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F. Adam Abulawi

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F. Adam Abulawi

Counsel
Mergers & Acquisitions
New York

Advises U.S. and international corporate and private equity clients on a full range of public and private transactions.

Adam advises U.S. and international clients on a broad range of public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and shareholder activism matters. His experience includes investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and other general corporate transactions. He also represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a full range of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of investments, leveraged buyouts and minority investments.

Experience

Public and Strategic Company Transactions
  • Advanced Drainage Systems on its $1 billion acquisition of National Diversified Sales
  • Prosus on its $1.7 billion acquisition of Despegar.com 
  • ATSG on its $3.1 billion sale to Stonepeak 
  • Royalty Pharma on its $1.1 billion acquisition of its external manager and $3 billion share repurchase 
  • Allegro MicroSystems: 
    • Defense of an unsolicited proposal by onsemi
    • Repurchase of 39 million shares held by Sanken Electric
    • $420 million acquisition of Crocus Technology 
  • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Sculptor Capital Management on its $719 million sale to Rithm Capital* 
  • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Eargo, Inc. on its sale to Patient Square Capital
  • Silver Spike Capital and Silver Spike Investment Corp. in its joint venture with Chicago Atlantic and loan portfolio acquisition from a Chicago Atlantic-managed fund 
  • Teoxane on its proposal to acquire Revance Therapeutics
  • The New Home Company on its $338 million sale to Apollo Global Management* 
  • Syneos Health on its acquisition of RxDataScience* 
Private Equity Transactions
  • Partners Group and Barings on Milestone Equipment Holdings’ sale of its chassis leasing business to ITE Management L.P.
  • Durational Capital Management on its strategic investment in Garage Beer
  • Bansk Group on its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of PetIQ
  • Gurnet Point Capital on its $890 million take-private acquisition of Radius Health* 
  • Partners Group on its $2.2 billion acquisition of DiversiTech from Permira*
  • Searchlight Capital Partners on its take-private acquisition of Hemisphere Media Group*
  • ArcLight Capital on its acquisition of Puerto Rico solar operations from Sonnedix* 
SPAC Transactions
  • Securitize on its $1.25 billion combination with Cantor Equity Partners II
Restructuring
  • Spirit Airlines on its prearranged chapter 11 filing

* Selected representations prior to joining Davis Polk

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Education

J.D., University of Texas at Austin School of Law
  • with honors
  • Staff Editor, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas & Energy Law
B.B.A., Accounting, University of Houston
  • magna cum laude

Prior experience

  • Associate, Latham & Watkins, 2021-2023
  • Senior Director, Charter Communications, 2020-2021
  • Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 2016-2020

Qualifications and admissions

  • State of New York
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