Brett J. Fleisher
Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity
Brett Fleisher advises private equity firms and portfolio companies, public and private
companies, family offices and hedge funds on U.S. and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, carve-outs, financings, joint ventures, strategic investments, corporate
governance and securities laws matters. She also represents CEOs and management teams in
connection with private equity transactions.
Bio
In recognition of her work, Ms. Fleisher has been named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America and honored as a Rising Star by both Law360 and New York Law Journal.
Selected representations by Ms. Fleisher include:
- Dell Technologies, Inc. in its:
- $859 million sale of SecureWorks Corp. to Sophos Ltd.
- $4 billion sale of Boomi to Francisco Partners and TPG
- OceanSound Partners and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous transactions, including:
- OceanSound’s acquisition of a majority stake in Netrix
- OceanSound’s strategic investment in Gannett Fleming
- Gannett Fleming's merger with Transystems
- Permira Funds in numerous transactions, including:
- PharmaCord’s merger with Mercalis
- the substantial investment in PharmaCord
- the $2.2 billion sale of its portfolio company DiversiTech to Partners Group
- the sale of its portfolio company LSNE to PCI Pharma Services
- the $4.2 billion sale of a majority stake in Duff & Phelps to Stone Point Capital
- the sale of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environment to Berkshire Partners
- the $2.3 billion sale of its portfolio company Atrium Innovations to Nestlé S.A.
- the $1.9 billion sale of an 80% stake in its portfolio company Netafim Ltd. to Orbia (formerly Mexichem)
- the acquisition of DiversiTech from The Jordan Company
- the acquisition of LSNE
- the $1.5 billion sale of its portfolio company Intelligrated to Honeywell
- the $765 million sale of its portfolio company PHARMAQ to Zoetis
- the $2.8 billion sale of its portfolio company Iglo Foods to Nomad Holdings Limited
- the $3.5 billion sale of its portfolio company Arysta LifeScience to Platform Specialty Products
- NXP Semiconductors N.V. in numerous transactions, including its:
- pending sale of its MEMS sensors business to STMicroelectronics for up to $950 million
- $625 million acquisition of TTTech Auto
- proposed (but terminated) $47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated
- Genesys, a portfolio company of Hellman & Friedman and Permira, in the $1.5 billion investment in the company by Salesforce and ServiceNow
- FTV Capital in its investment, alongside Lightyear Capital, in ProfitSolv
- Mayne Pharma Group Limited in its $475 million sale of Metrics Contracts Services to Catalent
- Purolite Corporation in its $3.7 billion sale to Ecolab Inc.
- Morgan Stanley, as financial advisor to Spirit Airlines, in connection with Spirit Airlines’ proposed (but terminated) sale to JetBlue for $3.8 billion, as well as its merger (later terminated) with Frontier Group Holdings, the parent company of Frontier Airlines, in a transaction valued at $6.6 billion
- Amadeus IT Group SA in its $1.52 billion acquisition of TravelClick Inc. from Thoma Bravo
- Murad in its acquisition by Unilever
- Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. and a private equity consortium including The Blackstone Group L.P., The Carlyle Group LP, Permira Funds and TPG Capital, L.P. in Freescale’s merger with NXP Semiconductors N.V. for a combined enterprise value of $40 billion
Ms. Fleisher is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting and corporate training programs. She is a co-chair of the firm’s Summer Associate Committee in New York and is a member of the Hiring Committee.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Emory University School of Law, 2013 (High Honors; Order of the Coif)
- B.A., Colgate University, 2008 (cum laude)
Admissions
- New York
Brett J. Fleisher
Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity
brett.fleisher@skadden.com