Timothy Cruickshank

Paul, Weiss is advising Lennar Corporation, a $45 billion publicly traded homebuilder, in its acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes, a residential homebuilder based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Under the terms of the deal, Lennar will acquire Rausch Coleman’s homebuilding operations and intends to assign the purchase of, and option, Rausch Coleman’s land assets with a third party. The deal will expand Lennar’s footprint into new markets in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kansas and Missouri while adding to its existing footprint in Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama and Florida. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, were not disclosed. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Jeffrey Marell, Cullen Sinclair and Matthew Benedetto, and includes, among others, partners Timothy Cruickshank, Thomas de la Bastide, Suhan Shim and Brian Janson; tax partner Scott Sontag; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; executive compensation partner Lawrence Witdorchic; real estate partner Peter Fisch; antitrust partner Marta Kelly and counsel John Magruder; environmental counsel William O’Brien; and litigation counsel Audrey Paquet and Pietro Signoracci.

Nov 19

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising a fund managed by Pinnacle Asset Management, L.P. in connection with a $450 million strategic partnership between Atlantic Alumina Company LLC, the only operating alumina refinery in the United States; the U.S. Department of War; and Concord Resources Holdings Limited. Under the terms of the deal, the Pinnacle fund, which is Concord’s majority shareholder, has invested more than $300 million in private capital in this partnership. The deal is designed to sustain and increase domestic alumina production and establish the country’s first and only large-scale primary gallium production circuit in Gramercy, Louisiana. Both alumina and gallium are essential minerals for production of aerospace and defense systems, catalysts, semiconductors and next-generation energy technology. The Paul, Weiss team is led by partners Brian Hermann and Cullen Sinclair and associates Nicholas Krislov and Jenna Glicksman, and includes corporate partners Udi Grofman, Timothy Cruickshank and David Tarr; tax partners Robert Holo and Jamie Chambers; environmental partner Stefanie Gitler; and antitrust counsel John Magruder.

Jan 12

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised private investment firm Rodina Capital in Rubicon Technologies, Inc.’s, strategic refinancing and $20 million preferred equity raise, which Rodina led. Rubicon is a leading provider of technology-based waste and recycling solutions. Under the terms of the transactions certain existing Rubicon debt facilities were refinanced with the proceeds of a new revolving facility. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partner Laura Turano and includes partners Timothy Cruickshank, Suhan Shim, Cristina Amodeo and Manuel Frey, and counsel Marc Shepsman and Bruce Gruder; tax partner Anne McGinnis and counsel Patrick Karsnitz; intellectual property partner Bonnie Chen and counsel Brianna van Kan; executive compensation partner Jean McLoughlin and counsel Christopher Gonnella; restructuring partner Robert Britton; real estate partner Peter Fisch; antitrust partner Marta Kelly and counsel Yuni Sobel; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Dec 3

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising quantum computing company IonQ on its approximately $1.8 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology. The combination will create a first-of-its-kind vertically integrated quantum platform delivering innovations for customers across the pharmaceutical, finance, and cloud and enterprise computing industries, among others. Following the close of the transaction, expected by the third quarter of 2026 subject to customary closing conditions, SkyWater will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under the SkyWater name. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Chelsea Darnell and Robert Kindler, and includes partners Timothy Cruickshank and Tony Rim; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor; antitrust partners Scott Sher and Yuni Sobel; executive compensation partner Jean McLoughlin; and environmental partner Stefanie Gitler.

Jan 26

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised KPS Capital Partners, LP, and its portfolio company Eviosys, a leading global supplier of metal packaging, in the sale of Eviosys to Sonoco Products Company for €3.615 billion. The combination of Eviosys with Sonoco, a global leader in highly engineered and sustainable packaging, brings high-quality, sustainable and innovative packaging solutions to new and existing customers around the globe. Under the terms of the transaction, Eviosys will transition to the Sonoco brand and operate under Sonoco’s Consumer Packaging segment. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Angelo Bonvino and Michael Vogel and partner elect Daniel Fuschillo, and included partners David Carmona, Manuel Frey, Suhan Shim, Timothy Cruickshank, Joseph Friedman, Matthew Merkle, Robert Zochowski and Roger Johnson and counsel Nathan Mitchell; antitrust partners Ross Ferguson, Annie Herdman and Richard Pepper, partner elect Yuni Sobel and counsel Chad de Souza and Lauren O’Brien; tax partners Robert Killip and Timothy Lowe and counsel Jamie Chambers; intellectual property partners Charles Googe, John Patten and Claudine Meredith-Goujon and counsel Alex Zapalowski; executive compensation partner Andrea Wahlquist Brown and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg; litigation partners John Carlin, Aidan Synnott, Lewis Clayton and Nicole Succar and counsel Benjamin Klein and Audrey Paquet; real estate partner Peter Fisch; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Dec 4

1 min