Shanu Bajaj
Lawyers
Advises U.S. and international clients on a broad range of public and private M&A matters.
Shanu advises U.S. and international clients on a broad range of public and private M&A matters, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Her experience includes investments, joint ventures, carve-outs, spinoffs and other significant transactions. She also represents private equity firms on a full range of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of investments, leveraged buyouts and minority investments.
Shanu was recognized as a “Rising Star” at the 2023 IFLR Americas Awards.
Experience highlights
- ExxonMobil on:
- $59.5 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources
- $4.9 billion acquisition of Denbury
- UBS’s acquisition of Credit Suisse
- IHS Markit on:
- $44 billion merger with S&P Global
- sale of OPIS business to News Corp
- sale of Base Chemicals business to News Corp
- Gilead Sciences $21 billion acquisition of Immunomedics
- Brookfield on:
- Evergreen- and Brookfield-led consortium $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen
- $3.4 billion acquisition of DexKo Global
- Rentokil Initial $6.7 billion acquisition of Terminix Global Holdings
- Emerson acquisition of control of Aspen Technology in $11 billion transaction
- Bertelsmann on:
- $2.175 billion acquisition of Simon & Schuster
- Series of transactions pursuant to which Bertelsmann acquired 100% ownership of Penguin Random House from its JV partner Pearson plc
- Mobile Mini $6.6 billion merger of equals with Willscot
- Hexion Holdings acquisition by American Securities
- Ferrara Candy acquisition of Jelly Belly Candy
- Sun Pharmaceutical acquisition of Concert Pharmaceuticals
- TPG Capital acquisition of Thycotic
- Charles River on its acquisition of HemaCare
- Taboola $800 million acquisition of Connexity
- Williams on multiple transactions, including its $423 million acquisition of NorTex Midstream Holdings
- Fogo de Chao on its sale to Rhone
- PharMerica on its sale to KKR and Walgreens
- Founders of Schmidt’s Naturals on sale to Unilever
- Lightyear Capital on the sale of RidgeWorth Investments
- Metalmark Capital on sale of WorldStrides
- XTO Energy on:
- cash tender offer for Hugoton Royalty Trust
- acquisition of royalty interest from Hugoton Royalty Trust
- California Resources emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Tenrgys emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy
News
Credentials
Recognition
IFLR Americas Awards – “Rising Star,” 2023
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Business Editor, Columbia Journal of Asian Law
B.A., Economics, Fordham University
- summa cum laude
- Dean's List
Professional history
- Partner, 2023-present
- Counsel, 2022-2023
- Davis Polk since 2015
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York