Nicole Aiello Martinez advises public and private companies, private equity firms and other private capital investors on complex business transactions and strategic corporate matters.
Her transactional practice includes mergers and acquisitions, leveraged acquisitions, company sales, carve-outs, divestitures, significant investments and joint ventures. Nicole also counsels companies and boards of directors on corporate governance matters and related disclosure considerations.
Nicole works with clients across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, business services, technology, consumer products, manufacturing and real estate.
Prior to Ropes & Gray, Nicole was an attorney at an international law firm, where her practice centered on M&A, private equity and general corporate matters for public and private companies.
Experience
Some notable recent engagements include representing:
- General Atlantic, The Vistria Group, and PANTHERx Rare in the sale of PANTHERx from General Atlantic, The Vistria Group, and Nautic Partners to a Warburg Pincus-led investor group.
- A publicly traded real estate investment trust in connection with multiple real estate acquisitions and joint venture arrangements.*
- A national provider of long-term home care and support solutions for Medicaid participants in connection with its approximately $900 million private equity investment.*
- A publicly traded home products company in its approximately $800 million acquisition of a portfolio of premium hardware and residential smart lock businesses.*
- A technology company in its approximately $350 million carve-out acquisition of a consumer audio business.*
- A public diversified industrial company in its approximately $1 billion acquisition of a micro-precision technology manufacturing company and its subsidiaries from a private equity sponsor.*
- A leading pharmacy and healthcare company in connection with various acquisitions of pharmacies and pharmacy-related assets, as well as joint ventures in the healthcare sector.*
- A public diversified industrial company in its acquisition of a leading designer and manufacturer of sintered porous material structures and flow control solutions.*
- A family-owned investment company in its approximately $5 billion sale of a leading access control, garage door opener and smart home technology business to a global investment firm.*
- A global pharmaceutical company in the purchase of a developer of implantable bioelectronic devices.*
- A global medical technology company in the sale of certain surgical consumable products and related assets to a private equity firm.*
- A fertilizer company in the purchase of a manufacturer of sustainable soil and plant health products and technologies.*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray.