Alexander Blanchet is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s antitrust practice group. Alexander provides guidance to clients on issues related to the antitrust merger review process and represents clients in government investigations conducted by the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has experience evaluating transactions across various industries, including healthcare and life sciences.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Alexander was a law clerk in the Antitrust Division of the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
During law school, Alexander served as an articles editor for the International Law Review Association. He also served as a law school ambassador for the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section.
Experience
- Advised Immunogen on the antitrust aspects of its sale to AbbVie valued at $10.1 billion.
- Advised Signify Health in its sale to CVS Health valued at $8 billion.
- Advised National Amusements Inc. in its sale to affiliates of Skydance Media in concert with the merger of Skydance Media with Paramount Global.
- Advised Simple Mills in its sale to Flowers Foods, Inc. for $795 million.
- Represented TPG on the antitrust aspects of TPG’s acquisition of AT&T’s remaining stake in DIRECTV.
- Advised Altamont Capital Partners in its sale of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
- Advised GHO Capital Partners in the acquisition of Avid Biosciences for $1.1 billion.
- Advised Harvest Partners in its acquisition of The Learning Experience.
- Advised TSG Consumer Partners on its acquisition of EoS Fitness.
- Represented private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its dismissal from a high-profile and closely-watched antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission against WCAS and its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners, over a series of acquisitions in Texas.
- Counseled GI Partners in an agreement to acquire Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc., in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.05 billion.
- Counseled Vir Biotechnology in an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sanofi for three clinical stage masked T-cell engagers and exclusive use of the protease-cleavable masking platform for oncology and infectious diseases.
- Advised Flexential and GI Partners in connection with a strategic investment in Flexential from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners.
- Counseled H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
- Advised Kohlberg & Company in a majority investment in CLEAResult.
- Counseled Lee Equity Partners in its acquisition of PCS Retirement.
- Advised TA Associates in its acquisition of the Association & Events and Nonprofit Solutions divisions from Community Brands.
- Advised THL Partners on its majority investment in AMI.
- Advised Gauge Capital its agreement to sell eDynamic Learning to Pearson.