Jarrod D. Murphy

Complementing his significant private equity experience, Jarrod’s industry and asset experience spans the infrastructure, energy, technology, financial services, manufacturing, media, consumer and retail, and telecommunications sectors, among others. Jarrod has also advised on some of the most significant and high-profile sponsor-led infrastructure M&A transactions in North America, involving utilities, energy assets, roads, waste services and other major infrastructure assets and projects, including renewable energy projects.

• Represented Ullico Infrastructure Fund on the acquisition of the Arizona business and operations of Triton Utilities Inc., comprising 14 water and wastewater utilities across the state.
• Represented Ullico Infrastructure Fund on the acquisition of Triton Utilities’ regulated water and wastewater utility portfolio in Texas.
• Represented Triton Utilities Inc. (a portfolio company of Ullico Infrastructure Fund) on the acquisition of Michigan-American Water Company from American Water Works Company Inc.
• Represented Cognita, an investor and operator of over 100 schools worldwide, on numerous transactions, including the acquisition of York Prep School in New York.
• Represented AT&T on numerous transactions, including:
  • the sale of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business for $1.175 billion to Sony affiliate, Funimation Global Group;
  • its strategic investment, alongside Google and Vodafone, in AST SpaceMobile of $155 million in the aggregate;
  • AT&T subsidiary Otter Media’s sale of its investment in Reece Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine.
• Represented Wilbur-Ellis on the sale of AgCode, a leading provider of farm management solutions for the specialty crop industry, to Arcadea Group.
• Represented BioLegend in its acquisition by PerkinElmer for $5.25 billion.
• Represented Axoni, a leading provider of trade workflow applications and real-time data replication technology, in the sale of its Veris post-trade processing business unit to London Stock Exchange Group.
• Represented Nikola Corp. on its acquisition of Romeo Power Inc.
• Represented Keany Produce & Gourmet in its sale to Blue Road Capital for $275 million.
• Represented Polymer Modifier Partners in the sale of Techmer to SK Capital Partners and its concurrent recapitalization by Gryphon Investors.
• Represented Rockley Photonics, Ltd. in its $1.2 billion de-SPAC business combination with SC Health Corp.
• Represented The Raine Group with respect to its growth equity investment in Televisa-Univision.
• Represented Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company, on its $725 million business combination with biotechnology company Abpro.
• Represented CUBEX in the acquisition of its medical business assets by Becton, Dickinson.
• Represented the founders of Digital Edge on the establishment of a diversified Asia Pacific data center investment platform, including an investment of over $1 billion by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.
• Represented The Crypsis Group in its acquisition by Palo Alto Networks for $265 million.
• Represented Foursquare Labs in its merger with Factual Inc., and the subsequent acquisition of Placed Inc. from Snap Inc.
• Represented Nikola Corp. in its $3.3 billion de-SPAC merger with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp.
• Represented Claim Central Consolidated, a pioneer in claims fulfillment technology, on its acquisition of insurtech company Livegenic.
• Represented DispatchTrack in its $144 million funding round led by growth equity firm Spectrum Equity.
• Represented Gordon Pointe Acquisition Corp. in its $390 million de-SPAC business combination with Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company.
• Represented Vincerx Pharma Inc. on its $62 million de-SPAC business combination with LifeSci Acquisition Corp.
• Represented PIXIA Corp. on its acquisition by Cubic Corporation for $200 million.
• Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Partners on the sale of the Chicago Skyway to a consortium of investors comprising CPPIB, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for $2.8 billion.
• Represented CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition by CVC and CPPIB of Petco from a consortium of investors led by TPG and Leonard Green & Partners for $4.6 billion.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. on the sale of its portfolio company Newgistics to Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) for $475 million.
• Represented Evergreen Coast Capital, the private equity arm of Elliott Management Corporation, in connection with the take-private acquisition of Gigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO) by Evergreen and Qatar Investment Authority for approximately $1.6 billion.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. LLC on its acquisition of The Cook & Boardman Group from Ridgemont Equity Partners.
• Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Partners on its sale of Aquarion Water Company to Eversource Energy (NYSE: ES) for approximately $1.68 billion.
• Represented RoundTable Healthcare Partners on its take-private acquisition of Symmetry Surgical Inc. (Nasdaq: SSRG).
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. LLC on its acquisition of Strategic Materials from Willis Stein & Partners.
• Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in the $445 million sale of its remaining 50% stake in Virginia’s Dulles Greenway.
