Justin D. Stahl

Justin D. Stahl represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors and other investment funds and vehicles in a broad range of complex business transactions, including:

• domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
• private equity transactions, including platform, add-on and carve-out transactions;
• minority, growth equity and venture capital investments; and
• royalty financing transactions.

Mr. Stahl has significant experience representing early-stage and established companies in a broad range of industries, including technology, financial services, health care and life sciences.

Since joining Skadden, Mr. Stahl’s representative transactions include advising Wolt Enterprises Oy in its pending $8 billion acquisition by DoorDash, Inc., among others.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Stahl’s significant representative transactions include:

• Francisco Partners in multiple transactions, including its $3.4 billion take-private acquisition of VeriFone and investment in GoodRx;
• Softbank Vision Fund in connection with Walmart’s $16 billion purchase of a majority stake in Flipkart;
• Fly Leasing Ltd. in its $2.36 billion sale to an affiliate of the Carlyle Group;
• Vista Equity Partners in several transactions, including the sale of its majority interest in NAVEX Global to BC Partners;
• Silver Lake Partners in connection with its investment in Opera Solutions;
• Crestview Partners in its acquisition of AutoLenders;
• HGGC in numerous transactions, including its take-private of RPX Corporation;
• TPG and the Rise Fund in multiple growth equity investments;
• Sumeru Equity Partners in several transactions, including its sale of MDSL to Oak Hill Capital and Riverside Partners;
• Luminate Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of AutoQuotes;
• HighBar Partners in several transactions, including its acquisition of SS8 Networks;
• AMTDirect in its acquisition of NetFacilities;
• Sequoia Capital in its Series D investment in Confluent;
• Vitruvian Partners in multiple transactions, including its investment in Snaplogic;
• Digital Alpha Advisors in several growth equity investments, including its investment in CIMCON Lighting;
• Healthcare Royalty Partners in its royalty purchase from Aptevo Therapeutics; and
• RTW Investments, LP in its investment in UroGen Pharma.