Jaclyn Castelar

Jaclyn Castelar has a diverse practice representing public and private clients in a variety of U.S. and international transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, auctions, carve-outs, reorganizations, strategic investments, joint ventures and other corporate and commercial transactions. Ms. Castelar has advised clients in a wide range of industries, including:

• Discover Financial Services in the sale of Discover Bank’s $10 billion private student loan portfolio to affiliates of Carlyle and KKR
• S&P Global in its $975 million sale of its Engineering Solutions business to funds managed by KKR
• GE Vernova Inc. in its buyout of former joint venture Prolec GE
• Scopely
  • acquisition by Savvy Gaming Group
  • acquisition of Niantic’s games business 
• Wells Fargo in connection with its:
  • carve-out sale of certain assets of Wells Fargo Asset Management, related legal entities and its collective investment trust business to Allspring Global Investment
  • sale of its private student loan portfolio to a group of investors
• United Talent Agency in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • baseball talent agency REP 1 Baseball
  • soccer talent agency Representatives of Outstanding Footballers
• iCapital in its acquisition of SIMON Markets
• Zip Co Limited in its acquisition of QuadPay and announced acquisition of Sezzle
• Information Builders in its acquisition by TIBCO
• Dayco in its sale to Hidden Harbor Capital Partners
• RODE Microphones in its acquisition of Mackie
• Capitol Hill Group in its acquisition of Big 5 Sporting Goods
• Nasdaq in its strategic investment in LeveL ATS and the subsequent merger of LeveL ATS and Luminex
• BillerudKorsnäs in its acquisition of Verso Corporation
• Foot Locker in its acquisition of Warehouse Shoe Sale
• Funds advised by Apax Partners in connection with their acquisitions of:
  • EveryAction, Inc. from Insight Ventures
  • Social Solutions Group, Inc. from Vista Equity Partners
• Global Indemnity in connection with its internal business reorganization