
Samuel J. Cammer
Samuel Cammer is a corporate attorney who advises public and private companies, as well as private equity sponsors, on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs, carve-outs, going-private transactions, securities offerings and other corporate matters, including SEC compliance, shareholder activism and corporate governance.
Bio
Mr. Cammer’s notable representations include:
Technology, Media and Telecommunications; Gaming and Leisure
- Twenty-First Century Fox in its:
- $85 billion acquisition by The Walt Disney Company and the $23 billion pre-merger spin-off of certain news, sports and broadcast businesses, which was named The American Lawyer’s Global M&A Deal of the Year
- $15 billion sale of its stake in Sky plc to Comcast Corporation
- Red Hat in its $34 billion acquisition by IBM
- Pinnacle Entertainment in:
- the merger of Pinnacle’s real estate assets with GLPI following a spin-off of Pinnacle’s operating business in a transaction with an implied enterprise value of $4.75 billion
- Pinnacle’s subsequent $2.8 billion acquisition by Penn National Gaming and related divestitures to Boyd Gaming
- the special committee of the board of directors of Nasdaq-listed Arco Platform Limited in connection with Arco’s unsolicited $1.5 billion take-private transaction led by General Atlantic and Dragoneer Investment Group
Industrials and Automotive
- DuPont in its $11 billion sale of a majority of its Mobility & Materials segment to Celanese
- Entegris in its:
- $6.5 billion cash and stock acquisition of CMC Materials
- $700 million sale of its electronic chemicals business to Fujifilm
- Veoneer in its $4.5 billion acquisition by Qualcomm and SSW Partners following the termination of Veoneer’s previously announced $3.8 billion acquisition by Magna International Inc.
- Stanley Black & Decker in its:
- $1.5 billion acquisition of Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing
- $760 million sale of its attachments and handheld hydraulic tools business to Epiroc AB
- LANXESS in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Chemtura Corporation
Financial and Business Services
- E*TRADE in its $13 billion all-stock acquisition by Morgan Stanley
- Computershare in connection with its $720 million carve-out sale of its U.S. mortgage servicing business to Rithm Capital
- HPS Investment Partners in its $300 million acquisition of Marlin Business Services Corp.
- Fortress in the $250 million sale of Logan Circle Partners, Fortress’ traditional fixed-income asset management business, to MetLife
Health Care and Life Sciences
- Edwards Lifesciences in the $4.2 billion sale of its Critical Care business to Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Iora Health in its $2.1 billion all-stock acquisition by One Medical
Spin-offs and Corporate Separations
- FedEx in the planned separation of FedEx and FedEx Freight into two industry-leading public companies
- Holcim in the $30 billion spin-off and U.S. listing of Amrize, its North American business
- Apartment Investment and Management Company (an UPREIT) in its $10.4 billion reverse spin-off of Apartment Income REIT Corp.
- Fortive in the $5 billion spin-off of 80.1% of Vontier, a global industrial technology company
- Trinity Industries in the $1 billion spin-off of Arcosa, its industrial business
Private Company and Private Equity
- WhistlePig, a distiller of luxury rye whiskey, in its partnerships with BDT Capital Partners and Moët Hennessy, and its related minority investment and liquidity transactions
- Castik Capital in the combination of its portfolio company Waterlogic Group Holdings with Culligan International, a BDT Capital portfolio company
- Pamplona Capital Management and its portfolio company nThrive in connection with the carve-out sale of nThrive’s technology business to Clearlake Capital
In recognition of his work, Mr. Cammer has been repeatedly named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch in America.
Mr. Cammer also provides pro bono legal services to New York-based clients, including early-stage nonprofits and individuals seeking asylum in the U.S.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2015 (magna cum laude)
- B.A., Emory University, 2012 (Highest Honors)
Admissions
- New York