Mehdi Ansari

Artificial Intelligence

• A digital financial services company in considering material IP and privacy risks with respect to use of generative AI tools
• A global financial institution in crafting policies to account for the risks introduced through the use of generative AI, as well as on the evolving diligence considerations introduced by AI in its various other transactions
• Harmonic AI, the developer of an engine that uses AI to solve complex mathematical problems, on development and training of AI models
• A professional sports league on development and use of AI tools
• An international insurance company on the development of global policies and governance to address both general and industry-specific risks related to the use of AI

• SumerSports, a sports analytics platform that employs generative AI, on ongoing corporate and intellectual property advice in connection with its development of AI-driven products and services
• Numerous FinTech companies, financial institutions and investment banks on their AI policies with respect to use of generative AI across the enterprise, and considerations related to effective governance and oversight of use of generative AI by their personnel
• xAI and X on the $113 billion merger of xAI and X
• xAI on AI-related transactions

Technology

• Alex Hernandez, CEO of PowerBridge, in connection with Five Point Infrastructure’s formation and funding of PowerBridge, with an equity commitment of up to $1 billion to develop and build data centers in the Permian Basin
• ASGN Incorporated in its $340 million acquisition of TopBloc, acquisition of Iron Vine Security and $350 million acquisition of GlideFast Consulting LLC
• Bright House Networks, in its combination with Charter and Time Warner, to create an $80 billion cable company
• Candy Digital in its merger with Palm NFT Studio and its Series A1 financing round led by Galaxy and ConsenSys Mesh, with participation from 10T Holdings and ConsenSys, among others
• DiamondPeak Holdings Corp., a publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company, in its merger with Lordstown Motors Corp., an electric truck company, pursuant to which Lordstown became a wholly owned subsidiary of DiamondPeak
• Harris Corporation in its approximately $35 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies, the largest deal in the defense industry in nearly 20 years
• The shareholders of Hyperconnect in its $1.76 billion acquisition by Match Group
• Hyzon Motors Inc. in its merger with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a $2.1 billion deal in which Hyzon will go public
• Intel in many matters, including its $1.5 billion cross-license and settlement agreement with NVIDIA, its sale of more than 150 patent families to Sony, its joint development and joint venture matters with Micron, and many patent license and sale/acquisition agreements
• Navistar International Corporation in its strategic alliance with TRATON (formerly Volkswagen Truck & Bus), which included an equity investment in Navistar by TRATON and framework agreements for strategic technology and supply collaboration and a procurement joint venture
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in many matters, including an investment in Epic Games
• Symbotic in its $5.5 billion merger with SVF Investment Corp. 3, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Softbank Investment Advisers, that resulted in Symbotic becoming a public company, and the $205 million common equity PIPE in connection with the transaction
• Unisys, a global information technology company, in the sale of its U.S. Federal business to Science Applications International Corp for $1.2 billion
• Volkswagen Group and its subsidiary Electrify America, a leading network of electric vehicle fast chargers, in the $450 million investment by Siemens and VW to support the more-than-doubling of Electrify America’s charging infrastructure to 10,000 ultra-fast chargers at 1,800 charging stations by 2026

Healthcare & Life Sciences

• Abiomed in its $18 billion acquisition by Johnson & Johnson
• Anika Therapeutics in its acquisition of Parcus Medical for up to $95 million and its acquisition of Arthrosurface for up to $100 million
• Bausch Health Companies in its acquisition of DURECT Corporation
• Baxter International in its $3.8 billion acquisition of its Kidney Care Segment, Vantive, by Carlyle, and its acquisition of Hillrom for a total enterprise value of $12.4 billion
• Bayer in its $6.9 billion sale of Bayer Animal Health to Elanco, creating the world’s second-largest animal health leader; its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto – one of the largest all-cash takeovers of a public company; and its $9 billion sale of selected crop science assets to BASF
• Merck KGaA in its $3.9 billion acquisition of SpringWorks Therapeutics and its $6.4 billion acquisition of Versum Materials
• Novartis AG in its $9.7 billion acquisition of The Medicines Company
• Oaktree in numerous healthcare-focused financing transactions, including in its strategic financing agreement with BioXcel Therapeutics, under which Oaktree and Qatar Investment Authority provided up to $260 million in gross funding to support BioXcel’s commercial activities of IGALMI™ (dexmedetomidine) sublingual film, the expansion of clinical development efforts of BXCL501, and for BioXcel’s additional neuroscience and immuno-oncology clinical programs; its $225 million senior secured term loan facility with Establishment Labs; and its $125 million senior secured term loan provided to Marinus Pharmaceuticals
• UnitedHealth Group in various matters, including in connection with Optum’s $13.8 billion combination with Change Healthcare and its $4.3 billion acquisition of DaVita Medical Group

