ProfessionalsMegan Spelman
Tel: +1-212-373-3314
Fax: +1-212-492-0314
mspelman@paulweiss.com
mspelman@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0314
A partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups, Megan Spelman advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all types of transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and other corporate matters.
EXPERIENCE
Megan’s recent engagements include:
- Accenture in its acquisition of Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM)
- Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in its acquisition of WorkForce Software
- Altas Partners and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including in connection with its investment in PADI and its portfolio company Unified Women’s Healthcare in its acquisition of Women’s Health USA
- American Securities and its portfolio companies in numerous transactions, including, among others, its acquisitions of Trace3, United PF Holdings, Grede Holdings, Aspen Dental and Royal Adhesives and Sealants and its portfolio company North American Partners in Anethesia (NAPA) in its acquisition of American Anethesia
- Affiliates of AR Global in connection with the internalization of management as part of the merger agreement between Global Net Lease and The Necessity Retail REIT
- Biofourmis in its strategic merger with CopilotIQ
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its approximately $843 million (C$1.2 billion) investment in Tallgrass Energy
- Clearlake Capital Group in its growth investment in Crash Champions
- Crestview Partners and TenCate Grass Holding B.V. in the sale of a majority stake in TenCate to Leonard Green & Partners
- The special committee of Duck Creek Technologies’ board of directors in connection with Duck Creek’s $2.6 billion take-private sale to Vista Equity Partners
- EQT Infrastructure VI Fund in its acquisition of Lazer Logistics from Harvest Partners; and in Lazer Logistics’ acquisition of Hirschbach Motor Lines’ spotting operations
- Fortive Corporation in its acquisition of Landauer, Inc.
- General Atlantic in its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of Arco Platform Limited
- General Atlantic in its growth investment in HighLevel
- Hg Saturn 2 as a majority investor in the recapitalization of Sovos
- HG Vora in an equity and debt investment in connection with Highgate’s acquisition of Viceroy Hotel Group
- Information Resources, Inc. in its acquisition of Retail Solutions, Inc.
- The Jordan Company in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of Potters Industries and TransImpact
- Monomoy Capital Partners in its acquisition of West Marine
- New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of Classic Collision and, along with TRC Companies, in TRC Companies’ acquisition by Warburg Pincus
- Opportunity Partners B.V in its acquisition of BrandLoyalty
- Orangewood Partners in its acquisition of Pacific Bells, Inc.
- Patient Square Capital in its acquisition of Summit Behavioral Healthcare
- Roark Capital Group in its acquisition of Subway Restaurants
- SDC Capital Partners in its investment in Effectual
- Good Sportsman Marketing in its acquisition by Gridiron Capital
- TPG Capital in its acquisition of Transplace
- TPG Growth and HotSchedules in the sale of HotSchedules to Marlin Equity Partners
- Trumark Homes in its acquisition of Wathen Castanos Homes
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in Procare Software Holdings
Megan has also represented a number of other private equity clients, portfolio companies and financial institutions, including Barclays, Centerbridge Partners, EQT Partners and EQT Infrastructure, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, to name a few.
In 2023, Megan received The M&A Advisor’s Emerging Leaders Award.