JESS DAY focuses her practice on the representation of buyers and sellers in public and private mergers and acquisitions across a wide range of industries, and private equity transactions. Jess also regularly advises publicly traded and private companies regarding corporate governance matters and state corporate law.
Senior Managing Associate
Jessica M. Day
- Corporate Governance
- M&A
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
Clients served in representative transactions include:
- Mastercard in its acquisition of Transfast, a global cross-border account-to-account money transfer network, from GCP Capital Partners and Apis Partners (finalist for The Deal Financial Services Deal of the Year).
- Mastercard in its US$2.65 billion acquisition of global threat intelligence company Recorded Future (pending).
- Allkem Limited in its merger of equals with Livent Corporation, a transaction valued at US$10.6 billion
- Publicly traded Regal Rexnord Corporation in its US$4.95 billion acquisition of publicly traded Altra Industrial Motions Corp.
- Publicly traded Regal Beloit Corporation in its US$9.1 billion combination with the PMC Business of Rexnord Corporation by way of a reverse morris trust.
- Jones Lang LaSalle in connection with the US$2 billion acquisition of publicly traded HFF, Inc.
- General Electric in the sale of its “Current, powered by GE” lighting business to New York-based private equity firm American Industrial Partners.
- Aon PLC in the US$4.8 billion sale of its benefits administration platform to The Blackstone Group.
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused specifically on the healthcare industry, and its portfolio companies, including multiple transactions related to the expansion of RoundTable’s Santa Cruz Nutritionals portfolio company.
- Thompson Street Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in multiple representative capacities, including advising its portfolio companies on various corporate governance matters and managing numerous acquisitions and divestures, including the acquisition of its Complus portfolio company, the sale of BioreclamationIVT to Arsenal Capital Partners, and the sale of Global Software, LLC to TA Associates.
- Cabela’s Incorporated in its sale to Bass Pro Shops for an aggregate value of US$5.5 billion.
- Landauer Inc. in its approximately US$770 million sale to Fortive Corporation.
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in its acquisition of Pronto Insurance from Palladium Equity Partners.
- The ServiceMaster Company in its acquisition of Copesan Services.
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Illinois
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2015 (Dean's List)
- Saint Louis University, B.S., 2012 (magna cum laude)