Mergers & Acquisitions

Experience Highlights

• Alcon, the global leader in eye care, in its acquisition of PowerVision, a medical device company focused on creating fluid-based intraocular lens implants for cataract patients.

• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of American Realty Capital-Retail Centers of America Inc. in its $1.4 billion merger with American Finance Trust Inc.

• Capital One NA in its acquisition of Wikibuy, an Austin, Texas-based technology company that is a leader in the growing market of automated online shopping comparison engines.

• CommunityOne Bancorp in its merger with Capital Bank Financial Corp. The deal is a 85% stock/15% cash election transaction. At the time of announcing the transaction, CommunityOne Bancorp was valued at $2.4 billion, and the merger consideration is valued at approximately $350 million.

• Komatsu Ltd. in its $2.9 billion acquisition of high-productivity mining equipment company, Joy Global.

• Kongsberg Gruppen ASA in its sale of Hydroid, Inc., a leading supplier of small and autonomous underwater vessels, to Huntington Ingalls Industries for $350 million. 

• Pfizer in the joint creation of Cerevel Therapeutics LLP, a new biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drug candidates to treat disorders of the central nervous system, with Bain Capital.

• Pharmachem Laboratories, a leading provider of quality ingredients to the global health and wellness industries and high-value differentiated products to fragrance and flavor houses, on its sale to Ashland, a global leader in providing specialty chemical solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets for $660 million.

• Resolute Energy Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, in its US$1.6 billion merger with Cimarex Energy Co., and in numerous capital markets transactions.

• Xilinx Inc., a Nasdaq-listed leader in adaptive and intelligent computing, in its acquisition of Solarflare Communications Inc., a leading provider of high-performance, low latency networking solutions for customers spanning FinTech to cloud computing.