ProfessionalsRachael G. Coffey
Tel: +1-212-373-3982
Fax: +1-646-390-6576
emailrcoffey@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-646-390-6576
A partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Rachael G. Coffey focuses her practice on advising public and private companies as well as private equity clients on a broad range of M&A transactions, activist defense and other significant corporate matters. Rachael’s extensive experience also includes representing boards of directors and special committees in contested situations.
EXPERIENCE
Rachael’s representative matters include advising:
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Portola Pharmaceuticals
- Barnes & Noble in the activist campaign by Sandell Asset Management and in its sale to an affiliate of Elliott Management
- BHP Billiton in the activist campaign by Elliott Management
- Cameron International in its sale to Schlumberger
- Chevron in its proposed acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum
- CSRA in its sale to General Dynamics
- Focus Brands, a portfolio company of Roark Capital Group, in its acquisition of Jamba Juice
- Honeywell International in the spin-off of its Turbochargers business into Garrett Motion
- Inspire Brands, a portfolio company of Roark Capital Group, in its acquisition of Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent company of Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins
- The special committee of the Invitation Homes board of directors in its merger of equals with Starwood Waypoint Homes
- JACK Entertainment in the sale of Greektown Casino-Hotel to Penn National Gaming and VICI Properties; the sale of JACK Cleveland Casino and JACK Thistledown Racino to VICI Properties; the sale of JACK Cincinnati Casino to Hard Rock International; and the sale of Turfway Park to Churchill Downs
- Kraft Heinz in the pending sale of its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to Groupe Lactalis
- Midstates Petroleum in its proposed merger with SandRidge Energy
- Oakwood Homes in its sale to Clayton Properties Group
- The special committee of the Perry Ellis International board of directors in its sale to company founder and director George Feldenkreis
- Smith & Nephew in its acquisition of Osiris Therapeutics
- Trane Technologies in the Reverse Morris Trust spin-off and merger of its industrial business with Gardner Denver Holdings
- Virtu Financial in its acquisition of KCG Holdings and in a related investment in Virtu made by North Island, GIC, PSP Investments and Temasek
- Xerox in its separation into two independent publicly traded companies
In 2020, The Deal profiled Rachael as a “Rising Star” among M&A lawyers.