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Giancarlo’s practice is focused on intellectual property and technology transactions. He advises clients across a wide range of industries, including information technology, private equity, digital health, financial services, manufacturing, media and fashion.
He assists clients in structuring, preparing and negotiating strategic arrangements that involve the creation, transfer, licensing or securitization of intellectual property or technology assets. He regularly advises clients in the context of mergers and acquisitions, asset transactions, spinouts, joint ventures, collaborations, debt financings, restructurings and licensing. Giancarlo also works with in-house legal teams to develop and implement major initiatives related to intellectual property, technology and commercial contracting.
Prior to joining the firm, Giancarlo worked for a natural language processing research group and a legal technology start-up.
Experience
- Sanofi in an acquisition of Dren Bio’s bispecific antibody-based program in immunology deal worth up to $1.9 billion.
- Qorvo, a provider of core technologies for radio frequency solutions, in the sale of its United Silicon Carbide subsidiary and the silicon carbide junction field-effect transistor (SiC JFET) technology business to sensing technology firm onsemi for $115 million in cash.
- The Hershey Company in its acquisition of Sour Strips, a fast-growing sour candy brand with a powerful social media presence.
- H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo in a definitive agreement to acquire the brand and products of Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a world-leading information technology certification and training business.
- American Industrial Partners in its definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. and Canadian architectural coatings business of PPG, a global paints, coatings, and specialty materials leader.
- TPG in connection with an agreement to acquire from AT&T the remaining 70% stake in DIRECTV that it does not already own.
- An American multinational off-price department store corporation in connection with several transactions including an investment in an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer and a joint venture with a global brands operator in Mexico and South America.
- CCMP Growth Advisors, LP in its investment in Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc., a leader in design build engineering and aftermarket services for industrial refrigeration systems.
- Bloomberg in its acquisition of Broadway Technology, a provider of front-office financial technology solutions.
- TPG Capital in its $4 billion sale and separation of McAfee’s enterprise business to Symphony Technology Group.
- WellSky in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Careport, a care coordination software company, from Allscripts.
- HP in its $425 million carve-out acquisition of HyperX, the gaming accessory division of Kingston Technology Company.
- Genstar Capital in several transactions including:
- its acquisition of Advarra, a provider of integrated clinical research compliance solutions, and sale of Advarra to Blackstone and CPP Investments.
- represented TekniPlex Healthcare, a Genstar Capital portfolio company, in a definitive agreement to acquire medical device manufacturer Seisa Medical.
- in the recapitalization of its portfolio company ConnectiveRx, a leading provider of technology-enabled biopharmaceutical services.
- Advent International in several acquisitions including:
- its $1.9 billion acquisition of Forescout Technologies, a cybersecurity company.
- a definitive agreement to acquire Nielsen Global Connect, a unit of Nielsen Holdings plc for $2.7 billion.
- in the acquisition by Ansira Partners, a leading marketing services provider and portfolio company of Advent, of the digital marketing business of CDK Global, Inc.
- Gauge Capital in several matters including:
- the recapitalization of Engine & Transmission Exchange in partnership with the founders and management of ETE.
- in its acquisition of America’s Job Exchange.
- VettaFi, a portfolio company of Aretex Capital Partners, in its acquisition of the ROBO Global index suite. ROBO Global indexes focus on helping investors capture opportunities of fast-growing robotics, artificial intelligence, and healthcare technology companies around the world.
- TPG Capital in a simultaneous carve-out of AT&T’s DirecTV business and $1.8 billion investment in the newly carved out DirecTV business.
- Tekni-Plex, a global developer and manufacturer of precision-crafted tubing and packaging solutions, in various acquisitions, including of Grupo Phoenix, Ematec, and manufacturing equipment and intellectual property assets from Fibro.
- Cinven in its acquisition of Drake Software, a provider of professional tax preparation software, and Drake Software in its acquisition of TaxAct.
- BlackRock in leading a minority investment in MACRO, a multiplatform media company representing the voice and perspectives of people of color.
- The Broad Institute in connection with various strategic transactions, including its collaboration agreement with Verily and Microsoft to develop Terra, a scalable, open-source platform for biomedical researchers.
- Atomwise, an AI drug discovery company, in a strategic collaboration with Sanofi involving potential payments totaling $1.2 billion.
- Ginkgo Bioworks in connection with the provision of its bio-surveillance programs, including to the Rwandan government and Miami International Airport.
- Centric Brands, a global apparel company, in connection with commercial and divesture arrangements related to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case to recapitalize $1.7 billion in funded debt.
- Vince Holding, a global contemporary retailer, in its sale of certain intellectual property assets and strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group.
- Servpro Industries, Domino’s Pizza, Dunkin', Goddard Schools, Planet Fitness, and Zaxby’s in connection with the intellectual property and licensing aspects of their whole-business securitizations and follow-on offerings.
