Alison S. Ressler

Headline M&A Transactions

• 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 
• AT&T in its joint venture with DOCOMO
• ATL Investco’s acquisition of the Atlanta Hawks and in connection with Dyal HomeCourt Partners’ minority equity investment in the Atlanta Hawks 
• Barclays’ sale of Barclays Global Investors to BlackRock (named “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer)
• California Resources Corporation in its pending $6 billion combination with Berry Corporation; its $2.1 billion all-stock combination with Aera Energy; its 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

• Central Pacific Financial Corp.’s unsolicited acquisition of CB Bancshares, Inc. 
• Chiron Corporation’s acquisition by Novartis AG, representing Novartis’ entry into the global vaccine and diagnostics market 
• Christopher Cole and certain other executives in connection with the $11.2 billion acquisition of Cole Real Estate Investments by American Realty Capital Properties and Cole Holdings Corporation in connection with its sale to Cole Capital Properties Trust III (thereafter known as Cole Real Estate Investments)
• Clear Channel Communications’ $23.9 billion acquisition by a private equity group comprised of Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners, as counsel to Goldman Sachs, financial adviser to Clear Channel
• Cymer’s $3.9 billion acquisition by ASML Holding NV
• Dell’s acquisition by investor group led by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners and financed in part by Microsoft, as counsel to Microsoft
• Dole Foods’ acquisition by an investor group led by Dole Chairman and CEO David Murdock, as counsel to Dole’s special committee
• eBay’s $1.5 billion acquisition of PayPal
• Hiltons Hotels’ $26.7 billion acquisition by The Blackstone Group
• Joe Tsai, 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
• Philips Electronics in its joint venture with LG Electronics
• RedBird Capital Partners in connection with Skydance Investor Group’s investment of more than $8 billion as part of the acquisition of National Amusements and control of Paramount through a merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global
• SDL’s acquisition by JDS Uniphase Corporation (the largest technology deal at the time)
• Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype Global from investor group led by Silver Lake, as counsel to both Skype and Silver Lake (recognized as a “Dealmaker in the Spotlight” in The American Lawyer and as a “Dealmaker of the Week” by Am Law Daily)
• Spieker Properties’ $7.2 billion acquisition by Equity Office Properties
• Sumitomo Pharma’s $2.9 billion acquisition of Myovant Sciences
• 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
• Valeant’s $15.8 billion acquisition of Salix and $55 billion unsolicited offer to acquire Allergan

Other Recent Transactions

• 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 
• Ares and Ontario Teachers’ acquisition of a majority interest in TricorBraun 
• AST SpaceMobile in its strategic investments from and commercial arrangements with AT&T, Google and Vodafone
• Bausch Health Companies in its pending acquisition of DURECT Corporation for cash and CVRs
• 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 
• CPG International’s acquisition by Ares and Ontario Teachers 
• Crescent Capital Group in connection with Sun Life Financial’s acquisition of a majority stake in it
• DigitalBridge Group in connection with 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. 
• Endo International’s $2.6 billion acquisition of Auxilium
• Grocery Outlet’s acquisition by affiliates of Hellman & Friedman, as counsel to MacGregor Read and Eric Lindberg, shareholders and co-CEOs of Grocery Outlet
• Juniper Networks’ acquisition of Apstra, $450 million acquisition of 128 Technology and $405 million acquisition of Mist Systems
• Key Energy Services’ out-of-court restructuring through a debt to equity conversion
• Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services’ $1.3 billion acquisition by Advisor Group 
• Madrone Capital Partners as the largest outside shareholder and lead investor in viagogo’s $4.05 billion acquisition of StubHub from eBay
• Members of a group of creditors and equity investors in the $3 billion pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring of Acosta
• The parent company of MIRAMAX in its sale of Miramax to beIN MEDIA GROUP
• NVISION Eye Centers in connection with Ontario Teachers’ acquisition of a majority stake in NVISION
• Ontario Teachers’ sale of an equity stake in SeaCube Container Leasing to Wren House, its prior acquisition of SeaCube, its strategic investment in Mitratech and its acquisition of PODS
• A party to the financial reorganization and recapitalization of each of J. Crew, Neiman Marcus and Intelsat
• Platinum Equity’s acquisition of a controlling equity stake, along with other noteholders, in the reorganization of Key Energy Services
• PowerA’s acquisition by ACCO
• Raintree Systems’ acquisition by Serent Capital 
• Redbird Capital Partners in connection with its, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s launch of Artists Equity
• 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
• 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
• Shafer Vineyards’ sale of the company and related vineyard real estate to Starfield Properties, a subsidiary of E-Mart
• A sovereign wealth fund in its acquisition of a $1 billion minority interest in Sotheby’s
• SPO Partners’ $900 million sale of its aggregates business, Aggregates USA LLC, to Vulcan Materials Company
• Syntel’s $3.57 billion acquisition by Atos 
• Tinicum’s portfolio company Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing’s acquisition of Bristol Industries, as counsel to Tinicum 
• Unified Grocers’ $375 million acquisition by SUPERVALU
• Upbound Group in its acquisitions of Acima and Brigit 
• Valeant’s acquisition of PreCision Dermatology; $1.4 billion sale of aesthetic products to Galderma; acquisition of Medicis; and unsolicited offer for Cephalon
• Vector Group in its $2.4 billion acquisition by JT Group and previously in connection with Douglas Elliman's spin-off into a standalone, publicly traded company
• 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
• Versa’s sale of Polartec to Milliken & Company and its acquisition of Sport Chalet 
• VMware’s $61 billion acquisition by Broadcom, as counsel to Goldman Sachs, financial adviser to VMware 
• Wasserman Media Group’s acquisitions of Brillstein Entertainment Partners and CSM Sport and Entertainment 
• Watlow’s acquisition of Eurotherm from Schneider Electric
• Zynga’s acquisition of NaturalMotion