Adam Rachlis

He advises U.S. and international clients across a broad range of industries, with a particular focus on data centers and digital infrastructure, technology, media and telecom (TMT), energy and infrastructure, manufacturing and distribution, business services, retail and consumer products, and real estate.

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

• Private Equity and Private Company Transactions
  • Represented Harbor Compliance co-founder in connection with majority growth investment from Bregal Sagemount.
  • Represented Nestlé Health Science in its acquisition of a majority stake in Orgain 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.
  • Represented Brentwood Associates in its acquisition of a minority stake in Pacifica Beauty.
  • Represented Marlin Equity in its sale of a majority stake in Bazaarvoice to Thomas H. Lee Partners.
  • Represented Lion Street in its sale to Integrity Marketing Group.
  • Represented PLBY Group in its acquisition of Honey Birdette.
  • 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.
• Public Company Transactions
  • Represented Manchester United in its strategic alternatives process and sale of a minority stake to INEOS chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
  • 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 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 Greenhill as financial advisor to Evernorth, a subsidiary of CIGNA, in its $3.5 billion investment in Shields Health Solutions, contemporaneously with Shields’ separation from Walgreen Boots Alliance in connection with Sycamore Partners’ take-private acquisition of Walgreens.
  • Represented Tidal Partners as financial advisor to Cisco in its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk.
  • Represented Tidal Partners as financial advisor to Humane in its sale to HP.
  • Represented Allen & Co. as financial advisor to Shutterstock in its $3.7 billion merger with Getty Images.
  • Represented Allen & Co. as financial advisor to Workday in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Sana Labs.
  • 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 Evercore as financial advisor to Clear Channel in certain restructuring matters.
  • 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 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.
  • Represented Bank of America as financial advisor to NRG Yield in its $870 million acquisition of Alta Wind Energy.
  • 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 Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corp.
  • Represented Duff & Phelps as financial advisor to Grindr in its business combination with 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 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 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 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.