Patricia Vaz de Almeida

Paul, Weiss is advising leading global insurance company Enstar Group Limited in its all-cash $5.1 billion acquisition by investment firm Sixth Street, with participation from Liberty Strategic Capital, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC and other institutional investors. Under the terms of the transaction, Enstar shareholders will receive a total of $338.00 in cash per ordinary share of Enstar. Following the close of the transaction, Enstar will maintain its current operations and business strategy. The deal is expected to close in mid-2025, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Krishna Veeraraghavan and Benjamin Goodchild, and includes, among others, partners Matthew Leist, Ben Steadman, Timothy Cruickshank, Eric Wedel, Victoria Forrester and Patricia Vaz de Almeida, and counsel Nathan Mitchell and Peter Bang; executive compensation partners Jarrett Hoffman and Reuven Falik, and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg; tax partners Brian Krause, Cian O’Connor and Timothy Lowe, and counsel Jamie Chambers and Caroline Inker; litigation partner Geoffrey Chepiga and counsel Audrey Paquet; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor; antitrust partner Marta Kelly; and environmental counsel William O'Brien.

Jul 29

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising Secureworks, a global cybersecurity leader, in its $859 million all-cash take-private acquisition by cybersecurity provider Sophos, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo. The transaction is expected to close in early 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. The deal will strengthen the combined company’s cybersecurity offering for small, mid and enterprise customers. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partner Laura Turano, counsel Dotun Obadina and partner Scott Barshay, and includes partners John Kennedy and Patricia Vaz de Almeida and counsel Bruce Gruder, Jason Tyler and Nathan Mitchell; executive compensation partner Jarrett Hoffman and counsel Sasha Belinkie; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor and counsel Matthew Rosenberg; and tax partner Brian Krause.

Oct 21

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising General Mills, Inc., in its $1.45 billion acquisition of Whitebridge Pet Brands’ North American premium cat feeding and pet treating business from NXMH, marking General Mills’ fifth acquisition in the pet space. The business includes the Tiki Pets and Cloud Star portfolio of brands. Under the terms of the transaction, General Mills will fund the acquisition with cash on hand and new debt, and will assume operations of two manufacturing facilities in Joplin, Missouri. NXMH will retain Whitebridge’s European business and brands. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partner Laura Turano and counsel Dotun Obadina, and includes partners John Kennedy and Patricia Vaz de Almeida and counsel Bruce Gruder; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; executive compensation partner Jean McLoughlin and counsel Christopher Gonnella; antitrust partners Scott Sher and Marta Kelly; real estate partner Peter Fisch; environmental counsel William O’Brien; and litigation counsel Pietro Signoracci and Audrey Paquet.

Nov 14

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising Strategic Value Partners, LLC (SVP), a global alternative investment firm with approximately $19 billion of assets under management, in the all-cash acquisition by SVP-managed funds of Revelyst for an enterprise value of $1.125 billion. A segment of Vista Outdoor Inc., Revelyst is a collective of world-class maker brands that design and manufacture performance gear and precision technologies. The transaction is expected to close by January 2025, subject to the completion of the sale of Vista’s Kinetic Group division to Czechoslovak Group a.s., as well as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Robert Kindler, Benjamin Goodchild and Nickolas Bogdanovich and includes, among others, partners Matthew Leist, Jeffrey Marell, Eric Wedel, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Ben Steadman, Brian Janson, John Kennedy and Patricia Vaz de Almeida and counsel Anya Richter Hodes, Peter Bang, Nathan Mitchell, Jason Tyler and Frances Mi; tax partner Robert Holo and counsel Alyssa Wolpin and Patrick Karsnitz; executive compensation partners Andrea Wahlquist Brown and Jean McLoughlin and counsel Sasha Belinkie, Jake Glazeski and Bruce Goldberger; antitrust partners Richard Pepper, Scott Sher, Annie Herdman and Marta Kelly and counsel Todd Hahn, Yuni Sobel and John Magruder; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor and counsel Brianna van Kan; litigation partners Andre Bouchard, Geoffrey Chepiga, Lewis Clayton, and John Carlin and counsel Audrey Paquet and Robert Kravitz; restructuring partners Andrew Rosenberg and Joseph Graham and counsel Claudia Tobler; real estate partner Peter Fisch; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Oct 4

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising intelligent power management company Eaton on the tax-free spin-off of its vehicle and e-mobility segments (together, the Mobility Group) into an independent public company. The Mobility Group provides mission- and safety-critical engineered solutions that create, distribute and optimize power for all types of vehicles and propulsion systems. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The spin-off is expected to complete by the end of the first quarter of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Dotun Obadina and Steven Williams, and includes partners John Kennedy and Patricia Vaz de Almeida; intellectual property partners Bonnie Chen and Marisa Geiger; executive compensation partners Matthew Friestedt and Christopher Gonnella.

Jan 26

1 min