Justin Prindle

Select Strategic / Public Company M&A Matters

• Universal Music Group (UMG:AEX), the world-leader in music-based entertainment, on its pending acquisition of a 25.8% interest in Chord Music Partners for $240 million, in a deal that values Chord at $1.85 billion. Chord’s portfolio includes works from many of the world’s most iconic artists and songwriters, including The Weeknd, Ryan Tedder/OneRepublic, David Guetta, Lorde, Kid Cudi, Diplo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Ellie Goulding, ZZ Top, John Legend, Twenty One Pilots and many more.
• Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in connection with Lilly’s acquisition of a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Versanis Bio, Inc, for up to $1.925 billion in cash.
• Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) in connection with Lilly’s divestiture of BAQSIMI, the first and only nasally administered glucagon product for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in people with diabetes, to Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMPH) for up to $1.075 billion.
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) in its $5 billion sale of Verizon Media, including Yahoo and AOL, to funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc.
• Disney (NYSE: DIS) in connection with ESPN's strategic partnership with the XFL.
• AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan.
• Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MAAC.U) in its $7.3 billion business combination with Roivant Sciences.
• Allwyn Entertainment in its proposed $9.3 billion combination agreement with Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp.
• Atlas Crest Investment Corp (NYSE: ACICU) in its $1.7 billion combination with Archer Aviation.
• Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (NASDAQ: SHEN) on its sale of Shentel’s wireless assets and related rights to T-Mobile USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) for $1.95 billion in cash.
• Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) on its $550 million acquisition of TAC Acquisition Corp., a portfolio company of Castle Harlan Inc.'s fund, Castle Harlan Partners V, L.P.
• KRAFTON, Inc. (XKRX: 259960), a collective of independent game development studios responsible for entertainment properties such as PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, on its acquisition of Unknown Worlds, a game development studio and the creators of Subnautica.

Select Private M&A / Private Equity Matters

• BC Partners on the sale of a minority stake in PetSmart to asset manager Apollo.
• GLP in the $18.7 billion sale of its U.S. logistics business to Blackstone, the largest-ever private real estate transaction globally.
• Alight Solutions in its $7.8 billion merger with Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp (NYSE: FTAC).
• L Catterton and its portfolio company, LTP Home Services Group, on their add-on acquisition of Acree Plumbing, Air & Electric.
• L Catterton and its portfolio company, Real Truck (f/k/a Truck Hero), on their add-on of IDDEA.
• A leading private equity sponsor in connection with its acquisition of a neonatal healthcare company.
• A leading private equity sponsor in connection with its acquisition of a complex aerospace design and manufacturing company.
• A leading private equity sponsor in connection with its acquisition of an ignition interlock device company.
• A leading private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in connection with the divestiture of a multi-channel spa and consumer cosmetic product company.

Select Capital Markets / Debt Finance Matters

• The placement agents in the $335 million common equity private placement of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital in connection with its $5.3 billion combination with American Express Global Business Travel, the world’s leading B2B travel platform.
• Funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in connection with its acquisition of American Bath Group, LLC, including ABG’s offering of $510 million of unsecured high-yield notes.
• Motive Capital Corp in its $360 million initial public offering.
• A leading plus-size women’s fashion retailer in a $260 million senior secured term loan facility to support corporate refinancing.

Secondment, Corporate Secretary’s Office, Eli Lilly and Company, Dec. 2021 – Mar. 2022

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2019

Summer Associate, Fidelity Investments, Legal Department, 2018