Patrick S. Taylor focuses his practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder activism defense, corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Joint Venture, Corporate Governance |
Taylor’s notable matters include representing:
- Kenvue in its pending $48.7 billion acquisition by Kimberly-Clark;
- Jefferies in the significant expansion of its Global Strategic Alliance with SMBC Group—which includes a joint venture combining their Japanese equities and ECM businesses, and an increase in SMBC’s equity ownership in Jefferies to up to 20%—and in the previous expansion that included a total commitment of up to $3.4 billion to Jefferies by SMBC;
- Scotiabank in its $2.8 billion acquisition of an equity interest in KeyCorp;
- Martin Marietta in the $2.1 billion sale of its South Texas cement business and related concrete operations to CRH and its $2.05 billion acquisition of aggregates operations from Blue Water Industries;
- Light & Wonder in its $850 million acquisition of Grover Charitable Gaming and its acquisition of the remaining stake in SciPlay;
- Oshkosh in its $800 million acquisition of the AeroTech business from JBT;
- ZimVie in its $730 million acquisition by ARCHIMED and the $375 million sale of its spine business to H.I.G. Capital;
- altafiber in the $670 million sale of CBTS to TowerBrook;
- Hasbro in the sale of its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate and its successful proxy contest against Alta Fox Capital;
- entrotech in the formation of PPG Advanced Surface Technologies, a joint venture with PPG Industries;
- Forward Air in its cooperation agreement with Ancora;
- GasLog Ltd. in its take-private acquisition of GasLog Partners;
- SPANX in its sale of a majority stake to Blackstone; and
- Stanley Black & Decker in its pending sale of Excel Industries to Bad Boy Mowers.