Brian Robert Umanoff

Brian's experience includes representing:

Healthcare & Life Sciences

• Cerevel Therapeutics in its US$8.7 billion acquisition by AbbVie
• Centerview Partners, as financial advisor to MorphoSys, in the €2.7 billion takeover of MorphoSys by Novartis
• Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in its US$1 billion acquisition of VectivBio
• Perella Weinberg Partners, as financial advisor to Orthofix Medical, in the merger of equals between Orthofix and SeaSpine Holdings
• Prometheus Biosciences in its US$10.8 billion acquisition by Merck
• J.P. Morgan Securities, as financial advisor to Sumitovant Biopharma and Sumitomo Pharma, in connection with Sumitovant’s US$1.7 billion acquisition of Myovant Sciences
• Ligand Pharmaceuticals in its spinoff of OmniAb and concurrent US$850 million business combination of OmniAb with Avista Public Acquisition Corp. II
• Obagi in Waldencast Acquisition Corp.’s simultaneous US$1.2 billion acquisition of Obagi and Milk Makeup
• Siemens Healthineers in its US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems
• Guggenheim Securities, as financial advisor to Wright Medical, in Stryker Corporation’s US$5.4 billion acquisition of Wright Medical
• Ra Pharmaceuticals in its US$2.1 billion acquisition by UCB Pharma
• Piper Sandler & Co., as financial advisor to Neovasc, in connection with Neovasc’s US$147 million acquisition by Shockwave Medical

Technology & Electronics

• Amphenol Corporation in its US$2.1 billion acquisition of the mobile networks businesses of CommScope
• Ka’ena Corporation and its affiliated brands, Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile, in its US$1.3 billion acquisition by T-Mobile
• Switch in its US$11 billion acquisition by affiliates of DigitalBridge Group and IFM Investors
• Cloudways in its US$350 million acquisition by DigitalOcean Holdings
• J.P. Morgan Securities, as lead financial advisor to Instructure, in Instructure's US$4.8 billion acquisition by KKR
• Planet Labs in its US$2.8 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV
• Joby Aviation in its:
  • US$4.5 billion business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners
  • Acquisition of Uber Technologies’ aerial ridesharing business, Uber Elevate
• Ouster in its:
  • US$1.9 billion business combination with Colonnade Acquisition Corp.
  • Acquisition of Sense Photonics

Other Major M&A Transactions

• Healthpeak Properties in its US$21 billion all-stock merger with Physicians Realty Trust
• Virgin Galactic Holdings in its US$1.5 billion business combination with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.
• William Lyon Homes in its US$2.5 billion acquisition by Taylor Morrison Home Corporation
• Landsea Homes in its acquisition of Pinnacle West Homes