James L. Harrington

James Harrington represents acquirers, targets, sponsors of private investment funds and financial advisors in significant transactions, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic alliances.

Mr. Harrington’s notable representations include:

• Allegiant in its pending $1.5 billion acquisition of Sun Country Airlines
• Intelsat S.A. in its $3.1 billion sale to SES S.A.
• Castlelake, L.P. in its investment, as part of a consortium of bidders, for a $1.2 billion debt and equity investment in the reorganized Scandinavian Airlines, to be implemented pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan and Swedish reorganization proceeding
• Duke Energy Corporation in the $6 billion investment in Duke Energy Florida by Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners for a 19.9% stake therein
• Centene Corporation in a number of transactions, including its:
  • $1.35 billion sale of Magellan Rx to Prime Therapeutics
  • $750 million sale of Magellan Specialty Health to Evolent Health, Inc.
  • sale of a majority stake in U.S. Medical Management
• PJT Partners LP as financial advisor to the strategic review committee of Frontier Communications Partners Inc. in Frontier’s $20 billion sale to Verizon Communications Inc.
• LAS Capital in its affiliate’s acquisition of certain assets from Lordstown Motors Corp. in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
• Global Guardian in its sale to Align Capital Partners

Matters on which he counseled prior to joining Skadden include:

• Covanta in its sale to EQT in a transaction valued at more than $5 billion
• Allergan in its sales of Brazikumab to AstraZeneca and Zenpep to Nestle
• Pernod Ricard in its acquisition of Castle Brands
• Kelso & Company in its acquisition of Ferraro Foods, a specialty foodservice distributor
• Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the sale of a majority stake in Pathway Vet Alliance to TSG Consumer Partners
• Schneider Electric in the formation of AlphaStruxure, a joint venture with Carlyle to develop energy management and automation solutions for critical transportation and infrastructure projects
• One Rock Capital Partners in its acquisition of the Engineered Components and Systems segment of Actuant
• Manna Pro, a manufacturer and marketer of pet care and nutrition products and a Morgan Stanley Capital Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of Hero Pet Brands
• Sequoia Capital in raising multiple venture capital and growth funds