• Represented Symmetry Surgical Inc., a portfolio company of RoundTable Healthcare Partners, on its acquisition of the Reddick surgical assets of LeMaitre Vascular (Nasdaq: LMAT).
• Represented Rhone Group on its $500 million investment in Hudson Bay Company.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. LLC on its acquisition of PlayPower from Apollo.
• Represented CVC Capital Partners on the divestment of its remaining investment in Univar Inc. (NYSE: UNVR).
• Represented Elliott Management Corporation on its co-investment in Polycom, in connection with Siris Capital Group’s acquisition of Polycom for approximately $2 billion.
• Represented Symmetry Surgical Inc. on its acquisition of the Core business segment of Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSE: BVX).
• Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its acquisition of Tidel Inc. from Graham Partners.
• Represented Goldman Sachs on its acquisition of Tienda Inglesa, Uruguay’s largest supermarket chain.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. LLC on its acquisition of Brown Jordan International.
• Represented Evergreen Coast Capital with respect to its co-investment in connection with Silver Lake Partners’ acquisition of Cast & Crew Entertainment Services.
• Represented L Catterton on its acquisition of Uncle Julio’s from J.H. Whitney Capital Partners.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. LLC on its acquisition of Motion Recruitment Partners from Gridiron Capital.
• Represented Elliott Management Corporation in connection with the sale of MSC Software to Hexagon AB for $834 million.
• Represented Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) with respect to its co-investment in Ten-X, in connection with the Thomas H. Lee Partners’-led acquisition of Ten-X.
• Represented PlayPower, a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co. LLC, in connection with its acquisition of Playworld Systems Inc.
• Represented Ansaldo Energia S.p.A. on its acquisition of Power Systems Manufacturing and related assets for approximately €120 million from General Electric.
• Represented Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation with respect to its preferred equity investment in connection with Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of DH Corporation for $3.6 billion.
• Represented ADIA on its co-investment in Blackhawk Networks, in connection with the Silver Lake Partners’-led acquisition of Blackhawk Network Holdings for $3.5 billion.
• Represented Petco, a portfolio company of CVC Capital, on the acquisition of Petcoach.
• Represented Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, a portfolio company of TPG, on its sale of KMC.
• Represented ADIA on its co-investment in the Financial & Risk business of Thomson Reuters, in connection with the Blackstone-led acquisition of the same for approximately $17 billion.
• Represented Chobani in connection with the redemption of TPG’s stake, and the concurrent 20% investment by The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (Hoopp Capital Partners), in Chobani.
• Represented GCL Poly-Energy Holdings on its acquisition of SunEdison Solar Materials.
• Represented UBS Investment Bank in connection with its investment in Pico Quantitative Trading and subsequent capital raising rounds.
• Represented PlayPower, a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co. LLC, in connection with its acquisition of Playtime LLC.
• Represented Hudson Clean Energy Partners LP as majority shareholder of Calisolar Inc., in Calisolar's stock-for-stock acquisition of 6N Silicon Inc., including a follow-on investment in Calisolar.
• Represented White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd (NYSE: WTM) on various acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures, including the divestment of its Esurance and Answer Financial businesses for $700 million.
• Represented E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD), major shareholder of Merrimac Industries Inc. (AMEX: MRM), with respect to the tender offer and subsequent acquisition of Merrimac by Crane Co. (NYSE: CR).
• Represented DRI Capital (a privately held investment management company focused on the health care industry) on a number of acquisitions of pharmaceutical royalty streams and related assets, including those of Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc., and the ENBREL pharmaceutical assets of The General Hospital Corporation.
• Represented Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., on various joint ventures and acquisitions, including acting for HBO Asia Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Universal Studio’s and Sony’s partnership interests in HBO Pacific Partners, V.O.F.
• Represented Safe Bulkers Inc., a leading international provider of marine dry bulk transportation services, in its initial public offering on the NYSE of 10 million common shares.
• Represented Costamare (NYSE: CMRE) on its corporate reorganization, capital raising strategy and IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
• Represented Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) in its $7.4 billion split-off of its 83.1% holding in Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN), through an exchange offer with existing shareholders of BMY.
• Represented Fonterra on the reorganization of its Latin American strategic alliance and joint venture arrangements with Nestlé in Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela.
• Represented Pacific Equity Partners, as part of a private equity consortium with CCMP Capital Asia, on its acquisition of Independent Liquor (NZ) Ltd for NZ$1.3 billion, and its subsequent sale to Asahi.