Merna Abouelmaaty

Merna Abouelmaaty advises public and private companies, financial institutions and private equity sponsors on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures, going-pri­vate transactions, securities offerings, reorganizations and other corporate matters, including SEC compliance and corporate governance.

Ms. Abouelmaaty’s representations include:

• Aon plc and its subsidiary NFP Corp. in the $2.7 billion sale of NFP’s wealth business to Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
• Steelcase Inc. in its $2.2 billion sale to HNI Corporation
• Mubadala Investment Company, alongside Stone Point Capital and CD&R, in the acquisition of Truist’s remaining stake in Truist Insurance Holdings, valued at $15.5 billion
• GIC, alongside Oak Street, in the $14 billion acquisition of STORE Capital Corporation
• V2X, Inc. (formerly Vectrus, Inc.) in its:
  • $2.1 billion all-stock merger of equals with Vertex Aerospace Services Holding Corp., a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners
  • acquisition of Zenetex
• Google in its $2.1 billion purchase of St. John’s Terminal in New York City
• ALDI in its sale of Southeastern Grocers Inc. (including approximately 170 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores) to a consortium of private investors
• Willis Towers Watson in its formation of a greenfield joint venture with Bain to relaunch its treaty reinsurance business
• Coty Inc. in its long-term strategic relationships with Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian to expand their beauty businesses
• Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II in its $2.5 billion merger with ATI Physical Therapy
• Veritas Capital in the:
  • $1.35 billion sale of its portfolio company Abaco Systems to AMETEK, Inc.
  • acquisition of Solers Inc. by its portfolio company Peraton Corp.
• Cannae Holdings, Inc. in its strategic partnership with JANA Partners
• Pamplona Capital Management and its portfolio company nThrive, Inc. in the carve-out sale of nThrive’s technology business to Clearlake Capital for $1.1 billion
• Norwest Equity Partners and its portfolio company Quadion LLC (d.b.a. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics) in the sale of Quadion to KKR
• Oceansound Partners in its strategic investment in Lynx Software Technologies
• OnSolve, LLC in its sale to Crisis24 Holding, Inc.
• ScottsMiracle-Gro Company in the sale of its stake in the TruGreen joint venture
• NFP Corp. in its acquisition of Thompson Flanagan
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. in its acquisition of Corvus Insurance
• The Allstate Corporation in its acquisition of Kingfisher’s cell phone warranty business

Ms. Abouelmaaty also provides legal services to pro bono clients, including early-stage nonprofits and individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. She is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting, corporate training and summer associate programs.