Anthony Veveakis

Representative matters include the representation of:

• Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SRNG), a SPAC, in its US$15 billion business combination with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., a synthetic biology company, which uses technology to program cells for a potentially wide variety of uses, including fragrances and sweeteners, as well as mRNA vaccines and animal-free proteins.
• Panasonic Corp. in its US$8.5 billion acquisition of the remaining 80 percent of the capital stock interests of Blue Yonder, a leading end-to-end, digital fulfillment platform provider.
• Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE: MIC) in the US$514 million sale of the MIC Hawaii businesses, a regulated gas utility and unregulated propane distributor, to an affiliate of Argo Infrastructure Partners LP. The transaction will be completed after the completion of a reorganization pursuant to which Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings, LLC, a newly formed entity, will become the publicly traded parent company of MIC, and the subsequent US$4.475 billion sale of MIC, and its Atlantic Aviation business, to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
• VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc. (NYSE: VPCC), a SPAC sponsored by Victory Park Capital, in its US$4 billion business combination with Dave Inc., a financial platform.
• VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (NASDAQ: VPCB), a SPAC sponsored by Victory Park Capital, in its US$2.5 billion business combination with FinAccel, the parent of artificial intelligence-enabled digital consumer credit platform Kredivo.
• Zanite Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ZNTE), a SPAC focused on the aviation sector, in its US$2.4 billion business combination agreement with Embraer S.A., a Brazilian multinational aerospace manufacturer, to acquire EVE UAM, LLC, an Urban Air Mobility business.
• Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOG) and the Special Committee of its Board of Directors in the US$1.56 billion acquisition of GNOG by DraftKings Inc., a leading digital sports entertainment and gaming company.
• An affiliate of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of SpecialtyCare, Inc., a leading national platform with an established network for providing outsourced clinical services to hospital operating rooms and provider of perfusion, intraoperative neuromonitoring and surgical services.
• Al-Rayyan Holding LLC, an affiliate of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, on its investment in the US$300 million equity financing round of Age of Learning, Inc., a privately held education company whose programs blend education best practices, innovative technology, and insightful creativity to create engaging and effective educational experiences, which was led by TPG.
• QH Oil Investments LLC, an affiliate of QIA, on its investment in the US$116 million Series B financing of Entrada Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the treatment of devastating diseases using intracellular biologics, which was led by Wellington Management Company.
• QIA on its participation in the US$110 million Series B financing of T-Knife Therapeutics, a T-cell receptor company building a pipeline of innovative therapeutics for solid tumor patients.
• NovaQuest Capital Management LLC in its acquisition of Spectra Medical Devices, Inc., a leading manufacturer of procedural needles and distributor of generic injectable drug products.
• Klarna Bank AB, a leading BNPL provider and Europe's most valuable fintech unicorn, on its acquisition of Hero Towers. Hero Towers is the UK-based operator of "Hero," the UK's leading "social shopping" e-commerce platform, which connects millions of shoppers with product experts via text, chat and video, all directly from a brand's e-commerce store.
• DIF Capital Partners, a leading global independent infrastructure investment fund manager, through its fund DIF Infrastructure VI, in its acquisition of Bernhard LLC, the largest privately owned Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) solutions company in the US, from an affiliate of Bernhard Capital Partners.
• NewQuest Capital Partners, a secondaries private equity platform focused on the Asia-Pacific region, in:
  • the sale of Grail Research, Inc., a market research firm and a business unit of Integreon, Inc., to Escalent, a Symphony Technology Group portfolio company.
  • the sale of its portfolio company, Integreon, Inc., a leading global managed services provider, to EagleTree Capital.
• NTT DATA, Inc., a recognized leader in global information technology services, in its acquisition of Nexient, LLC, a US-based software services firm.
• Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group managing funds for public retirement and insurance plans, in its acquisition of a majority ownership in Wizeline, Inc., a global technology services provider.
• Piovan S.p.A., a global leader in the development and manufacturing of automation systems for the storage, conveying and processing of polymers, bio-resins, recycled plastic, food fluids, food and non-food powders, on the acquisition of Sewickley Capital, Inc., the owner of IPEG, from the selling shareholders of Sewickley Capital.
• Certares Management LLC in a majority investment transaction, where the target group was comprised of three privately held affiliated companies operating in the travel space.
• Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems, Inc. in the issuance and sale under an existing whole business securitization by Jersey Mike's Funding, LLC, a special purpose vehicle subsidiary of Jersey Mike's Franchise Systems, Inc., of US$250 million Series 2021-1 2.891% fixed-rate senior secured notes, Class A-2-I and US$250 million Series 2021-1 2.493% fixed-rate senior secured notes, Class A-2-II.