Maria Ricaurte focuses her practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Corporate Governance |
Ricaurte’s notable transactions include representing:
- Wiz in its $32 billion acquisition by Google;
- Viacom’s transaction committee in the $30 billion merger with CBS;
- Frontier Communications in its $20 billion acquisition by Verizon;
- Aon in its pending $17 billion acquisition of USI and its $13 billion acquisition of NFP;
- Johnson & Johnson in its $14.6 billion acquisition of Intra-Cellular Therapies;
- AmerisourceBergen in its $6.5 billion acquisition of Walgreens’ Alliance Healthcare businesses;
- Viatris in its divestitures totaling $3.6 billion in value, including the divestitures of its Over‑the‑Counter, Women’s Healthcare and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients businesses, and its $750 million acquisitions of Oyster Point and Famy Life Sciences;
- New Media in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Gannett;
- US Foods in its $500 million convertible preferred equity investment from KKR;
- Brunswick in the $490 million sale of its Fitness business to KPS;
- Eurazeo in its acquisition of Scaled Agile;
- IBM in the sale of its marketing platform and commerce software offerings to Centerbridge;
- Kenvue in its cooperation agreement with Starboard;
- OUTFRONT Media in the sale of its Sports Marketing operating segment to Playfly;
- RELX in its acquisition of Human API; and