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    Ethan J. Chess

    Associate

    New York +1-212-558-4000
    chesse@sullcrom.com
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    New York

    +1-212-558-4000

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    chesse@sullcrom.com

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    Ethan Chess is an associate in the Firm’s Financial Services and Capital Markets Groups. Mr. Chess has a broad-based corporate practice advising clients, oftentimes financial institutions, on transactional matters, such as mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity securities offerings, strategic investments and equity derivative transactions. Mr. Chess also advises clients on disclosure, corporate governance and bank regulatory matters and has experience with public and private investment funds.

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    Experience

    Experience

    • Discover in its $35.3 billion pending merger with Capital One
    • PacWest Bancorp in its all-stock merger with Banc of California
    • Pershing Square, L.P. and Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (“PSTH”), the largest SPAC of all time, in its initial $4 billion merger agreement with Universal Music Group (“UMG”) and subsequent assignment of PSTH’s rights and obligations to acquire 10% of UMG to investment funds affiliated with William Ackman.
    • SoftBank Group in a series of strategic capital markets and equity derivatives transactions to monetize its holdings in T-Mobile
    • Fiserv in its $22 billion acquisition of First Data and a number of underwritten common stock offerings
    • Great-West Lifeco in connection with its subsidiary Empower Retirement’s $1 billion acquisition of Personal Capital
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Discover in $50.6 Billion Merger with Capital One

      May 18, 2025
    • S&C Advises First Busey in $916.8 Million Merger with CrossFirst

      August 29, 2024
    • S&C Advises Pershing Square Capital Management in Sale of Minority Interest to Strategic Investors

      June 5, 2024
    • S&C Advises PacWest Bancorp in Merger with Banc of California

      July 28, 2023
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2018
    • Georgetown University, A.B., 2014

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Capital Markets
    • Financial Services
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