Peter P. Jones

Peter P. Jones

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity

Peter Jones represents clients across a range of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on private equity, financial sponsors and high-growth and established technology clients.

Bio

Mr. Jones’ representations prior to and since joining Skadden include:

  • Ansys in its $35 billion sale to Synopsys
  • Splunk Inc. in its $28 billion acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • GIC in its $14 billion acquisition of STORE Capital Corporation, alongside Oak Street
  • Adeia Inc. (formerly Xperi Holding Corporation) in the spin-off of its product business into an independent public company called Xperi Inc.
  • Elon Musk in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Inc.
  • HPS Investment Partners in its investment in Authentic Brands Group at a valuation of $12.7 billion
  • Proofpoint in its $12.3 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
  • Livongo in its $18.5 billion acquisition by Teladoc Health
  • SK Hynix in its $9 billion acquisition of Intel’s memory business
  • Hg in a number of matters, including:
    • the investment made in Intelerad by TA Associates
    • its further investment in Lyniate alongside other institutional clients of Hg
    • its acquisition of Riskalyze, Inc.
    • its investment in Managed Markets Insight & Technology, LLC
    • the sale of Mitratech to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, and on the terms of its continued minority investment in Mitratech
  • F5 Networks in a number of matters, including its:
    • $1 billion acquisition of Shape Security
    • $440 million acquisition of Volterra
    • acquisition of Threat Stack
  • Coherent in its initially announced $5.7 billion sale to Lumentum, followed by Coherent’s subsequent responses to competing acquisition proposals from MKS Instruments, II-VI and Lumentum in a three-party bidding war culminating in Coherent’s $7 billion sale to II-VI
  • Xperi Corporation in its $3 billion merger with TiVo Corporation
  • Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. in its $14.3 billion acquisition by affiliates of Digital Colony Partners and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund, the largest media and communications leveraged buyout since the 2008 financial crisis
  • a sovereign wealth fund on minority investments in various U.S. technology companies
  • Transaction Services Group (TSG) in Calera Capital’s sale of a majority stake in TSG to Advent International Corporation
  • LINE Corporation and its group companies on a number of matters, including:
    • the establishment of a cryptocurrency-focused fund in Hong Kong
    • the acquisition of all assets comprising the music streaming business MixRadio from Microsoft Corporation
    • investments into funds in various jurisdictions
    • minority investments in various jurisdictions
    • strategic joint ventures in various jurisdictions
  • JP Morgan as financial advisor to Ellie Mae, Inc. in its $3.7 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo LLC
  • The Culture Trip Ltd. on its investment from its founder and funds managed by PPF N.V.
  • ETF Securities Limited on the equity, U.S. and debt financing aspects of the $611 million sale of its European exchange-traded commodity, currency and short-and-leveraged business to WisdomTree Investments, Inc.
  • Montagu Private Equity LLP in its acquisition of Open International
  • a large Asian corporation on a $1 billion joint venture in southeast Asia
  • a large Asian corporation in its acquisition of a leading messaging platform
  • a U.S. hedge fund on its technology joint venture in China
  • LIXIL Corporation in its $3 billion acquisition of GROHE
  • ORIX Corporation in its €2 billion acquisition of Robeco from Rabobank

Credentials

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, The College of Law, England & Wales, 2010
  • Diploma in Law, The College of Law, England & Wales, 2009
  • M.A. (Hons) University of St. Andrews, 2008

Admissions

  • California
  • England & Wales

Peter P. Jones

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity
peter.jones@skadden.com