Alison S. Ressler

Mergers & Acquisitions

Recent M&A transactions in which she has been involved include:

• Sumitovant Biopharma and Sumitomo Pharma’s $2.9 billion acquisition of Myovant Sciences
• RedBird Capital Partners in connection with its, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s launch of Artists Equity
• Wasserman’s strategic investment from Providence Equity Partners
• Verily Life Sciences in a transaction whereby Swiss Re exchanged its investment in Granular Insurance for an equity stake in Verily; its $1 billion investment round led by parent company Alphabet; its joint venture with Santen Pharmaceutical Co.; its $1 billion investment round led by Silver Lake; and its $800 million investment by Temasek

• California Resources Corporation’s joint venture with Brookfield Renewable to create a carbon management partnership; its previous successful emergence from Chapter 11; and its $825 million infrastructure joint venture and equity investment with Development Capital Resources
• Zendesk’s $10.2 billion acquisition by an investor group led by Permira and Hellman & Friedman LLC, as counsel to Goldman Sachs, financial adviser to Zendesk
• Watlow’s acquisition of Eurotherm from Schneider Electric
• VMware’s $61 billion pending acquisition by Broadcom, as counsel to Goldman Sachs, financial adviser to VMware
• Twitter’s $44 billion acquisition by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, as counsel to Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, financial advisers to Twitter
• DigitalBridge Group in its acquisition of AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity investment management business (comprising four investment funds with $5.6 billion in fee-earning assets under management) for $316 million; its acquisition of Wafra’s 31.5% ownership in DigitalBridge’s investment management subsidiary for $800 million (which followed its initial $400 million investment); its $3.2 billion sale of its Wellness Infrastructure business to Highgate Capital Investments and Aurora Health Network; and its acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings.
• Mandiant’s $5.4 billion acquisition by Google, as counsel to Goldman Sachs, exclusive financial adviser to Mandiant
• Shafer Vineyards’ sale of the company and related vineyard real estate to Starfield Properties, a subsidiary of E-Mart
• ATL Investco’s acquisition of the Atlanta Hawks and in connection with Dyal HomeCourt Partners’ minority equity investment in the Atlanta Hawks
• Raintree Systems’ significant investment from Serent Capital
• Vector Group in connection with Douglas Elliman's intended spin-off into a standalone, publicly traded company
• Saama Technologies in the strategic growth investment and acquisition of a majority stake in Saama by Carlyle and a co-investor group for up to $430 million
• Affiliates of Joseph Sanberg in a recapitalization of Blue Apron and subsequent private placement investments
• Ares' acquisition of a majority interest in Kuecker Pulse Integration; in connection with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets’ acquisition of Cincinnati Bell; as a member of a consortium co-led by Ares and Leonard Green & Partners in the acquisition of Press Ganey; $1.45 billion strategic partnership with DuPage Medical Group; and acquisition of a significant stake in American Tire 
• Ontario Teachers’ strategic investment in Mitratech and acquisition of PODS
• Ares and Ontario Teachers’ acquisition of a majority interest in TricorBraun
• Rent-A-Center's approximately $1.8 billion acquisition of Acima Holdings and $1.365 billion proposed acquisition by Vintage Capital, as counsel to the Board of Directors of Rent-A-Center, later terminated
• Juniper Networks’ acquisition of Apstra, $450 million acquisition of 128 Technology and $405 million acquisition of Mist Systems
• NVISION Eye Centers in connection with Ontario Teachers’ acquisition of a majority stake in NVISION
• PowerA’s $395 million acquisition by ACCO
• Crescent Capital Group in connection with Sun Life Financial’s acquisition of a majority stake in Crescent for up to $338 million
• A lender in the financial reorganization and recapitalization that helped J. Crew and Neiman Marcus emerge from bankruptcy
• eBay’s $9.2 billion transfer of its Classifieds business to Adevinta, as counsel to Goldman Sachs & Co. and LionTree Advisors, financial advisers to eBay
