Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) has appointed Christopher Sullivan as a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department based in London.
A cross-border M&A specialist, Sullivan joins from Clifford Chance where he led the UK private equity practice. He has extensive experience advising international private equity houses, financial sponsors and public companies on a wide range of transformational transactions, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, GP-led M&A, secondaries transactions, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures, IPOs, restructurings and refinancings.
Sullivan also acts for portfolio companies on M&A transactions and has particular experience in the financial services, consumer goods, technology and health care sectors. In addition, he advises on private equity real assets and infrastructure strategies.
Sullivan’spPast cross-border private equity activity includes advising Cinven on the sale of Envirotainer, and CVC and Cinven on the acquisition of NewDay; Alter Domus on its sale of a stake to Permira and its strategic acquisitions into US markets; Blackstone and Kirkbi on the sale of Luxembourg- and Germany-based global insulation manufacturer Armacell; Elliott on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Waterstones, Britain’s largest book retailer, and its subsequent acquisitions of booksellers Blackwell and Foyles; BlackRock Long Term Private Capital Europe on the sale of luxury fragrance house Creed to Kering SA; and Mastercard International on its acquisition of leading European payment tech company Nets’ account-to-account payments business, among other significant transactions.
