Brett J. Fleisher

Brett J. Fleisher

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity
Brett Fleisher advises private equity firms and portfolio companies, public and private companies, family offices and hedge funds on U.S. and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, carve-outs, financings, joint ventures, strategic investments, corporate governance and securities laws matters. She also represents CEOs and management teams in connection with private equity transactions.

Bio

In recognition of her work, Ms. Fleisher was named one of Law360’s 2022 Rising Stars and one of New York Law Journal’s 2022 Rising Stars.

Selected representations by Ms. Fleisher include:

  • Dell Technologies, Inc. in its:
    • pending $859 million sale of SecureWorks Corp. to Sophos Ltd.
    • $4 billion sale of Boomi to Francisco Partners and TPG
  • OceanSound Partners and its portfolio companies in connection with several transactions, including:
    • OceanSound’s acquisition of a majority stake in Netrix
    • Netrix’s acquisition of Edrans Group
    • Netrix’s acquisition of BTB Group
    • Netrix’s acquisition of PSC Group
    • Netrix’s acquisition of the IT services business unit of Prosum
    • OceanSound’s strategic investment in Gannett Fleming
    • Gannett Fleming’s merger with Transystems
  • Permira Funds and its portfolio companies in several transactions, including:
    • its substantial investment in Pharmacord
    • the $2.2 billion sale of its portfolio company DiversiTech to Partners Group
    • the sale of its portfolio company LSNE to PCI Pharma Services
    • the $4.2 billion sale of a majority stake in Duff & Phelps to Stone Point Capital
    • Axiom’s acquisition of Bliss Lawyers
    • the sale of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environment to Berkshire Partners
    • the $2.3 billion sale of its portfolio company Atrium Innovations to Nestlé S.A.
    • the $1.9 billion sale of an 80% stake in its portfolio company Netafim Ltd. to Orbia (formerly Mexichem)
    • the acquisition of DiversiTech from The Jordan Company
    • the acquisition of LSNE
    • the $1.5 billion sale of its portfolio company Intelligrated to Honeywell
    • the $336 million acquisition of a majority stake in John Masters Organics
    • the $765 million sale of its portfolio company PHARMAQ to Zoetis
    • the $2.8 billion sale of its portfolio company Iglo Foods to Nomad Holdings Limited
    • the $3.5 billion sale of its portfolio company Arysta LifeScience to Platform Specialty Products
  • Mayne Pharma Group Limited in its $475 million sale of Metrics Contracts Services to Catalent
  • Purolite Corporation in its $3.7 billion sale to Ecolab Inc.
  • a family office in connection with a financing for a minority investment
  • Morgan Stanley, as financial advisor to Spirit Airlines, in connection with Spirit Airlines’ proposed (but terminated) sale to JetBlue for $3.8 billion, as well as its merger (later terminated) with Frontier Group Holdings, the parent company of Frontier Airlines, in a transaction valued at $6.6 billion
  • Amadeus IT Group SA in its $1.52 billion acquisition of TravelClick Inc. from Thoma Bravo
  • NXP Semiconductors N.V. in its proposed (but terminated) $47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated
  • Murad in its acquisition by Unilever
  • Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. and a private equity consortium including The Blackstone Group L.P., The Carlyle Group LP, Permira Funds and TPG Capital, L.P. in Freescale’s merger with NXP Semiconductors N.V. for a combined enterprise value of $40 billion
  • Creganna Medical, a former portfolio company of Permira Funds, in its acquisition of Precision Wire Holding Company

She also advises the firm’s investment banking clients in transactional and financial advisory work.

Ms. Fleisher is actively involved in Skadden’s recruiting and corporate training programs. She is a co-chair of the firm’s Summer Associate Committee in New York and is a member of the Hiring Committee.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Emory University School of Law, 2013 (High Honors; Order of the Coif)
  • B.A., Colgate University, 2008 (cum laude)

Admissions

  • New York

Brett J. Fleisher

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity
brett.fleisher@skadden.com