Cole DuMond focuses his practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, activist defense 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 Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Banking |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Banking |
DuMond’s notable transactions include representing:
- Newcrest in its A$28.8 billion acquisition by Newmont;
- Occidental Petroleum in the $8.8 billion sale of Anadarko’s African assets to Total;
- Global Blood Therapeutics in its $5.4 billion acquisition by Pfizer;
- Altra in its $5 billion acquisition by Regal Rexnord;
- Deutsche Börse in its $2.275 billion acquisition of ISS;
- Hailey Bieber in the $1 billion acquisition of rhode by e.l.f. Beauty;
- Disney in ESPN’s pending acquisition of NFL Network and other media assets from the NFL in exchange for a 10% equity stake in ESPN; the combination of its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo; ESPN’s proposed joint venture with Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to launch Venu Sports; ESPN’s strategic alliance with PENN Entertainment to launch ESPN BET, and the related issuance to ESPN of warrants to purchase PENN common shares; the sale of a majority stake in Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico to ViacomCBS; and general corporate matters;
- Southwest Gas in its proxy fight and settlement agreement with, and its response to an unsolicited tender offer from, Carl Icahn;
- Hasbro in the sale of its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate;
- IBM in its acquisition of the Adobe Workfront consultancy and its acquisition of application modernization capabilities from Advanced;
- Pitney Bowes in the sale of Borderfree to Global‑e;
- WiseTech Global in its $230 million acquisition of Envase Technologies from Firmament;
- DRI Capital in the acquisition of a synthetic royalty interest in the worldwide sales of sebetralstat and related equity investment in KalVista Pharmaceuticals and the acquisition from Editas Medicine of payment streams based on the Cas9 gene‑editing technology for CASGEVY;
- Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors in the $150 million sale, plus an earn‑out, of a 49.9% interest in Long Ridge Terminal;
- HBO in its acquisition of Ole Communications’ minority stakes in HBO Ole Partners and HBO Brasil Partners;
- Hibu Group in the sale of its U.S. business to H.I.G. Capital; and
- Univision in its sale of a majority stake to Searchlight and ForgeLight.
Mr. DuMond has been recognized by Lawdragon as among the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” and the “500 X – The Next Generation.”