Jaclyn Castelar

Jaclyn Castelar has a diverse practice representing public and private clients in a variety of U.S. and international transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, auctions, carve-outs, reorganizations, strategic investments, joint ventures and other corporate and commercial transactions. Ms. Castelar has advised clients in a wide range of industries, including:

• Discover Financial Services in the sale of Discover Bank’s $10 billion private student loan portfolio to affiliates of Carlyle and KKR
• S&P Global in its $975 million sale of its Engineering Solutions business to funds managed by KKR
• Scopely in its $4.9 billion acquisition by Savvy Gaming Group 
• Wells Fargo in connection with its:
  • $2 billion carve-out sale of certain assets of Wells Fargo Asset Management, related legal entities and its collective investment trust business to Allspring Global Investment, which was formed by GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners (recognized as Deal of the Year (Large) at the 2022 Americas M&A Atlas Awards)
  • sale of its $10 billion private student loan portfolio to a group of investors
• United Talent Agency in connection with its acquisitions of:
  • baseball talent agency REP 1 Baseball
  • soccer talent agency Representatives of Outstanding Footballers
• iCapital in its acquisition of SIMON Markets
• Zip Co Limited in its acquisition of QuadPay and announced acquisition of Sezzle
• Information Builders in its acquisition by TIBCO
• Dayco in its sale to Hidden Harbor Capital Partners
• RODE Microphones in its acquisition of Mackie
• Nasdaq in its strategic investment in LeveL ATS and the subsequent merger of LeveL ATS and Luminex
• BillerudKorsnäs in its acquisition of Verso Corporation
• Foot Locker in its acquisition of Warehouse Shoe Sale
• funds advised by Apax Partners in connection with their acquisitions of:
  • EveryAction, Inc. from Insight Ventures
  • Social Solutions Group, Inc. from Vista Equity Partners
• Global Indemnity in connection with its internal business reorganization