Justin Levin

Justin Levin advises public and private companies in connection with various U.S. and cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures, spin-offs and reorganizations. Mr. Levin also counsels companies and their boards on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including securities law compliance, disclosure, periodic reporting and corporate governance.

Mr. Levin’s experience includes advising, among others:

• James Hardie Industries plc in its $8.75 billion acquisition of The AZEK Company Inc.
• The Middleby Corporation in its:
  • pending spin-off of its food processing business
  • acquisition of numerous private companies and other strategic investments
• Hillenbrand, Inc. in its:
  • $3.8 billion acquisition by affiliates of Lone Star Funds
  • $730 million acquisition of the Schenck Process Group’s Food and Performance Materials business
  • $761.5 million divestiture of its Batesville Casket Company to an affiliate of Long Range Capital
  • $2 billion acquisition of Milacron Holdings Corp.
• CME Group Inc. in its:
  • joint venture transaction with IHS Markit involving the combination of the parties’ post-trade services for OTC markets, creating OSTTRA, which sold to investment funds managed by KKR at an enterprise value of $3.1 billion
  • transactions relating to its joint venture with S&P Global
• Ecolab Inc. in its $7.4 billion combination of its upstream energy business with Apergy Corporation in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction
• ION Media Networks Inc. in its $2.65 billion acquisition by The E.W. Scripps Company
• Huron Consulting Group Inc. in its acquisition of numerous private companies and strategic divestitures
• independent directors of Snap One Holdings Corp. in Snap One’s $1.4 billion acquisition by Resideo Technologies, Inc.
• L Squared Capital Partners in its acquisition of Kano Laboratories Inc. from Gryphon Investors LP
• 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.
• PT Holdings, LLC in Parts Town’s acquisition of Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.
• SP Plus Corporation in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Divrt, Inc.
• Strategic Hotels & Resorts in the sales of the Four Seasons Jackson Hole, Four Seasons Scottsdale and Montage Laguna Beach resort hotels
• O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. in its acquisitions of assets from Bennett Auto Supply, Inc.

In recognition of his work, Mr. Levin has been honored as a BTI Client Service All-Star and named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch. He also dedicates a portion of his practice to pro bono work, including advising, among others, various nonprofits and individuals seeking U visas and work authorization in the U.S.