Claudia J. Ricciardi focuses her practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers | 2025 | M&A- Entertainment, Media |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Corporate, M&A |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Corporate, M&A |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Corporate, M&A |
Ricciardi’s notable transactions include representing:
- Time Warner in its $109 billion sale to AT&T;
- British American Tobacco in its $97 billion merger with Reynolds American;
- Occidental Petroleum in its $57 billion acquisition of Anadarko, the $10 billion investment by Berkshire Hathaway and its dealings with Carl Icahn;
- Paramount’s special committee in the $28 billion merger with Skydance;
- Endeavor’s special committee in the $25 billion take‑private acquisition by Silver Lake;
- SMBC Aviation Capital in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Goshawk Aviation;
- Atlas Air in its $5.2 billion acquisition by an investor group led by Apollo;
- Yahoo’s board committee in the $4.48 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s operating business by Verizon;
- HCSC in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Cigna’s Medicare businesses and CareAllies;
- Scotiabank in its $2.8 billion acquisition of an equity interest in KeyCorp;
- Valvoline in the $2.65 billion sale of its Global Products business to Aramco;
- White Mountains Insurance in the $2.6 billion sale of Sirius International Insurance to China Minsheng Investment;
- TaskUs’s special committee in the proposed $2 billion take-private acquisition by Blackstone and the company’s co-founders;
- PepsiCo in its $1.95 billion acquisition of poppi and its strategic partnership with Celsius, including a $585 million PIPE investment in Celsius and sale to Celsius of Rockstar Energy in the U.S. and Canada;
- Scientific Games in the proposed $1.9 billion acquisition of the remaining 19% equity interest in SciPlay;
- Dowlais in its pending £1.16 billion combination with American Axle & Manufacturing;
- Robinhood in its initial public offering;
- Amblin Partners in its strategic partnership with Alibaba Pictures and the investment by Comcast, and, together with Steven Spielberg, in its formation with Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One;
- Hasbro in the sale of its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate; and
- IBM in its acquisition of Polar Security.