Shilpi Gupta concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and other corporate governance and securities matters.
Gupta has represented companies acting as acquirers or sellers, as well as investment banking clients, in mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, takeovers (negotiated and contested), venture capital transactions, restructurings, joint ventures and other strategic alliances. Gupta also has represented issuers and investment banking institutions in initial and other public offerings, private placements of securities and high-yield debt transactions
In addition, Gupta advises clients regarding general corporate and securities matters, including securities law compliance, corporate governance issues, disclosure issues, stock repurchase programs, shareholder agreements, severance arrangements and proxy contests.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Finance |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Finance |
Gupta has represented, among others:
- Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. in its pending $8.3 billion acquisition by The Boeing Company
- Ball Corporation in its:
- $6.9 billion acquisition of Rexam PLC
- $3.4 billion sale, with Rexam PLC, of select metal beverage can assets, support locations and functions in Europe, Brazil and the United States to Ardagh Group S.A.
- SP Plus Corporation in its acquisition by Metropolis Technologies, Inc. at an enterprise value of $1.5 billion
- The Middleby Corporation in its proposed but terminated $4.3 billion enterprise value acquisition of Welbilt, Inc.
- Visteon Corporation, a manufacturer of auto parts, in the $3.6 billion sale of its 70% stake in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. to an affiliate of Hahn & Company and Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
- Digital River, an e-commerce outsourcing company, in its $840 million acquisition by an investor group led by Siris Capital Group
- Kraft Foods Group, Inc. in its $26.3 billion spin-off from Kraft Foods, Inc. After closing, Kraft Foods, Inc. was renamed Mondelez International, Inc.
- Kinetic Concepts, Inc. in its $6.3 billion acquisition by a consortium of funds advised by Apax Partners, together with controlled affiliates of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board
- Oshkosh Truck Corporation in its $3.2 billion acquisition of JLG Industries, Inc.
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. in its $1.9 billion acquisition of Lands’ End, Inc.
- Supervalu, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Richfood Holdings, Inc.
- American Equity Investment Life Holding Company in its pending strategic partnership with Brookfield Asset Management Inc., which includes up to $10 billion of reinsurance with Brookfield and Brookfield acquiring a 19.9% ownership stake in American Equity for not less than $672 million
- US Airways in its $1.5 billion shelf registration of pass-through certificates and related offerings of pass-through certificates
- the special committee of the board of directors of The Middleby Corporation in connection with the $84 million repurchase of the company’s common stock from its chairman and his family, the related refinancing of the company’s senior bank facility and the underwritten secondary offering of shares by its former chairman and his family