• Mobile Mini’s $6.6 billion merger of equals with WillScot, as counsel to Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs & Co., financial advisers to Mobile Mini
• Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, controlled by Tinicum L.P. and affiliated partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated, in its sale to Stanley Black & Decker for up to $1.5 billion
• Key Energy Services’ out-of-court restructuring through a debt to equity conversion
• Members of a group of creditors and equity investors in the $3 billion pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring of Acosta 
• Madrone Capital Partners as the largest outside shareholder and lead investor in viagogo’s $4.05 billion acquisition of StubHub from eBay
• F5 Networks’ $1 billion acquisition of Shape Security, as counsel to JP Morgan, financial adviser to F5 Networks
• Xperi’s $3 billion combination with TiVo, as counsel to Centerview Partners, exclusive financial adviser to Xperi
• KEMET’s $1.8 billion acquisition by Yageo, as counsel to Goldman Sachs & Co., financial adviser to KEMET
• Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services’ $1.3 billion acquisition by Advisor Group
• Symantec’s $10.7 billion sale of its Enterprise Security assets, which include the Symantec name, to Broadcom, as counsel to Goldman Sachs & Co., financial adviser to Symantec and $2.3 billion acquisition of LifeLock, as counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities, co-lead financial adviser to the Board of Directors of Symantec
• Tableau Software’s $15.7 billion acquisition by Salesforce, as counsel to Goldman Sachs & Co., financial adviser to Tableau Software
• Versa’s sale of Polartec to Milliken & Company and Versa’s portfolio company, Vestis Retail’s acquisition of Sport Chalet
• Global Payments’ $21.5 billion merger with TSYS, as counsel to BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities, financial advisers to Global Payments
• Syntel’s $3.57 billion acquisition by Atos
• Joe Tsai, executive vice chairman and co-founder of Alibaba Group, in his purchase of a 49% interest in the Brooklyn Nets from owner Mikhail Prokhorov
• Kite Pharma’s $11.9 billion acquisition by Gilead Sciences
• SPO Partners’ $900 million sale of its aggregates business, Aggregates USA LLC, to Vulcan Materials Company
• Unified Grocers in its $375 million acquisition by SUPERVALU
• Platinum Equity’s acquisition of a controlling equity stake, along with other noteholders, in the reorganization of Key Energy Services
• Rockwell Collins’ $6.4 billion acquisition of B/E Aerospace, as counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities, financial advisor to Rockwell Collins
• Oracle’s $9.3 billion acquisition of NetSuite, as counsel to Moelis & Company, financial adviser to the Special Committee of Oracle
• Nortek’s $2.8 billion acquisition by Melrose Industries, as counsel to Ares, the largest shareholder in Nortek
• FilmYard Holdings, parent company of MIRAMAX, in MIRAMAX’s acquisition by beIN MEDIA GROUP
• Valeant’s $15.8 billion acquisition of Salix; $55 billion unsolicited offer to acquire Allergan; acquisition of PreCision Dermatology; $1.4 billion sale of aesthetic products to Galderma; acquisition of Medicis; and unsolicited offer for Cephalon
• Grocery Outlet’s acquisition by affiliates of Hellman & Friedman, as counsel to MacGregor Read and Eric Lindberg, shareholders and co-CEOs of Grocery Outlet
• Endo’s $2.6 billion acquisition of Auxilium
• Tinicum’s portfolio company Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing’s acquisition of Bristol Industries, as counsel to Tinicum
• Zynga’s acquisition of NaturalMotion
• American Realty Capital’s $11.2 billion acquisition of Cole Real Estate, as counsel to Christopher Cole and certain other executives and Cole Credit Property Trust III’s acquisition of Cole Holdings
• Dole Foods’ acquisition by an investor group led by Dole Chairman and CEO David Murdock, as counsel to Dole’s special committee
• CPG International’s acquisition by Ares and Ontario Teachers
• Purchase of Activision Blizzard shares from Vivendi, as counsel to ASAC II, an investment vehicle led by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Co-Chairman Brian Kelly
• Dell’s acquisition by investor group led by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners and financed in part by Microsoft, as counsel to Microsoft
• Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype Global from investor group led by Silver Lake, as counsel to both Skype and Silver Lake