PRIVATE EQUITY

• Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division on various transactions, including its acquisitions of K&N Engineering and Genesis Capital
• Morgan Stanley on private fund formation and operational matters
• Cornell Capital on private fund formation matters and various transactions, including its investment in Blue Mistral
• Tailwind Capital on private fund formation matters and various transactions
• Parallaxes Capital on private fund formation matters and various transactions

spac M&A

• One Madison Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, on its $1.1 billion combination with Ranpak
• Highland Capital Partners and Threshold Ventures as selling shareholders of Shift Technologies, Inc. in its merger with Insurance Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company

PUBLIC COMPANY M&A/Take-Privates

• Charles Schwab on its pending $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade and its acquisition of assets of USAA Investment Company
• CenterState Bank Corporation on its $6 billion merger of equals with South State Corporation
• Attunity on its $560 million acquisition by Qlik
• General Electric on the $11.1 billion combination of GE Transportation and Wabtec
• Markit on its $13 billion all-share merger of equals with IHS
• Emera on its $10.4 billion acquisition of TECO Energy
• Tyson Foods on its contested $8.5 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands
• Bats Global Markets on its $3.4 billion acquisition by CBOE Holdings
• NICE Systems on its $940 million acquisition of inContact
• Warner Chilcott on its $5 billion sale to Actavis
• Biotie Therapies on its $363 million sale to Acorda Therapeutics
• Comcast on its proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable and related transactions with Charter Communications
• Heinz on its $28 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital

PRIVATE STRATEGIC M&A

• ECI Telecom Group on its merger with Ribbon Communications
• Taboola on its merger with Outbrain
• Charoen Pokphand Foods on its $1.1 billion acquisition of Bellisio Foods
• Comcast on its $4 billion investment in Atairos
• Morgan Stanley on its sale of its global oil commodities business
• Citigroup on its sale of OneMain to Springleaf through a dual-track M&A and IPO process
• Contura Energy on its merger with Alpha Natural Resources and the sale of Powder River Basin Assets

Financial Institutions and Services

• Charles Schwab on its pending $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade and its acquisition of assets of USAA Investment Company
• CenterState Bank Corporation on its $6 billion merger of equals with South State Corporation
• Barclays on the spin-off of its equities automated options trading unit
• Bats Global Markets on its merger with Direct Edge and $3.4 billion acquisition by CBOE Holdings
• Citigroup on its sale of OneMain to Springleaf through a dual-track M&A and IPO process
• Dai-ichi Life on its investment in and strategic alliance with Janus Capital Group
• J.P. Morgan Strategic Investments on a number of minority investments

Israel M&A

• ECI Telecom Group on its merger with Ribbon Communications
• Taboola on its merger with Outbrain
• Attunity on its $560 million acquisition by Qlik
• NICE Systems on its $940 million acquisition of inContact
• ADAMA on the acquisition of Bonide Products by its subsidiary Control Solutions
• Mediamind on its $500 million acquisition by DG FastChannel
• Fiverr on its acquisition of AND CO

Law360 – “Rising Star: Mergers & Acquisitions,” 2020