Alexandra J. McCormack

Ms. McCormack advises public and private companies, private equity firms, family offices and hedge funds in U.S. and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, mergers of equals, joint ventures and other transactions. She has received an M&A Advisor Emerging Leaders Award (formerly “40 Under 40”) and has been recognized as an IFLR1000 Rising Star for her work in representing clients such as:

• Honeywell International Inc. in its:
  • comprehensive portfolio review and decision to pursue the separation of its Automation and Aerospace businesses
  • spin-off of its Advanced Materials business into an independent, U.S. publicly traded company
  • $1.9 billion acquisition of defense electronics company CAES Systems Holdings LLC from Advent International
  • $4.95 billion acquisition of Carrier Global Corporation’s security business, Global Access Solutions
  • $1.3 billion acquisition of Sparta Systems, Inc. from New Mountain Capital
• Jabil Inc. in its:
  • pending $725 million acquisition of Hanley Energy Group (Ireland)
  • divestment of its mobility business to BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited (China) for $2.2 billion
• Mayne Pharma Group Ltd. (Australia) in its $475 million sale of Metrics Contract Services to Catalent, Inc.
• JAB Holding Company in several transactions, including:
  • its $1.2 billion acquisition of Compassion-First Pet Hospitals
  • 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)
• OceanSound Partners in several transactions, including:
  • its strategic investment in CFM
  • CFM’s subsequent acquisitions of NXTsoft and IMM, which created Kinective
  • TA Associates’ strategic investment in Kinective
  • OceanSound Partners-sponsored Netrix in its acquisition of the managed IT services business unit of Contegix
• Permira Funds in several transactions, including:
  • the $1.9 billion sale of an 80% stake in its portfolio company Netafim Ltd. (Israel) to Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)
  • its acquisition of Lyophilization Services of New England, Inc. from its founder
  • the subsequent sale of LSNE to PCI Pharma Services, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Co. and Mubadala (Abu Dhabi)
  • Permira Funds-sponsored Alter Domus (Luxembourg) in its acquisition of Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC
• Coty Inc. in its:
  • long-term strategic relationship with Kylie Jenner to expand her beauty business
  • acquisition of a 20% stake in SKKN by Kim and the subsequent sale of its interest to SKIMS
  • license arrangement with Orveda
• Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in its $1 billion acquisition of a controlling equity stake in Silversea Cruises
• MC-21 Corporation (Puerto Rico) in its combination with ProCare Rx
• WellDyne, Inc. in its sale of pharmacy benefit manager WellDyneRx, Inc. to The Carlyle Group
• Rite Aid Corporation in its:
  • agreement to be acquired by Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
  • $2 billion acquisition of EnvisionRx from TPG Capital and other owners
• NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Netherlands) in its terminated $47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated
• Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (and The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Permira Funds and TPG Capital) in Freescale’s merger with NXP Semiconductors N.V. for a combined enterprise value of $40 billion
• Cobham plc (United Kingdom) in its $1.46 billion acquisition of Aeroflex Holding Corp.
• Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of Hollander Sleep Products from HGGC (previously known as Huntsman Gay Global Capital) and other owners
• the independent directors of Chrysler Group LLC in the $4.35 billion acquisition by Fiat S.p.A. (Italy) of the minority interests owned by the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
• Sprint Nextel Corporation in its $20.1 billion sale of a 78% stake to SoftBank Corp. (Japan) (The American Lawyer’s Global M&A Deal of the Year: Grand Prize; the Financial Times’ 2013 U.S. Innovative Lawyers report — Corporate & Commercial category; and largest-ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese company)
• Gardner Denver, Inc. in its $3.9 billion acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
• Dell Inc. in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Quest Software, Inc.
• The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. in its:
  • divestiture of International Derivatives Clearing Group, LLC to LCH.Clearnet Group Limited (United Kingdom)
  • formation of The Portal Alliance LLC, a trading platform for 144A securities, together with nine leading securities firms
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in its $3.5 billion merger with Biovail Corporation (Canada) (The Globe and Mail’s 2010 Health Care Deal of the Year)
• Inversiones de Guatemala S.A. (Guatemala) in the divestiture of 50% of its Zacapa branded rum business to Diageo plc (United Kingdom)
• Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. in its $2 billion acquisition by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
• Centennial Communications Corp. in its $2.7 billion acquisition by AT&T Inc.
• Crown Limited (Australia) in the termination of its $1.7 billion agreement to acquire Cannery Casino Resorts, LLC from Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and subsequent $320 million preferred investment
• The Broad Institute, Inc. in its genomic research joint venture with the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MetroPCS Communications, Inc. in its $5.5 billion proposal to acquire Leap Wireless International, Inc.
• Fisher Scientific International Inc. in its:
  • $12.8 billion merger with Thermo Electron Corporation
  • $283 million acquisition of Athena Diagnostics, Inc. from Behrman Capital and management stockholders
  • $3.7 billion merger with Apogent Technologies Inc.
• Citigroup Inc. in the $3.7 billion exchange of its asset management business for the private client and capital markets businesses of Legg Mason, Inc.
• Penn National Gaming, Inc. in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Argosy Gaming Company