F. Adam Abulawi is a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Adam’s practice focuses on advising U.S. and international clients on a wide range of public and private transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and carve-outs, and on corporate governance and shareholder activism matters. He also counsels private equity firms and their portfolio companies on acquisitions and dispositions of investments, leveraged buyouts and minority investments, among other transactions.
Adam’s notable representations have included:
- Advanced Drainage Systems in its $1 billion acquisition of National Diversified Sales
- Allegro MicroSystems in its defense of an unsolicited proposal by onsemi; its repurchase of 39 million shares held by Sanken Electric; and its $420 million acquisition of Crocus Technology
- ArcLight Capital in its acquisition of Puerto Rico solar operations from Sonnedix
- ATSG in its $3.1 billion sale to Stonepeak
- Ayala Pharmaceuticals in its stock-for-stock sale to Advaxis
- Bansk Group in its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of PetIQ
- Durational Capital Management in its strategic investment in Garage Beer
- The special committee of the board of directors of Eargo in its sale to Patient Square Capital
- Gurnet Point Capital in its $890 million take-private acquisition of Radius Health
- Leerfield in its sale to TPG
- The New Home Company in its $338 million sale to Apollo Global Management
- One Madison Group in Plenty Unlimited’s prearranged chapter 11 filing
- Partners Group in its $2.2 billion acquisition of DiversiTech from Permira
- Partners Group and Barings in Milestone Equipment Holdings' sale of its chassis leasing business to ITE Management
- Payoneer in its $2.75 billion sale to Nuvei
- Prosus in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Despegar.com
- Royalty Pharma in its $1.1 billion acquisition of its external manager and $3 billion share repurchase
- The special committee of the board of directors of Sculptor Capital Management in its $719 million sale to Rithm Capital
- Searchlight Capital Partners in its take-private acquisition of Hemisphere Media Group
- Securitize in its $1.25 billion combination with Cantor Equity Partners II
- Siemens Corporation in its acquisition of Trayer Engineering
- Silver Spike Capital and Silver Spike Investment in its joint venture with Chicago Atlantic and loan portfolio acquisition from a Chicago Atlantic-managed fund
- Sleep Number in its chapter 11 filing and stalking horse APA
- Spectrum Brands in its $127 million strategic investment in its Home and Personal Care business from Oaktree Capital Management
- Spirit Airlines in its prearranged chapter 11 filing
- Syneos Health in its acquisition of RxDataScience
- Teoxane in its proposal to acquire Revance Therapeutics
