A Partner in the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, Fred de Albuquerque regularly counsels private equity sponsors and public and private companies in connection with acquisitions, minority investments, divestitures, carve-outs, recapitalizations and other complex business transactions, as well as general corporate governance and securities law matters. Fred’s clients have included EQT, Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake, True Wind Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, KSL Capital Partners, Genstar Capital, Centerbridge Partners and their respective portfolio companies, among others.
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Work Highlights
- EQT in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Parexel, First Student and First Transit, Storable, Cast & Crew, Certara and Clinical Innovations, and its sale of Clinical Innovations
- Hellman & Friedman in several transactions, including its investment in Sprinklr, its acquisition of Edelman Financial Services, its sales of CarProof and Sheridan Healthcare and Snap One’s merger with Control4
- Silver Lake in numerous transactions, including its investments in Integrity Marketing Group, Oak View Group and Ancestry.com and its sale of Vantage Data Centers
- True Wind Capital in multiple transactions, including its investments in Transflo and Zix Corporation
- Technology Crossover Ventures in its acquisition of Oversight Systems
- Centerbridge Partners in its acquisition of IBM’s portfolio of marketing and advertising software products
- Airbnb in its $1 billion investment by Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners
Education
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University of Chicago Law School, 2013 J.D.
with honors; Victor McQuistion Scholar
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 B.A.
with honors
Fred de Albuquerque is a Partner in the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. Fred’s practice focuses on acquisitions, minority investments, divestitures, carve-outs, recapitalizations and other complex business transactions, as well as advising clients on general corporate governance and securities law matters.
Fred regularly represents a broad range of private equity sponsors and public and private companies across a wide variety of sectors including technology, software, healthcare, infrastructure, consumer products and transportation. His clients have included EQT, Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake, True Wind Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, KSL Capital Partners, Genstar Capital, Centerbridge Partners and their respective portfolio companies, among others.
Fred’s experience includes the representation of:
- EQT in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Parexel, First Student and First Transit, Storable, Cast & Crew, Certara, and Clinical Innovations and its sale of Clinical Innovations
- Hellman & Friedman in several transactions, including its investment in Sprinklr, its acquisition of Edelman Financial Services, its sales of CarProof and Sheridan Healthcare and Snap One’s merger with Control4
- Silver Lake in numerous transactions, including its investments in Integrity Marketing Group, Oak View Group and Ancestry.com and its sale of Vantage Data Centers
- True Wind Capital in multiple transactions, including its investments in Transflo and Zix Corporation
- Technology Crossover Ventures in its acquisition of Oversight Systems
- Centerbridge Partners in its acquisition of IBM’s portfolio of marketing and advertising software products
- Cisco Systems in its announced $28 billion acquisition of Splunk
- Airbnb in its $1 billion investment by Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners
- Certara in its acquisition of Pinnacle21
- Applied Systems in its acquisition of EZLynx
- KSL Capital Partners in the formation of Alterra Mountain Company and its acquisitions of Intrawest Resorts and Mammoth Resorts
Fred received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Victor McQuistion Scholar, and a B.A., with honors, from the University of Illinois.