Tiffany & Co. in its approximately €14.7 billion sale to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
• Verifone in its acquisition of Zivelo
• 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

BANKING & FINANCE

• Bank of N.T. Butterfield in its acquisition of two asset management businesses
• Blackstone Credit on its divestiture of mortgage servicing rights and related platform
• Goldman Sachs in its £3.5 billion sale of student housing assets in the UK
• Goldman Sachs on its exit from the Bangalore Four Season Properties
• GSO on its investment into Fidelity Guarantee and Life in connection with its going public transaction at a $1.84 billion valuation

HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES

• AbbVie in its acquisition of Landos Biopharma
• Albireo in its up to $1.3 billion sale to Ipsen
• Amedisys in its $3.3 billion combination with Optum
• Anika Therapeutics in acquisitions of Arthrosurface and Parcus Medical
• The Glick Family Office in connection with its investment in Sonida Senior Living
• GSK in its $2 billion acquisition of BELLUS Health
• Inhibrx in the $2.2 billion sale of INBRX-101 to Sanofi and the related spin-off of Inhibrx's non-INBRX-101 business
• Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation in its acquisition of ACell
• Masimo in its proxy contest against Politan Capital Management
• Merck KGaA in its approximately €5.8 billion acquisition of Versum
• Thimble Point Acquisition Corporation in its business combination with Pear Therapeutics
• UnitedHealth Group in its $13.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare and related divestiture, its acquisition of MCNA and its acquisition Healthplex

ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE

• Endeavor Energy Resources in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy
• The Government of South Africa in respect of its RFPs for independent power production
• A group of investors in respect of a multibillion dollar claim under an investment treaty
• Kinross Gold in respect of the expansion of its Tasiast Gold mine
• Macquarie and Barclays in connection with the acquisition of various offshore transmission assets
• Pilot Travel Centers in the acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway of 100% of the company, through the acquisition of the outstanding 20% minority position
• Zim Integrated Shipping Services on the restructuring of its bank, shipbuilder and capital markets financings, which was the largest restructuring in Israeli history