Jeffrey Scharfstein

Partner

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

— Client quoted in Chambers USA

About

Jeffrey advises U.S. and international clients on a broad range of public and private 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.

Jeffrey is Chair of the Technology Section of the Austin Bar Association.

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:

Aetna in its sale to CVS Health (NYSE – CVS) for $69 billion and related DOJ-mandated divestiture*
Silicon Labs (Nasdaq – SLAB) in the sale of its infrastructure and automotive business for $2.75 billion
Luminex Corporation, a US publicly traded company, in its sale to an Italian publicly traded company for $1.8 billion
Silver Spike Acquisition Corp., 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
Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ: ALIM) in its pending sale to ANI Pharmaceuticals for approximately $430 million
Lionheart III Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, in its US$360 million merger with Security Matters Limited, a publicly traded company on the Australian Securities Exchange
Q2 (Nasdaq – QTWO) in its acquisition of ClickSWITCH
RateGenius in its business combination with AUTOPAY and formation of The Savings Group
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
Tailwind Capital and its portfolio companies in connection with various private equity acquisitions and investments*
ORIX Capital Partners and Lightyear Capital 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*