Joseph P. Michaels

Recently, Joe has represented:

Healthcare, Medical Products, and Pharmaceuticals Sectors

• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in its controlling interest investments in VillageMD, transactions with an aggregate value of over US$8.2 billion.
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in connection with VillageMD’s acquisition of Summit Health-CityMD, a transaction valued at US$8.9 billion.
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in its acquisition of certain assets from Rite Aid Corporation.
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in its acquisition of CareCentrix, Inc.
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in its controlling interest acquisition of Innovation Associates, Inc.
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. in various strategic minority interest investments.
• Smith & Nephew plc in its acquisition of Blue Belt Holdings, Inc.
• Smith & Nephew plc in its acquisition of certain assets from S2 Interactive, Inc.
• CHG Hospital Beds, Inc. in its sale to Stryker Corporation.
• RoundTable Healthcare Partners and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions, including with respect to Beaver-Visitec International, Inc.

Consumer Goods, Food, Entertainment, and Technology Sectors

• Cabela’s Incorporated in its sale to Bass Pro Group, LLC, a transaction valued at US$5.0 billion.
• US Foods Holding Corp. in its acquisition of Services Group of America’s Food Group of Companies, a transaction valued at US$1.8 billion (matter handled while in-house counsel).
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in its investment of US$1.2 billion in ADT Inc.
• Churchill Downs Incorporated in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Big Fish Games, Inc.
• Red Frog Events LLC in its joint venture with Goldenvoice, LLC.
• Gusto Packing Company, Inc. in its sale to Butterball, LLC.
• LSC Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of Publishers Press.
• LSC Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of CREEL Printing.
• Prospect Partners, LLC and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions, including with respect to Gold Star Foods, Inc.

Industrials, Mining, and Energy Sectors

• Allkem Limited in its merger of equals with Livent Corporation, a transaction valued at US$10.6 billion.
• NV Energy, Inc. in its sale to Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a transaction valued at US$5.6 billion.
• A provider of power and connectivity solutions in its sale, a transaction valued at US$1.7 billion.
• Jervois Global Limited in its acquisition of Freeport Cobalt and affiliated cobalt mining operations from Koboltti Chemicals Holdings Limited.
• GE Aviation in its joint venture with Praxair, Inc.
• GE Aviation in its joint venture with Woodward, Inc.
• GE Aviation in its joint venture with Safran Group and Nippon Carbon Company, Ltd.
• GE Aviation in its joint venture with FADEC International.
• Dover Corporation in the sale of its Sargent Aerospace & Defense business to RBC Bearings Incorporated.
• Dover Corporation in the sale of its Datamax O’Neil business to Honeywell International Inc.
• Dover Corporation in the sale of its Multitest and Everett Charles Technologies businesses to LTX-Credence Corporation.
• Dover Corporation in the sale of its DEK Printing Machines business to ASM Pacific Technology.
• Riot Platforms, Inc. in its acquisition of ESS Metron.
• Thompson Street Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions.

Financial Services and Insurance Sectors

• GE Capital in the sale of its Antares Capital sponsor finance lending platform to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a transaction valued at US$12 billion.
• Kemper Corporation in its acquisition of Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, a transaction valued at US$1.6 billion.
• Cabela’s Incorporated in the sale of its credit card assets to Capital One Financial Corporation and Synovus Financial Corp., a transaction valued at US$1.2 billion.

Real Estate and Infrastructure Services Sectors

• Starwood Capital Group and Starwood Property Trust, Inc. in multiple transactions, including the acquisition of LNR Property LLC, a transaction valued at US$1.1 billion.
• Welltower Inc. in multiple transactions, including its joint venture with Cindat Capital Management Limited.
• Core Scientific, Inc. in multiple transactions, including its agreements to provide digital infrastructure to host high-performance computing operations of CoreWeave with projected value of US$8.7 billion.
• Riot Platforms, Inc. in its acquisition of Whinstone US, Inc. from Northern Data AG.