Sean C. Coburn

Sean C. Coburn

Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions

Bio

Sean Coburn is a corporate attorney who advises public and private companies and private equity firms on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, corporate governance, joint ventures, spin-offs and securities offerings. He counsels companies in a variety of industries, with an emphasis on entertainment and technology.

Notable representations include:

  • Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter;
  • Chardan Capital Markets in connection with its roles as sponsor, financial advisor and capital markets advisor in multiple recent de-SPAC transactions;
  • Chardan NexTech 2 in its $500 million merger with energy storage company Dragonfly Energy Corp.;
  • Lecoq Cuisine in its acquisition by Groupe Le Duff;
  • Reinvent Technology Partners Y in its $11 billion merger with self-driving company Aurora;
  • Reinvent Technology Partners in its $6.6 billion merger with all-electric aircraft company Joby Aviation;
  • Social Capital Hedosophia V in its $6.6 billion merger with online personal finance company Social Finance, Inc.;
  • Social Capital Hedosophia II in its $5 billion merger with online home seller Opendoor Labs Inc.;
  • Bank of America as lender in a 3.6 billion Indian rupee local-currency revolving credit facility provided to Fourth Partner Energy, one of India’s largest distributed solar companies;
  • Social Capital Hedosophia in its $1.5 billion merger with spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, LLC;
  • Spotify in its acquisitions of Gimlet Media and Anchor FM; and
  • Red Hat in its $34 billion acquisition by IBM.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Columbia Law School, 2018
  • B.A., Fordham University, 2013

Admissions

  • New York

Sean C. Coburn

Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions
sean.coburn@skadden.com