Erica Egenes advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, investments, dispositions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions across a wide range of industries. Erica’s clients have included, among others, Blackstone, KKR, Karuna Therapeutics, EQT, TD Bank and TPG Rise Climate.
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Work Highlights
- Blackstone in multiple transactions, including its: announced acquisition of a majority ownership in Jersey Mike’s; A$24 billion acquisition of AirTrunk; acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Café; majority investment in Supergoop!; acquisition of a majority stake in Spanx; acquisition of DCI; and equity investment in FireEye; among others
- KKR in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of Barracuda and in its sale of Audiobooks.com
- Karuna Therapeutics in its $14 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- TPG Rise Climate in its acquisition of AmSpec Group
- EQT and Aldevron in the sale of Aldevron to Danaher Corporation for $9.6 billion
Education
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Duke University School of Law, 2016 J.D.
cum laude; Order of the Coif
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Northwestern University, 2013 B.A.
Political Science Departmental Honors
Clerkships
- Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III, Delaware Court of Chancery, 2016-2017
Erica Egenes is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, where she regularly advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, investments, dispositions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions across a wide range of industries. Erica’s clients have included, among others, Blackstone, KKR, Karuna Therapeutics, EQT, TD Bank and TPG Rise Climate.
Selected notable M&A transactions on which Erica has advised include representing:
- Blackstone in multiple transactions, including its: proposed acquisition of a majority ownership in Jersey Mike’s; A$24 billion acquisition of AirTrunk; acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Café; majority investment in Supergoop!; acquisition of a majority stake in Spanx; acquisition of DCI; and equity investment in FireEye; among others
- KKR in multiple transactions, including in its acquisition of Barracuda and in its sale of Audiobooks.com
- ILC Dover and New Mountain Capital in the $2.325 billion sale of ILC to Ingersoll Rand
- Karuna Therapeutics in its $14 billion acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- EQT and Aldevron in the sale of Aldevron to Danaher Corporation for $9.6 billion
- TPG Rise Climate in its acquisition of AmSpec Group
- TD Bank in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Cowen Inc.
- Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of TRAC Intermodal
Erica received her J.D., cum laude, from Duke University School of Law, where she was elected to Order of the Coif. She received her B.A. with honors from Northwestern University.