Jeffrey Scharfstein

Partner

Jeffrey is super communicative with clients, practical, and pragmatic.

— Client quoted in Chambers USA

Emailjeffrey.scharfstein@us.dlapiper.com

About

Jeffrey Scharfstein advises US and international clients on a broad range of public and private merger & acquisition (M&A) matters. His experience includes take-privates, investments, joint ventures, carve-outs, de-SPACs and other significant transactions. He also represents private equity firms on a full range of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of investments, leveraged buyouts and minority investments.

Areas of FocusMergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Corporate Technology Healthcare Transactions Transport Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Consumer Goods, Food and Retail

Bar admissionsNew YorkTexas

EXPERIENCE

Selected Transactions:

Silicon Labs (Nasdaq: SLAB) in its pending sale to Texas Instruments for $7.5 billion
PROS Holdings (NYSE: PRO) in its sale to Thoma Bravo for $1.4 billion
Tito's Handmade Vodka in its acquisition of a majority stake in Lalo Tequila
SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE: SWI) in its sale to Turn/River Capital for $4.4 billion
Silicon Labs (Nasdaq: SLAB) in the sale to Skyworks Solutions (NASAQ: SWKS) of its infrastructure and automotive business for $2.75 billion
Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) in its sale to an Italian publicly traded company for $1.8 billion
Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ: ALIM) in its sale to ANI Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ANIP) for approximately $430 million
Aetna (NYSE: AET) in its sale to CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) for $69 billion and related DOJ-mandated divestiture
Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SSPK), a special purpose acquisition vehicle, in its $1.5 billion combination with WMH Holdings
Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) in its $3.1 billion acquisition of the valves and controls business of Pentair and a related FTC-mandated divestiture
Symphony Technology Group-led consortium in its $2.1 billion acquisition of the RSA software security business from Dell Technologies
A financial holding company in its sale of its ownership interest in an asset manager for consideration in excess of $2 billion
Lionheart III Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $360 million merger with Security Matters Limited, a publicly traded company on the Australian Securities Exchange
N-able, Inc. (NYSE: NABL) in its acquisition of Adlumin, Inc. for approximately $270 million
Peak Bio (OTC: PKBO) in its merger of equals with Akari Therapeutics, Plc (NASDAQ: AKTX)
Q2 (Nasdaq: QTWO) in its acquisition of ClickSWITCH
RateGenius in its business combination with AUTOPAY and formation of The Savings Group
Peak Rock Capital and its portfolio company, Ziyad Brothers, in various transactions
Safeguard Global in its acquisition of Global Upside Corporation
BoomTown in its sale to Inside Real Estate
Netwrix in its strategic investment from Centerbridge Partners
Echo Investment Capital and its affiliates in various transactions
Tailwind Capital and its portfolio companies in connection with various private equity acquisitions and investments
ORIX Capital Partners in connection with various private equity acquisitions and investments
ECI Telecom Group in its merger with Ribbon Communications
Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) in connection with various strategic matters, including acquisitions and commercial arrangements
Pattern Energy in connection with its acquisition of renewable energy projects and related joint ventures
Various financial advisor engagements, including representing Morgan Stanley, Dyal and Evercore as advisors to Bristol Myers Squibb in connection with its $74 billion acquisition of Celgene