Alexandra J. McCormack’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and other securities and corporate law matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Private Equity |
McCormack advises public and private companies, private equity firms, family offices and hedge funds in U.S. and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, mergers of equals, joint ventures and other transactions. She has represented clients including:
- Honeywell International Inc. in its:
- comprehensive portfolio review and decision to pursue the separation of its Automation and Aerospace businesses
- $1.9 billion acquisition of defense electronics company CAES Systems Holdings LLC from Advent International
- $4.95 billion acquisition of Carrier Global Corporation’s security business, Global Access Solutions
- Jabil Inc. in its:
- $725 million acquisition of Hanley Energy Group (Ireland)
- divestment of its mobility business to BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited (China) for $2.2 billion
- JAB Holding Company in several transactions, including:
- its $1.2 billion acquisition of Compassion-First Pet Hospitals
- OceanSound Partners in several transactions, including:
- its acquisition of Automated Financial Systems
- TA Associates’ strategic investment in Kinective
- Permira Funds in several transactions, including:
- the $1.9 billion sale of an 80% stake in its portfolio company Netafim Ltd. (Israel) to Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)
- Permira Funds-sponsored Alter Domus (Luxembourg) in its acquisition of Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in its $1 billion acquisition of a controlling equity stake in Silversea Cruises
- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Netherlands) in its terminated $47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated
- Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (and The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Permira Funds and TPG Capital) in Freescale’s merger with NXP Semiconductors N.V. for a combined enterprise value of $40 billion
- the independent directors of Chrysler Group LLC in the $4.35 billion acquisition by Fiat S.p.A. (Italy) of the minority interests owned by the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. in its:
- divestiture of International Derivatives Clearing Group, LLC to LCH.Clearnet Group Limited (United Kingdom)
- formation of The Portal Alliance LLC, a trading platform for 144A securities, together with nine leading securities firms
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in its $3.5 billion merger with Biovail Corporation (Canada)
- MetroPCS Communications, Inc. in its $5.5 billion proposal to acquire Leap Wireless International, Inc.
- Citigroup Inc. in the $3.7 billion exchange of its asset management business for the private client and capital markets businesses of Legg Mason, Inc.