Jonathan Susko
Biography
Jonathan is a partner in the Transactional Practice Group in the firm's New York office. Jonathan routinely advises private equity funds and multinational companies on global and domestic mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, corporate restructurings and pre- and post transaction integrations.
Practice Focus
Jonathan has extensive experience as lead M&A counsel for strategics and financial sponsors on buy- and sell-side transactions, including multijurisdictional carve-out transactions, across a variety of industries. Jonathan also advises clients on their day-to-day corporate governance and other general corporate matters.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised FedEx and a consortium including Advent, A&R and PPF on its pending approximately USD 9 billion public company/private equity consortium bid for InPost.
- Advised New Water Capital in its acquisition of Dutch Gold Honey and related businesses.
- Advised Acuity Brands on its acquisition of QSC (a US-based company providing audiovisual solutions).
- Advised Spotlight Energy in its acquisition of PathPoint Energy.
- Advised KKR on the acquisition of Potter Global Technologies, a leading manufacturer of fire and life safety equipment, from Gryphon Investors.
- Advised MiddleGround Capital in multijurisdictional carve-out of PVI Holdings and W&O Supply from Pon Holdings.
- Advised MiddleGround Capital in acquisition of Race Winning Brands and subsequent roll-up of 4 aftermarket performance motor sports parts suppliers around the globe.
- Advised Edelman Financial Engines LLC in connection with a series of strategic transactions, including the acquisitions of Soundmark Wealth Management, PRW Wealth Management, Align Wealth Management, Erman Retirement Advisory and Smart Investor.
- Advised Los Altos Food Products (a California-based cheese company) on its sale to Sigma Alimentos (a Mexico-based food company).
- Advised Gilde Capital in acquisition of RID lice prevention product line from Bayer Corp.
- Advised MiddleGround Capital in acquisition of automotive sensor provider, New Eagle LLC.
- Advised MiddleGround Capital in carve-out acquisition of Benteler AG's North American hot stamping business.
- Advised Servier on its USD 1.8 billion carve-out acquisition of the oncology business of Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Advised AkzoNobel N.V. in its acquisition of New Nautical Coatings, Inc.
- Advised Abbott Laboratories on the disposition of Alere, Inc.'s Triage® MeterPro cardiovascular (CV) and toxicology business and B-type Naturietic Peptide (BNP) assay business run on Beckman Coulter analyzers (USD 680 million).
- Advised Abbott Laboratories on the disposition of Alere, Inc.'s epoc® Blood Analysis System.
- Advised Safran in its USD 710 million sale of its Morpho Detection airport security business.
- Advised Material Handling Systems in its sale to Thomas H. Lee and The Kenrich Group in its sale to HKA, each private employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) sale transactions.
- Advised CVC Capital Partners in leveraged buyout of Anchor Glass Container Corp.
Professional Honors
Admissions
- New York~United States (2023)
- Illinois~United States (2016)
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif) (2016)
- Boston University (B.A., magna cum laude) (2011)
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