Lauren Garrett

Lauren Garrett advises public and private companies, financial institutions and private equity sponsors on U.S. and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, dispositions, auctions, carve-outs, reorganizations, strategic investments and other corporate matters. Over the course of her career, she has practiced in New York, London and Sydney.

Ms. Garrett’s representative transactions prior to and since joining Skadden include:

• Computershare Limited in the $720 million carve-out sale of Computershare Mortgage Services Inc. and certain affiliated companies
• Rithm Capital Corp. in its $720 million acquisition of Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
• Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. in its minority investment in Tractor Beverage, Inc.
• Sierra Wireless, Inc. in its acquisition by Semtech Corporation at an enterprise value of $1.2 billion
• Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC in its increased £6.7 billion recommended cash offer by Fortress Investment Group, LLC and the subsequent £7 billion recommended cash offer by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLP
• Paul Ramsay:
  • Health Care in its £999.6 million recommended all-cash offer for Spire Healthcare Group
  • Holdings Pty Limited in its disposal of Adstream Holdings Pty Limited
• Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to KKR & Co. Inc. in its £2 billion acquisition of John Laing Group
• Agilitas Private Equity in its backing of the buyout of TenCate Advanced Armour
• Babcock International Group PLC in its carve-out and subsequent disposal of its oil and gas aviation business in the U.K., Denmark and Australia for £10 million
• Sprints Capital in its investment in Revolut’s $800 million Series E funding round
• The Blackstone Group:
  • and the management shareholders of Ixom HoldCo Pty Ltd in their 1.1 billion Australian dollar disposal of the Ixom group
  • in its 508 million Australian dollar acquisition of ASX-listed AMA Group Ltd
• Alight Solutions LLC (a portfolio company of The Blackstone Group) in its acquisition of Future Knowledge Pty Ltd
• Freedom Insurance Group Limited in its proposed (but terminated) 65 million Australian dollar acquisition of St Andrew’s Group
• Downer EDI Limited in the 109 million Australian dollar disposal of its freight rail business
• UBS and Credit Suisse in their underwriting of Webjet Limited’s 153 million Australian dollar capital raising
• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in four bolt-on acquisitions of insurance companies in Australia
• Quadrant PE and Next Capital in the sale of their interest in the Independent Pub Group

In recognition of her work, Ms. Garrett has been named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch in America. Ms. Garrett also provides legal services to pro bono clients, including individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. She is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting, corporate training and summer associate programs.