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Ron M. Aizen
Partner

Tel: +1-212-373-3720
Fax: +1-212-492-0720
raizen@paulweiss.com

Tel: +1-212-373-3720
raizen@paulweiss.com
New York

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0720

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Ron Aizen is a partner in the Executive Compensation Group. He focuses on compensation and benefits matters, including public and private M&A, initial public offerings, bankruptcy and restructuring, and general tax, securities and employment advice. Ron also negotiates and drafts compensatory plans and agreements (including equity and cash incentive and deferred compensation plans and employment, separation, change in control and retention agreements) and provides related advice concerning tax (including Sections 280G and 409A) and securities law issues. He helps public companies navigate compensation-related disclosure (including CD&A, Form 8-K, and Section 16) and corporate governance issues (including say on pay and shareholder approval of equity incentive plans).

EXPERIENCE

Ron’s notable representations have included:

Public Company M&A

  • Baker Hughes in its merger with GE Oil & Gas
  • Carrier Global Corporation in:
    • the $3 billion sale of its commercial and residential fire business to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds
    • its strategic partnership with and investment in Montana Technologies
    • its €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions
    • the $4.95 billion sale of its global access solutions business to Honeywell
    • the $1.425 billion sale of its industrial fire business to Sentinel Capital Partners
    • the $775 million sale of its global commercial refrigeration business to Haier
  • Bowlero Corp in its $2.6 billion business combination with Isos Acquisition Corporation to form a publicly listed company
  • Albireo in its sale to Ipsen
  • Chemtura in its sale to Lanxess
  • Emerson Electric in its acquisition of Pentair’s valves and controls business
  • General Electric in the spinoff and merger of its transportation business with Wabtec
  • GSK in its acquisition of Elsie Biotechnologies
  • Noble Corporation in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling
  • Continental Grain Company in the financing aspects of its all-cash $4.53 billion acquisition of Sanderson Farms
  • Nuance Communications in its $19.7 billion sale to Microsoft Corp.
  • ON Semiconductor in its acquisition of Quantenna
  • Pivotal Software in its initial public offering
  • SoftBank Group in connection with its provision of additional funding to WeWork
  • TE Connectivity in the divestitures of its touch solutions, wireless, integrated products and automotive sensors businesses
  • Enstar Group in its $5.1 billion sale to Sixth Street and other institutional investors

Private Equity/Venture Capital

  • Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and portfolio companies in numerous transactions including:
    • their $8.1 billion take-private acquisition of Univar Solutions
    • Yahoo, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in its 30-year exclusive commercial agreement with Taboola
    • in its acquisition of the U.S. wealth distribution and asset management businesses of Griffin Capital
  • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Cyxtera
  • General Atlantic in:
    • a consortium alongside Stone Point Capital in their proposed $1.65 billion
      take-private acquisition of HireRight
    • its acquisition of a majority stake in Joe & the Juice
    • its strategic investment in Flint Group
  • Churchill Capital Corp II in its combined $1.5 billion acquisition of Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. (Skillsoft) and Global Knowledge Training from funds affiliated with Rhône Capital
  • Searchlight Capital Partners, alongside Rêv Worldwide, in their $1 billion acquisition of the consumer business of Netspend from Global Payments
  • KPS Capital Partners in its:
    • acquisition of Catalyst Acoustics Group from The Stephens Group
    • $3.45 billion acquisition of Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE) from CRH
  • GI Partners in its add-on acquisition of Pinnacle Data Systems
  • I Squared Capital in its acquisition of hydropower plants from Alcoa
  • Management team in connection with the sale of AccentCare from Oak Hill Capital Partners to Advent International
  • Metalmark Capital in its acquisition of WorldStrides from The Carlyle Group
  • Seaside Equity Capital in its acquisition of TalentSmart
  • Tailwind Capital in its sale of Colony Hardware to Audax Management

Restructuring/Other

  • Revlon and certain of its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Legendary Entertainment in the $1 billion asset-backed term loan facility in connection with the refinancing of existing indebtedness
  • Debtors including Bonanza Creek Energyand Patriot Coal
  • Issuer IPOs for Kosmos Energyand Cobalt
  • General advisory work for NYSEBakerHughesPG&EBlackBerryRestoration Hardware and National Cinemedia

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