Brian Wolfe
Advises corporate and private equity clients on a broad range of M&A transactions, joint ventures and related matters. A 2024 American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year.”
Brian is a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. He advises on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and related matters across a number of industries, including media and sports, biotech and pharmaceuticals, waste management, data, and financial services and fintech. His experience includes a wide variety of U.S. and international mergers and acquisitions transactions.
In 2024, the American Lawyer named Brian a “Dealmaker of the Year” for his work advising Josh Harris and partners on the $6.05 billion acquisition of the Washington Commanders NFL franchise. Earlier, he was named a “Rising Star” by New York Law Journal in 2020, a “Rising Star: Media & Entertainment” by Law360 in 2019 and one of “Hollywood’s Top 20 Dealmakers of 2019” by the Hollywood Reporter.
Experience highlights
- Morgan Stanley:
- $13 billion acquisition of E*TRADE
- $7 billion acquisition of Eaton Vance
- Comcast / NBCUniversal:
- £30.6 billion ($40.0 billion) successful contested acquisition of Sky plc
- $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation
- “Put/call” agreement with The Walt Disney Company regarding NBCUniversal’s 33% ownership interest in Hulu
- Formation of a 50/50 wireless operating platform and streaming partnerships with Charter Communications
- Acquisitions of Masergy, Deep Blue Communications and EZLinks Golf
- Roche:
- $4.8 billion acquisition of Spark Therapeutics
- Strategic collaboration with, and subsequent acquisition of, Foundation Medicine
- Acquisitions of Promedior, Flatiron Heath, IQuum and Constitution Medical Investors
- Roivant:
- $7.3 billion business combination with Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp, a SPAC
- Acquisition of Silicon Therapeutics
- Josh Harris on the acquisition of Washington Commanders
- Emerson in the $14 billion sale of a majority stake in its Climate Technologies business to Blackstone
- Republic Services in its $2.2 billion acquisition of US Ecology
- Technip in its $17 billion combination with FMC Technologies to form TechnipFMC
- Spectrum Brands in the $4.3 billion sale of its Hardware & Home Improvement segment to ASSA ABLOY
- State Street in its proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman Investor Services
- Sterling Equities in the $2.45 billion sale of the New York Mets to entities affiliated with Steven A. Cohen
- S&P Global in its acquisition of Kensho Technologies and sale of S&P’s Investment Advisory Services to GSAM Holdings
- IFF in its cooperation agreement with Icahn Capital
- Aptiv in its acquisition of Winchester Interconnect
- Loews Corporation in its acquisition of Altium Packaging, Altium’s subsequent acquisition of Tri State Distribution, and Loews’ sale of 47% of its interest in Altium to GIC
- Mastercard in its acquisitions of Applied Predictive Technologies and the Payment Gateway Business of TNS
- Olam International in its $950 million acquisition of Olde Thompson
- Valens Semiconductor in its $1.16 billion combination with PTK Acquisition Corp., a SPAC
- SatixFy in its $813 million combination with Endurance Acquisition Corp., a SPAC
- TE Connectivity in its acquisitions of ADC Telecommunications and Measurement Specialties and the SEACON Group and its divestiture of its Touch Solutions business
- Nutrisystem in its acquisition by Tivity Health
News
Credentials
Recognition
American Lawyer – “Dealmaker of the Year,” 2024
Chambers USA – Corporate/M&A, New York, Up and Coming
New York Law Journal – “Rising Star,” 2020
Law360 – “Rising Star: Media & Entertainment,” 2019
Hollywood Reporter – “Top 20 Dealmakers of 2019”
Education
- Order of the Coif
- Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review
- with highest honors
Clerkships
Professional history
- Partner, 2015-present
- Associate, 2008-2015
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York