Adam Rachlis

Adam advises both U.S. and international clients across a variety of industries, including technology, health care and life sciences, media and entertainment, retail and consumer products, industrials and manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, and real estate.

Adam also regularly represents leading investment banks in their capacity as financial advisors in M&A transactions.

• Private Equity and Private Company Transactions
  • Represented Nestlé Health Science in its acquisition of a majority stake in Orgain, a leader in plant-based nutrition products, from Butterfly Equity.
  • Represented AEA Investors in its sale of ProMach to Leonard Green.
  • Represented TDR Capital in its sale of International Car Wash Group to Roark Capital.
  • Represented Molina Healthcare in its acquisition of CIGNA’s Texas Medicaid business.
  • Represented The Sterling Group and its portfolio company Frontline Road Safety in its acquisition of The Aero-Mark Company, a leading pavement marking contractor.
  • Represented Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of a minority stake in Pacifica Beauty, a leader in vegan beauty products.
  • Represented Marlin Equity in its sale of a majority stake in Bazaarvoice, a leading advertising technology provider, to Thomas H. Lee Partners.
  • Represented Lion Street, a wealth management and financial planning network, in its sale to Integrity Marketing Group.
  • Represented PLBY Group in its acquisition of Honey Birdette, an Australian-based luxury lingerie and lifestyle brand.
  • Represented Nanosys in the sale of its microLED fab facility and engineering team to Avicena.
  • Represented Brookwood Financial Partners in its acquisition of Allsup’s Convenience Stores.
  • Represented Edgewell in its agreement to acquire Harry’s Inc. (blocked by the FTC).

• Public Company Transactions
  • Represented AT&T in its $49 billion acquisition of DirecTV.
  • Represented Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in its $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext.
  • Represented United Rentals in its $4.2 billion acquisition of RSC Holdings.
  • Represented Wells Fargo in its acquisition of BNP Paribas’ North American energy lending business for $9.5 billion.
  • Represented The Oncology Institute, a leading network of cancer care clinics, in its business combination with DFP Healthcare Acquisitions.
  • Represented Ipsen in its strategic investment in Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals and concurrent sale of intellectual property to Baxter International and Cangene Corporation.
  • Represented Frontier Airlines in its chapter 11 reorganization and 363 sale to Republic Airways.
• Financial Advisory Matters
  
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Sonder in its $2.2 billion business combination with Gores Metropoulos II.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to KKR & Co. in its $2.6 billion acquisition of KKR Financial Holdings in a stock-for-stock merger.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Hill-Rom in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Welch Allyn.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Calpine Corporation in its $1.6 billion sale of power plants to LS Power.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Chiquita Brands in its $1.3 billion sale to Cutrale-Safra Group.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to KPS Capital Partners in its $400 million acquisition of Electrical Components International.
  • Represented Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Accenture in its $320 million acquisition of Acquity Group.
  • Represented Centerview as financial advisor to PTC in its $1.5 billion acquisition of ServiceMax.
  • Represented Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to Duke Realty in its $26 billion merger with Prologis.
  • Represented Allen & Co. as financial advisor to Shutterstock in its $3.7 billion merger with Getty Images.
  • Represented Wells Fargo as financial advisor to E.W. Scripps in its merger with Journal Communications and simultaneous spin-off of newspaper businesses.
  • Represented Wells Fargo as financial advisor to HealthSouth Corp. in its $730 million acquisition of Reliant Hospital Partners.
  • Represented Wells Fargo as financial advisor to Consolidated Communications in its $350 million acquisition of Enventis Corp.
  • Represented Bank of America as financial advisor to NRG Yield in its $870 million acquisition of Alta Wind Energy.
  • Represented Tidal Partners as financial advisor to Cisco in its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk.
  • Represented Tidal Partners as financial advisor to Humane Inc. in its sale to HP Inc.
  • Represented William Blair as financial advisor to Allscripts in its sale of the net assets of Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment to Constellation Software.
  • Represented Lincoln International as financial advisor to NewAmsterdam Pharma in its merger with special purpose acquisition company Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corp.
  • Represented Duff & Phelps as financial advisor to Grindr in its business combination with special purpose acquisition company Tiga Acquisition Corp.
  • Represented Piper Sandler as financial advisor to Syros Pharmaceuticals in its merger with TYME Technologies.
  • Represented Stifel as financial advisor to Bank of Marin Bancorp in its acquisition of American River Bankshares.
  • Represented Canaccord as financial advisor to Tango Therapeutic in its merger with special purpose acquisition company BCTG Acquisition Corp.
  • Represented Canaccord as financial advisor to Leaf Group in its $323 million sale to Graham Holdings.
  • Represented JMP Securities as financial advisor to special purpose acquisition company FinTech Acquisition Corp. V in its business combination with eToro Group.
  • Represented MTS Health Partners as financial advisor to NuPathe in its $150 million sale to Teva Pharmaceuticals.
  • Represented Eastdil Secured as financial advisor to Urstadt Biddle in its $16 billion sale to Regency Centers.
  • Represented Evercore, Greenhill, Moelis and Houlihan Lokey on various matters.
• Capital Markets and Securities Offerings
  
  • IPOs for Michael Kors, Envestnet, DigitalGlobe and Tower Automotive.
  • Equity offerings for Warner Chilcott and Cloud Peak.
  • Tender offers for Marsh & McLennan and Honeywell.
  • High-yield debt offerings for Tower Automotive, DigitalGlobe, and Harbinger Group.
  • Investment-grade debt offerings for Honeywell, CIGNA, CSX Corp, Allergan, Campbell Soup, Western Union and Devon Energy.