Rupert Phillips

Representative Private Equity Experience

• Bain Capital on its acquisition of Hitachi Metals for $7.5 billion.
• Bain Capital on its US$18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation from Toshiba Corporation, by way of a Bain Capital-led consortium including Apple, Seagate Technology, Kingston Technology, Hoya, Dell Technologies and SK Hynix.
• Bain Capital on its acquisition of Evident Corporation.
• Bain Capital on its acquisition of NGA UK from NGA Human Resources.
• Bain Capital on its acquisition of Asatsu-DK
• Bain Capital on its acquisition of MKM Building Supplies.
• HarbourVest Partners as co-lead investor in New Mountain Capital's $2.4 billion single-asset continuation vehicle.
• HarbourVest Partners as lead investor in a single-asset continuation fund established by L Squared Capital Partners for BTX Precision, a leading high-precision manufacturer of mission-critical components and assemblies.
• TA Associates in connection with a strategic investment in Too Lost, a music technology and services platform.
• Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. in relation to a transaction between Court Square Capital Partners, a leading U.S. middle market private equity firm, and PlayCore Group, a provider of multi-brand playground equipment and recreation products, closing a single-asset continuation fund.
• Crosspoint Capital Partners in its $870 million acquisition of Absolute Software, a Canada-based cybersecurity company.
• Kohlberg & Company in its acquisition of a majority stake in CLEAResult, an environmental consulting firm, from TPG Growth and TPG’s The Rise Fund.
• Vista Equity Partners on their investment in Aptean.
• Avista on the antitrust aspects of the sale of Trimb Healthcare to Karo Pharma.
• New Mountain Capital in acquiring ACETO Corporation’s chemicals business assets.

Representative Technology, Industrial, Life Sciences, & Healthcare Experience

• Nippon Steel Corporation on its ~$14 billion bid for US Steel.
• Signify Health on its sale to CVS Health for $8 billion.
• Google on its acquisition of an interest in Reliance Jio Platforms valued at $4.5 billion.
• SOMACIS Group on the acquisition of Group ACB, a European manufacturer of printed circuit boards.
• Jamco Corporation on the acquisition of Iacobucci HF Aerospace.
• Eli Lilly in relation to a strategic collaboration in ophthalmology with MeiraGtx.
• Vir Biotechnology on a global strategic collaboration with Astellas Pharma to advance VIR-5500, an investigational dual-masked T-cell engager.
• Takeda in relation to technology licensing and R&D collaboration agreements.
• Novavax Inc. in a co-exclusive licensing agreement with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi to sell Novavax COVID-19 vaccine and collaboration to create a combined global COVID-19 and influenza shot.
• NxStage Medical in relation to its acquisition by Fresenius.
• DaVita and Ares Private Equity Group on a strategic investment in Elara Caring, a leading provider of skilled home health, hospice, behaviour health and personal care services.
• Evident in a definitive agreement to acquire Pramana, Inc., a leading manufacturer of digital pathology solutions.
• Vapotherm, a respiratory support medical device company, in a definitive merger agreement with an affiliate of Perceptive Advisors, a healthcare investment firm.
• A technology company in relation to the FTC’s review of Qualcomm’s proposed acquisition of Autotalks.
• SanDisk in relation to its acquisition by Western Digital.*
• Actavis on its acquisition of Allergan for $66 billion to obtain clearance from the European Commission.*

Representative Conduct Experience

• Monster Energy Drinks on European Commission investigations into Red Bull GmbH.
• Google on its successful dismissal of an investigation into Gmail and Google Meet.
• Google in relation to various investigations concerning Android, apps, and digital payments.
• An international financial institution in relation to investigations by the European Commission concerning LIBOR and EURIBOR.*
• An international financial institution in relation to an investigation by the European Commission concerning credit default swaps.*

*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray