Darren M. Schweiger
Advises on public and private M&A matters, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Named a 2026 American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year.”
Darren is a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. He advises clients on public and private mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other corporate partnering arrangements, spinoffs, corporate governance matters, shareholder activism and other general corporate matters.
Private equity firms and their portfolio companies regularly engage Darren on a full range of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of investments, leveraged buyouts, minority investments and co-investment arrangements.
In 2026, the American Lawyer named Darren a “Dealmaker of the Year” for his work on Sycamore Partners’ up to $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance. In 2023, Law360 named him a “Rising Star” in private equity.
Experience
Private Equity
- TPG’s
- $6.5 billion acquisition, together with Francisco Partners, of New Relic
- $2.2 billion acquisition, together with Corpay, of AvidXchange
- $1.1 billion acquisition of Sabre Hospitality Solutions
- $1 billion IPO and conversion of its parent company into a corporation
- acquisitions of Conservice, Convey Health Solutions, Centrify, Forcepoint G2CI, HealthSmart, StrongDM and Thycotic
- investments in Cliffwater, Creative Planning and Thomson Reuters Elite, followed by the sale of Elite
- Sycamore Partners’
- up to $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
- $540 million acquisition of the Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lane Bryant and Lou & Grey brands
- STG-led consortium on its:
- $2.075 billion acquisition of RSA software security from Dell
- investment by Clearlake Capital in RSA
- Cornell Capital’s:
- investment in MRC Global
- acquisitions of CardioSolution, Emerald Textiles, Stella.ai and truestaff
- sale of VISTA Staffing Solutions
- SSW Partners’:
- sale of Restraint Control Systems
- $1.5 billion sale of Veoneer Active Safety
- Bansk Group’s:
- $1.5 billion going-private acquisition of PetIQ
- acquisition of Woodstream
- majority investments in amika and Eva NYC
- GrowthCurve’s acquisition of PlanHub
- Lightyear Capital’s acquisition of Lendmark Financial Services with OTTP
- Warburg Pincus’ formation of Apex International Energy
- Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division (PIA) on various transactions
Other Recent Representations
- Roper Technologies’
- $5.35 billion acquisition of Vertafore
- $1.25 billion acquisition of Syntellis Performance Solutions
- Josh Harris’ acquisition of the Washington Commanders
- Elliott Management’s:
- $1 billion investment in Pinterest
- sales of Prosperity Life and AC Milan
- Aetna’s:
- $77 billion sale to CVS Health
- now terminated $37 billion acquisition of Humana
- $7.3 billion acquisition of Coventry Health Care
- Freeport-McMoRan’s:
- divestment and agreement with Inalum relating to its Grasberg mine
- sale of Tenke mine
- GE’s $11.1 billion combination of GE Transportation and Wabtec
- Comcast’s $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks
- MoneyLion’s:
- $1 billion sale to Gen Digital
- $2.4 billion combination with a SPAC
- $440 million acquisition of Even Financial
- Raven Industries’ $2.1 billion sale to CNH Industrial
- Instant Brands sale of substantially all of its assets to Centre Lane Partners
- Hemisphere Media Group’s going-private sale to Searchlight
Recognition
American Lawyer – “Dealmaker of the Year,” 2026
Legal 500 U.S. – M&A, Private Equity Buyouts: Large Deals ($500m+)
Law360 – “Rising Star: Private Equity,” 2023
Education
- magna cum laude
- Research Editor, Florida Law Review
- cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York