Rachel M. Kurth

Ms. Kurth regularly represents clients in connection with a wide range of U.S. and international corporate transactions across a variety of industries. Her practice includes negotiating and drafting sophisticated employment, consulting, restrictive covenant, and separation and release agreements.

Ms. Kurth frequently counsels employers on compliance with federal, state and local laws related to wages and hours, worker classification, discrimination and accommodations, reductions in force, employee leave, workplace health and safety, immigration, and government contractor obligations. She often drafts employer policies and procedures and advises clients on their implementation. Ms. Kurth also advises clients on sensitive matters relating to employee discipline and discharge. Additionally, she has experience conducting internal investigations into employee issues and providing workforce training.

Examples of Ms. Kurth’s representations include:

• BlackRock in its $12.55 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
• DuPont in its:
  • $11 billion sale of a majority of its Mobility & Materials segment to Celanese Corporation
  • proposed (but) terminated $5.2 billion acquisition of Rogers Corporation
  • sale of an 80.1% stake in its Delrin acetal homopolymer business to private equity firm The Jordan Company in a deal valuing the business at $1.8 billion
  • $1.75 billion acquisition of Spectrum Plastics Group from AEA Investors LP
• Infrastructure Investments Fund in its $8.1 billion acquisition of South Jersey Industries, Inc.
• Janus Henderson Group plc in its $7.4 billion going-private acquisition by Trian Fund Management, L.P. and General Catalyst Group Management, LLC
  
• Hg Capital in various transactions, including its:
  
  • pending $6.4 billion take-private acquisition of OneStream, Inc.
  • sale of its portfolio company Intelerad to a GE HealthCare affiliate for $2.3 billion
  • acquisition of GTreasury
• Ball Corporation in its sale of its aerospace business to BAE Systems for gross proceeds of $5.6 billion
• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in its joint venture with GATX Corporation to acquire Wells Fargo & Company’s rail car leasing business for $4.4 billion
  
• Sompo Holdings, Inc. in its $3.5 billion acquisition of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
• International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. in its:
  • sale of its Pharma Solutions business unit to France-based Roquette Frères S.A. for $2.85 billion
  • sale of its cosmetics ingredients business to Clariant AG for $810 million
• Vectrus, Inc. in its $2.1 billion merger with Vertex, Inc.
• BELLUS Health Inc. in its $2 billion sale to GSK
• WSP Global Inc. in its $1.8 billion acquisition of the Environment & Infrastructure business of John Wood Group plc
• JAB Holding Company-sponsored National Veterinary Associates in its:
  
  • $1.1 billion acquisition of SAGE Veterinary Centers from Chicago Pacific Founders
  • $1.65 billion acquisition of Ethos Veterinary Health from BBH Capital Partners (including its subsequent hospital divestitures to Nordic Capital-sponsored United Veterinary Care and Percheron Capital-sponsored Veritas Veterinary Partners)
    
• NXP Semiconductors N.V. in its $950 million sale of its MEMS sensors business to STMicroelectronics N.V.
• JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation in its $950 million sale of a stake in its wholly owned subsidiary SCM Minera Lumina Copper Chile to Lundin Mining Corporation (LMC), with LMC maintaining the right to acquire up to an additional 19% interest in Lumina Copper for $350 million post-closing
• Chimerix in its $935 million acquisition of Jazz Pharmaceuticals
• Highline Management Inc. in connection with the $880 million sale of substantially all of the assets of Prime Automotive Group to Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
• BillerudKorsnäs AB in its $825 million acquisition of Verso Corporation
• BPL Holdings Limited on the sale of 45% of its entire share capital to Preservation Capital Partners
  
• Triple Private Equity in its three simultaneous acquisitions of Derivia Intelligence, Euromoney and Extel Insights from Delinian for a combined enterprise value of £360 million
• Criteo S.A. in its $350 million acquisition of Iponweb
• TTAM Research Institute in its $305 million acquisition of substantially all the assets of 23andMe Holding Co.
  
• Investindustrial Group Investments S.à r.l in its $220 million acquisition of Kiremko Group B.V., Idaho Steel Products, Inc. and Reyco Systems, Inc.
  
• S&P Global Inc. in the carve-out sales of its enterprise data management and thinkFolio businesses to funds affiliated with private equity firm STG Partners, LLC
  
• Mubadala Capital in its multifaceted, multibillion-dollar strategic investment alliance with TWG Global
  
• Permira Funds in its portfolio company PharmaCord LLC’s merger with Mercalis Inc.
  
• Markel Group Inc. in the sale of the renewal rights for its Global Reinsurance business to Nationwide
• Principal Financial Group in its acquisition of Southland Benefit Solutions’ dental network business DentaNet
• AIG in its joint venture with Stone Point Capital and other investors for its high-net-worth insurance lines business
• Tula Life, Inc., an L Catterton-backed skin care company, in its acquisition by Procter & Gamble
• Lecoq Cuisine and its founder in its sale to Groupe Le Duff
• Aquarian Holdings, LLC in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Somerset Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.
• Five Point Infrastructure in the formation and funding of joint venture PowerBridge LLC with a $1 billion equity commitment
  
• Holcim in the $30 billion spin-off and U.S. listing of Amrize, its North American business
  
• FedEx Corporation in the spin-off of FedEx Freight into a publicly traded company
• NCR Corporation in its spin-off of its ATM business, NCR Atleos, from its digital commerce business, NCR Voyix
• Western Digital Corporation in connection with the separation of its hard disk drive (HDD) and Flash businesses