- ServiceMax, portfolio company of Silver Lake and cloud-based software platform, in a definitive agreement of sale to software solution provider, PTC. Terms of the agreement state PTC will acquire ServiceMax for approximately $1.46 billion in cash on a debt-free, cash-free basis from an entity majority owned by private equity firm Silver Lake.
- An audio equipment manufacturing company in a partnership with a direct–to– consumer hearing aid provider.
- PathAI, a leading provider of AI-powered technology tools and services for pathology, on its intellectual property and data strategy in connection with various strategic partnerships.
- Avista Capital Partners on several acquisitions including:
- representing United BioSource LLC, a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, in the acquisition of MarketShare Movers, a data-driven prescription drug benefit and affordability company.
- in its acquisition of Probo Medical LLC from Varsity Healthcare Partners.
- its agreement to sell Arcadia Consumer Healthcare to Bansk Group.
- advising Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, in its acquisition of NATURELO®.
- advising Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, in its purchase of the U.S. rights to the Kaopectate® brand from Sanofi.
- Sezzle Inc. in its definitive agreement to be acquired by Zip Co. Limited.
- Masergy and Berkshire Partners in the sale of Masergy to Comcast.Masergy, a pioneer in software-defined networking (SDN) and cloud platforms for global enterprises, delivers innovative hybrid networking, managed security and cloud communications solutions to medium and large enterprise customers.
- Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company co-sponsored by affiliates of Sandbridge Capital and PIMCO private funds, in completing its business combination with Owlet Baby Care Inc., a company building a connected and accessible nursery ecosystem that brings technology and vital data to modern parenting.
- BrightSphere Investment Group in several transactions including:
- in its agreement to sell its 75% ownership interest in Campbell Global, LLC to J.P. Morgan Management, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- in the sale of its 75.1% ownership interest in Thompson, Siegel and Walmsley LLC (TSW) to Pendal Group Limited for $240 million.
- its divestiture of affiliates Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss and Copper Rock Capital Partners.
- in a definitive agreement to sell its 60% ownership interest in Landmark Partners LLC to Ares Management Corporation for $690 million.
- Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of Dessert Holdings, North America’s leading premium dessert company, from Gryphon Investors.
- New Mountain Capital in several matters including:
- its acquisition of Aegion Corp., a leading provider of infrastructure maintenance, rehabilitation and protection solutions, in a transaction valued at approximately $963 million.
- in its partnership with Pearce Services, LLC, and Pearce’s simultaneous acquisition of MaxGen Energy Services and World Wind & Solar.
- Aquiline Capital Partners in several investments including in:
- PrimePay, a national payroll, human capital management and benefit services company.
- National Medical Billing Services, an industry leading healthcare revenue cycle management company serving the ambulatory surgery center market.
- Worldwide Facilities in its agreement to be acquired by Amwins Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services.
- AIPCF VI LG Funding, LP, an affiliate of American Industrial Partners, in an agreement to sell Gerber Technology to Lectra S.A., a French société anonyme listed on Euronext (LSS).
- Sixth Street on its majority investment in Legends. Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm, will lead the Legends partnership group alongside co-founders YGE Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of the New York Yankees, and Jones Concessions LP, an affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys.
- BV Investment Partners in several matters including:
- in the sale of its portfolio company Franco Signor to Verisk, a highly-regarded Medicare Secondary Payer service provider.
- in its acquisition of Sharpline Allocations, Inc., a customer service and relationship driven provider of Medicare compliance and Settlement Planning services.
- Vista Equity Partners Fund VII in the recapitalization of Infoblox Inc., a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners. The recapitalization included a significant investment from Warburg Pincus LLC, which became an equal partner with Vista in their investment in Infoblox.
- Veeam Software in its definitive agreement to be acquired by Insight Partners, a deal valued at approximately $5 billion.
- HDT Global, an industry-leading producer of state-of-the-art, fully integrated expeditionary solutions, including shelters, generators, heaters, air filtration devices, robotics and other engineered technologies
- in a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Nexus Capital Management from Charlesbank Capital Partners.
- in its acquisition of Berg Companies, Inc.
- Café Rio Holding, Inc., a portfolio company of affiliates of KarpReilly, LLC and Apax Partners, L.P., in the acquisition by Freeman Spogli & Co. of a majority interest in the company. Café Rio, founded in 1997, is a restaurant chain specializing in Mexican cuisine, and operates approximately 120 stores throughout the U.S.
- Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C. (Kohlberg) in several acquisitions including:
- its acquisition of a majority stake in GPRS Holdings LLC from CIVC Partners LP.
- CIBT Global, Inc., a leading global provider of travel visa and immigration services to corporations, travel management companies, and individuals.