"A savant. He has more foresight than I've seen from any other lawyer ever. I love working with him."
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Profile
Peter Harwich advises leading US and international public companies, as well as their boards of directors, on their most significant M&A transactions and other sensitive corporate matters.
Peter brings experience representing clients in high-stakes transactions across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on the technology, healthcare, consumer products, and financial services sectors. He provides commercially focused counsel to clients in connection with public and private M&A matters, joint ventures and strategic alliances, securities laws, corporate governance, and stock exchange requirements.
Peter also routinely represents issuers and underwriters on SEC-registered capital markets transactions.
Experience
Peter’s experience includes advising:
The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of NYSE-listed Sculptor Capital Management in connection with its evaluation of strategic alternatives and acquisition via cash merger by Rithm Capital Corp.
Aegon, the NYSE-listed parent of Transamerica Corporation, in connection with its US$10 billion redomiciliation to Bermuda
BBAI Holdings, the NYSE-listed provider of intelligence solutions, in its pending stock-for-stock acquisition of Pangiam
London Stock Exchange Group in its US$1.1 billion divestiture of BETA+ to Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners
Inovalon, the NYSE-listed provider of data-driven healthcare analytics, in its US$7.3 billion all-cash acquisition by an equity consortium led by Nordic Capital
The independent directors, special committees, and conflicts committee of NYSE-listed Athene Holding in connection with various matters, including Athene’s US$11 billion stock-for-stock merger with NYSE-listed Apollo Global Management, Athene’s US$1.55 billion share exchange transaction with Apollo Global Management, its acquisition together with Apollo Global Management of PK AirFinance from GECAS involving US$3.6 billion in aviation finance assets, and its establishment of strategic capital vehicle Athene Co-Invest Reinsurance Affiliate (ACRA) with US$3 billion in capital commitments
The independent directors of NYSE-listed First Data in its US$22 billion stock-for-stock merger with Fiserv
DXC Technology in its US$5 billion sale of its US State and Local Health and Human Services business to Veritas Capital, its US$525 million sale of its healthcare provider software business to Dedalus Group, its US$2 billion all-cash acquisition of NYSE-listed Luxoft Holding, and the US$4.4 billion tax-free spin-off and subsequent three-way merger of its US government IT services business with Veritas Capital portfolio companies Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction to form NYSE-listed Perspecta
Computer Sciences Corporation on its US$14 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction involving Hewlett Packard Enterprise's global enterprise services segment that resulted in the formation of DXC Technology, on its approximately US$6 billion spin-off of CSRA and special dividend and approximately US$2.3 billion merger of CSRA and SRA International
Evertec, the NYSE-listed payments and financial transactions processor, in its approximately $600 million acquisition of financial institution software provider Sinqia, the sale of its digital banking and cash management applications business to Popular Inc. as well as in its approximately US$200 million secondary equity offering on behalf of Popular Inc.
Thomson Reuters on numerous transactions, including the US$17 billion public acquisition of NYSE-listed Reuters Group; its US$650 million acquisition of Casetext; the acquisitions of SurePrep, ThoughtTrace, Integration Point, Practical Law Company, Manatron, Paisley, and Pangea3; and the divestiture of various businesses, including its sale of its Intellectual Property & Science segment to Onex and Baring for US$3.55 billion; its US$390 million sale of its Corporate Services unit to Nasdaq; and the sales of its Legal Managed Services, Penn-Foster, and Property Tax Services units
SAP on some of its largest transactions, including its US$3.4 billion tender offer for NYSE-listed SuccessFactors and its approximately US$6.7 billion tender offer for NASDAQ-listed Business Objects*
Deutsche Börse on its US$1.1 billion sale of International Securities Exchange Holdings to NASDAQ
GE on numerous transactions, including the US$3.8 billion sale of its Advanced Materials business, its US$1.2 billion public acquisition of NASDAQ-listed IDX Systems, its US$1.1 billion public acquisition of NASDAQ-listed Vital Signs, and its sale of 81% of GE Homeland Protection to SAFRAN for US$579 million*
D.E Master Blenders (the spin-off resulting from Sara Lee's separation into two public companies) in its approximately US$9.8 billion public acquisition by a consortium led by Joh. A. Benckiser*
L’Oréal in its acquisition of Youth to the People, a California-based skincare company
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