Harold Birnbaum
Lawyers
Member of Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. Advises on a full range of public and private transactions in the United States and around the globe.
Harold is a member of our Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. He advises U.S. and international corporate and private equity clients on a full range of public and private transactions, both domestic and cross-border. His experience includes mergers, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, collaborations, spinoffs, restructurings, special committee representations and defensive and corporate governance advice.
Experience
Public and Private M&A
- PricewaterhouseCoopers’:
- Sale of its Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Formation of its Global Enterprise Tax Solutions Group comprised of the former GE Tax Group
- Acquisition of Booz & Company
- Ankura Consulting Group’s acquisitions of Lumeri, McLarty Associates, Water Street Partners, c3/consulting and Noragh Analytics
- Masco’s:
- $1 billion sale of Masco Cabinetry
- $725 million sale of Milgard Manufacturing Inc.
- CSX’s acquisitions of Quality Carriers and Pan Am Railways
- Maersk’s strategic alliance with IBM for conducting global trade using blockchain technology
- Advanced Drainage Systems’ $1.1 billion acquisition of Infiltrator Water Technologies
- Emerson’s acquisition of General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms Business
- Smith & Nephew’s:
- Acquisition of CartiHeal
- $135 million acquisition of Engage Surgical
- Formation of Bioventus, a joint venture with Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners
- Coloplast’s acquisition of Nine Continents Medical
- Aetna’s:
- $77 billion acquisition by CVS Health and related divestiture transaction with WellCare
- Terminated $37 billion acquisition of Humana
- Asplundh Tree Expert’s acquisition of Voltyx Energy Solutions
- MDLive’s acquisition by Evernorth
- Availity’s investment by Novo Holdings
- Tribune Publishing’s acquisition by Alden Global Capital
- Chosen Foods’ investment by Butterfly Capital
- Dean Foods’ $433 million acquisition by Dairy Farmers of America of most of its business
- Reckitt Benckiser’s $17.9 billion acquisition of Mead Johnson Nutrition
Private Equity
- Brookfield Business Partners’ $13.2 billion acquisition of Clarios
- Atairos’:
- Acquisition of LifeLabs Learning
- $580 million take private of Ocean Outdoor
- Investments in V Sports, Arcis Golf, Bowlero and Groupon
- Combination of Learfield and the IMG College business
- Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division’s:
- Sale of Hearthside Food Solutions
- $2.2 billion preferred financing for Bass Pro Shops’ acquisition of Cabela’s
- Bridgepoint’s
- Sale of a minority interest in Humanetics
- Sale of DMC Power
- Acquisitions of Sun World International and Safety Technology Holding
- Tailwind Capital’s acquisition of Ventiv Technology and Onix Networking
- EverVet, a Tailwind portfolio company, on an investment by Freeman Spogli
- SSI Strategy, an Amulet Capital portfolio company, on its acquisition of NDA Group
Recognition
IFLR1000 – M&A, Private Equity, United States
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
- magna cum laude
B.A., Russian Literature, Harvard University
- summa cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York