Experience

• • Ariel Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor, in Endeavor’s $13 billion take-private sale to Silver Lake.
  • Centerview, as financial advisor to R.R. Donnelly, a leading global provider of multichannel business communications services and marketing solutions, in its $2.1 billion sale to Atlas.
  • International Paper, a global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging and pulp products, in the separation and spin-off of its global printing papers business, Sylvamo, and related financing arrangements.
  • Discovery, Inc. in the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction that values the combined entity at approximately $130 billion.
  • Special Committee of R1 RCM in its conversion of all of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by an investment vehicle jointly owned by Ascension and TowerBrook to common stock.
  • Steven Cohen and Cohen Private Ventures in the $2.4 billion acquisition of the New York Mets.
  • Verizon in its $6.25 billion acquisition of Tracfone, the largest reseller of wireless services in the U.S.
  • The Special Committee of Liberty Broadband in Liberty Broadband’s $10.59 billion acquisition of GCI Liberty.
  • Warner Music Group in its initial public offering of 77 million shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $25.00 per share, representing an approximately $1.925 billion offering.
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Match Group, a dating company with a market value of over $30 billion, in its separation from IAC.
  • InterXion in its combination with Digital Realty, valuing InterXion at $8.4 billion.
  • Elliott in its $683 million acquisition of Barnes & Noble, the largest retail bookseller in the U.S.
  • Evercore and J.P. Morgan Securities, as financial advisors to Akebia Therapeutics, in Akebia Therapeutics’s $1.3 billion merger with Keryx Biopharmaceuticals.
  • Pitney Bowes in the sale of its global production mail business to Platinum Equity.
  • Nationstar Mortgage, a leading mortgage servicer and originator, in its $3.8 billion merger with WMIH.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to CSRA, in the $9.6 billion sale of CSRA to General Dynamics.
  • American International Group in its $5.56 billion acquisition of Validus Group, a Bermuda-based, NYSE-listed, (re)insurance company.
  • International Paper in the $1.8 billion combination of its North America Consumer Packaging business with Graphic Packaging.
  • Access Industries as a lead consortium investor in the $5.6 billion acquisition of Calpine.
  • Verizon in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Straight Path Communications, a leading wireless spectrum holder.
  • The Board of Directors of Monsanto in its $66 billion sale to Bayer.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to EMC Corporation, in the $67 billion sale of EMC Corporation to Dell.
  • Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, in its acquisition of Mesirow Insurance Services.
  • Verizon in its acquisition of Telogis, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology and services, specifically in the connected vehicle and mobile enterprise management sectors.
  • International Paper in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s pulp business.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to Rovi Corporation, in Rovi Corporation's $1.1 billion acquisition of TiVo.
  • Verizon in its $1.8 billion acquisition of XO Communications’ fiber-optic network business.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to DuPont, in DuPont's $130 billion merger with The Dow Chemical Company.
  • Guggenheim Securities and Goldman Sachs, as financial advisors to Pfizer, in its $160 billion acquisition of Allergan. (Terminated)
  • Activision Blizzard in its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Entertainment.
  • Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of a majority interest in the asset management business of AR Capital (subsequently withdrawn), its acquisition of the wholesale distribution business of RCS Capital and its substantial minority equity investment in RCS Capital. (Terminated)
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its $12 billion acquisition of GE Capital’s sponsor lending business, including Antares Capital, the leading lender to middle market private equity sponsors in the U.S.
  • Verizon in the $10.54 billion sale of its local wireline operations in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier Communications.
  • Protective Life in its $5.7 billion merger with a subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life, a life insurance company listed on the Tokyo stock exchange.
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell in litigation challenging the $24.9 billion sale of Dell to an investor group including Michael Dell and Silver Lake.
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Wilton Re, a U.S. life insurance and reinsurance provider.
  • International Paper in the combination of its xpedx distribution solutions business with Unisource in a “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction.
  • Verizon Wireless in its $3.6 billion acquisition of Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses.
  • International Paper in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland.
  • Reynolds Group in its $4.5 billion acquisition of Graham Packaging Company.
  • Access Industries in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Warner Music Group.
  • Reynolds Group in its $6 billion acquisition of Pactiv, a NYSE-listed global manufacturer and supplier of consumer food and beverage packaging and storage products.
  • Hewitt Associates in the financing aspects of its $4.9 billion merger with Aon Corporation.
  • Rank Group in its $950 million acquisition of Honeywell’s automotive consumer products group.
  • General Electric in the repurchase of Vivendi’s stock of NBC Universal for $5.8 billion, along with advice to NBC Universal on certain corporate matters related to the formation of the NBC Universal - Comcast joint venture valued at $37.5 billion.
  • Verizon in the $8.6 billion spin-off and merger of its wireline businesses in 14 states to Frontier Communications Corporation.
  • Reynolds Group in its acquisition of Reynolds Consumer Products and Closure Systems International and the associated financings and refinancings, a group of transactions valued at $3.2 billion.
  • Verizon Wireless in its acquisition of Alltel Corporation, a transaction valued at $28.1 billion.
  • Carlyle in its $2.54 billion acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton’s U.S. government consulting business.
  • Ripplewood in its €532 million sale of AEG Power Solutions to Germany1 Acquisition.
  • International Paper in its $6 billion acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's packaging business.
  • Energy Brands, also known as Glacéau, the maker of VitaminWater, in its $4.1 billion acquisition by The Coca-Cola Company.
  • Verizon Wireless in its $2.67 billion acquisition of Rural Cellular.
  • Rank Group in its $2.7 billion purchase of Alcoa’s packaging and consumer businesses.
  • Verizon in the $13 billion spin-off of its U.S. print and Internet yellow pages directories business, forming a new public company called Idearc.
  • Ripplewood Holdings in its $3.4 billion acquisition of RSC Equipment Rental from Atlas Copco.
  • Verizon in its acquisition of MCI, a transaction with an equity value of $8.5 billion.
  • Carlyle in its $2.1 billion going private acquisition, with the company’s controlling shareholders, of Insight Communications.