Nathaniel L. Asker
Advises public companies, PE firms and portfolio companies on the antitrust aspects of corporate transactions, as well as on investigations and compliance matters.
Nate advises public companies and private equity firms and their portfolio companies on antitrust aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as on other government investigations and compliance matters.
His clients represent industries including technology and software, consumer products, aerospace and defense, industrials, pharmaceuticals and financial services. He regularly represents clients before the DOJ and FTC in obtaining antitrust approvals for their most critical strategic transactions and in other investigations.
Nate is recognized by publications including Legal 500 U.S. and Chambers USA, where clients have said, “you want him on your side on mergers.” Chambers sources have also described Nate as “absolutely outstanding” and “extraordinarily responsive.”
Nate is a frequent author on antitrust matters. He is Co-Chair of the Mergers Committee of the NYS Bar’s Antitrust Section and is on the Editorial Board of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Antitrust Source.
Experience
Nate’s representations prior to joining Davis Polk include:
- Standard General in its $4.6 billion acquisition of Beally’s
- Terex in its $2 billion acquisition of the Environmental Solutions Group business of Dover
- Ascential plc in its approximately £1.2 billion all-cash offer from Informa PLC
- Loar Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of Applied Avionics, Inc.
- The Simply Good Foods Company in its acquisition of Only What You Need (OWYN)
- Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) in its sale to a shareholder group led by New Mountain Capital
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $930 million sale to Alcon
- Goldman Sachs in its $3.55 billion sale of Lucid Energy to Targa Resources Corp.
- Permira in numerous engagements, including its $5.8 billion acquisition of Mimecast Limited and its $14 billion acquisition of McAfee Corporation
- ProQuest in its $5.3 billion acquisition by Clarivate plc
- An industrials company in an FTC investigation of a consummated acquisition
- Extended Stay America in its $6 billion sale to Blackstone and Starwood Capital
- CVC Partners and its portfolio company Kount Inc. in the $640 million sale of Kount to Equifax Inc.
- Menarini Group in its $677 million acquisition of Stemline Therapeutics Inc.
- Leidos Holdings in its $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris’s Security, Detection and Automation business
- Aleris in its $2.8 billion acquisition by Novelis, Inc.
- OMERS Private Equity and Caliber Collision Centers in the sale of a majority interest in Caliber Collision Centers to funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC
- Reis, Inc. in its sale to Moody’s Corporation
- Landmark Media Group in numerous matters, including the sale of its ForRent.com business to CoStar Group, Inc.
- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in numerous matters, including its $3.27 billion acquisition of CH2M Hill Cos. Ltd.
- Genesys in numerous matters, including its $1.4 billion acquisition of Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.
Recognition
Chambers USA – Antitrust, New York
Legal 500 U.S. – Antitrust: Merger Control, Next Generation Partner
Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) – Competition
American Bar Foundation – Fellow
Education
- cum laude
Prior experience
- Partner, Fried Frank, 2017-2025
- Special antitrust counsel, Fried Frank, 2015-2017
- Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2007-2014
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. District Court, S.D. New York