Financial Institutions and FinTech

• BancorpSouth Bank in its $6 billion merger with Cadence Bancorporation
• The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in the pending sale of its HedgeMark business to Innocap Investment Management
• The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation’s Pershing in its acquisition of Optimal Asset Management
• Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in its strategic collaboration with AMG and its $3.5 billion proposed sale of its Investor Services business to State Street, later terminated
• Cadence Bank in its $7.4 billion pending acquisition by Huntington Bancshares and its merger with Industry Bancshares
• Citadel Securities in connection with Sequoia's and Paradigm's $1.15 billion minority investment in Citadel
• Citizens Financial Group in its $3.5 billion merger with Investors Bancorp
• Columbia Banking System, Inc. in its $2 billion acquisition of Pacific Premier Bancorp
• Discover in its $50.6 billion merger with Capital One
• FirstBank Holding Company in its $4.1 billion pending acquisition by PNC Financial Services Group
• Goldman Sachs in numerous acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financings, including in a recent minority investment in a new series of preferred stock in DealerPolicy, Inc. and in its €1.7 billion acquisition of NN Investment Partners from NN Group
• HomeStreet in connection with its merger with Mechanics Bank
• HSBC Holdings in the sale of its U.S. credit card portfolios to First Bank & Trust and Fidem
• M&T Bank in its $8.3 billion acquisition of People’s United Financial
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in its $8 billion sale of MUFG Union Bank to U.S. Bancorp
• MUFG Union Bank in the sale of three legacy MUFG Union Bank branches in San Bernardino County, California to HomeStreet Bank in connection with U.S. Bancorp’s acquisition of MUFG Union Bank’s core regional banking franchise
• New York Community Bancorp in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Flagstar Bancorp, creating a new company with $87 billion in assets
• Pinnacle Financial Partners in its $8.6 billion pending combination with Synovus Financial
• Piper Sandler Companies in its acquisition of DBO Partners
• The Trustees of the Rockefeller Family Trust in connection with several transactions, including Rockefeller Capital Management's $6.6 billion recapitalization and $622 million minority investment by IGM Financial, the formation of Rockefeller Capital Management and the acquisition of Rockefeller Financial Services by Viking Global Investors LP

Retail and Consumer

• Amazon.com in its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market and its acquisition of Pillpack
• Booking Holdings in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Getaroom from Court Square Capital Partners
• Bosch in its $8 billion acquisition of Johnson Controls’ and Hitachi’s HVAC business
• Diageo in its and Main Street Advisors’ strategic joint venture for Cîroc Ultra-Premium Vodka and Lobos 1707 Tequila
• Grupo Carrefour Brasil in its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of Grupo BIG Brasil SA from Advent International and Walmart
• Jack in the Box in its $115 million pending sale of Del Taco Holdings to Yadav Enterprises
• Knoll in its $1.8 billion acquisition by Herman Miller
• Masimo Corporation in its $350 million sale of its Sound United consumer audio business to HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics
• Motivate International, Inc., the parent company of Citibike and the largest bikeshare operator in North America, in its acquisition by Lyft, Inc.
• Rhône Capital and Fogo de Chão in connection with Fogo de Chão’s acquisition by Bain Capital Private Equity
• TheNotCompany in its joint venture with The Kraft Heinz Company
• Tiffany & Co. in its approximately $16 billion acquisition by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
• United Rentals in many transactions, including its $4.8 billion proposed acquisition of H&E Equipment Services (later terminated), its $2 billion acquisition of Ahern Rentals and its $996 million acquisition of General Finance

Sports, Media, and Entertainment

• Collectors Universe in its acquisition of Card Ladder
• DraftKings in its pending acquisition of Railbird Technologies and its wholly owned subsidiary Railbird Exchange, acquisition of Simplebet, $750 million acquisition of Jackpocket and its $1.6 billion acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming
• Frank McCourt and his entities in connection various business interests
• Lion Capital in connection with John Varvatos, including in its affiliate’s DIP financing for and acquisition of John Varvatos in a Section 363 sale process
• The Madison Square Garden Company, now known as Madison Square Garden Sports (MSG), in the separation of its sports and entertainment businesses, which included a spin-off of its entertainment businesses into a separately traded public company named Madison Square Garden Entertainment
• Major League Baseball in its $900 million sale of its 15% interest in BAMTech to The Walt Disney Company
• Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) in many projects, including the $1.58 billion sale of a majority ownership interest in MLBAM’s subsidiary BAMTech to The Walt Disney Company
• UBS in connection with its 20-year naming rights agreement for UBS Arena at Belmont Park, the new home of the New York Islanders

Other Representations

• Canadian Pacific Railway in its and Lanco Group/Mi-Jack’s sale of the Panama Canal Railway Company, a 50/50 joint venture between CPKC and Lanco Group/Mi-Jack, to APM Terminals, and its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, which would create the first rail network connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada
• DISH Network Corporation in its acquisition of the Boost prepaid mobile business of Sprint Corporation, and several strategic collaboration, license and supply agreements
• Standard Industries Holdings in its $7 billion acquisition of W. R. Grace & Co.