David Acquay

David Acquay’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate governance, securities and general corporate law.

Mr. Acquay regularly advises public and private acquirers and sellers, private equity firms and investment banks on a variety of U.S. and cross-border corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, carveouts, financings and financial advisor engagements.

Prior to starting his legal career, he worked at Microsoft Corporation as a product manager, managing software development teams for one of the company’s enterprise software products.

Mr. Acquay’s representative transactions prior to and since joining Skadden include:

Technology and Biotechnology

• Altimeter Growth Corp. in its $40 billion merger with Grab Holdings Inc.
• Veoneer, Inc. in its $4.5 billion acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated and SSW Partners
• ServiceMax, Inc., backed by Silver Lake Partners and General Electric, in its proposed (but terminated) $1.4 billion merger with Pathfinder Acquisition Corp.
• HP Inc. in its acquisitions of (i) HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology Company and (ii) Bromium
• Entegris, Inc. in its (i) $6.5 billion acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc and (ii) sale of its electronic chemicals business to Fujifilm
• Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. in its $7 billion acquisition of CCC Information Services, Inc.
• Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. in its acquisition of ImmPACT Bio USA Inc.
• Medtronic plc in its acquisition of Companion Medical

Private Equity

• Veritas Capital in its sale of a stake in Cotiviti to KKR & Co. Inc.
• Hg in its investment in Managed Markets Insight & Technology LLC (MMIT), which, following MMIT’s concurrent acquisition of Evaluate (an Hg portfolio company), created a combined entity valued at $1.6 billion
• Baring Private Equity Asia in its $2 billion acquisition of Virtusa Corporation
• Blackstone in the establishment of Blackstone Capital Partners VIII, which raised approximately $26 billion

Other Transactions

• MasterBrand, Inc. in its acquisition of Supreme Cabinetry Brands
• Keurig Dr Pepper in its investment in Nutrabolt
• PJT Partners as financial advisor to Caesars Entertainment in its $17.3 billion sale to Eldorado Resorts
• Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. in its $8 billion sale to General Mills, Inc.

In recognition of his work, Mr. Acquay has been repeatedly named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch in America.

Mr. Acquay is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting and corporate training programs. He serves on the firm’s Associates, Associates Recruiting and Summer Associates committees.