Sašo Kraner
Lawyers
Advises on a broad range of U.S. and cross-border M&A transactions, shareholder activism, takeover defense, proxy contests and corporate governance.
Sašo advises U.S. and international strategic and private equity clients on a broad range of public and private transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, investments, spinoffs, joint ventures and other corporate partnering arrangements. He also advises companies on corporate governance matters, shareholder activism, takeover defense, proxy contests, and general corporate and securities law matters.
Experience
Prior to joining Davis Polk, Sašo’s experience includes advising:
- Silver Lake in its $12.5 billion take-private acquisition of Qualtrics
- Manchester United in its process to explore strategic alternatives and acquisition of a minority stake by INEOS Chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe
- London Stock Exchange Group in its $1.1 billion divestiture of BETA+ to Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners
- Avangrid in its $2.5 billion acquisition by Iberdrola
- Energy Capital Partners in its:
- $26.6 billion disposition of Calpine Corporation to Constellation
- $2.555 billion acquisition of Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure
- Paper Excellence in its:
- $3 billion acquisition of Domtar Corp.
- $2.7 billion acquisition of Resolute Forest Products
- Global Infrastructure Partners in its:
- 684 million sale of Competitive Power Ventures to OPC Energy
- Acquisition of a 49% stake in an AES Andes renewable energy portfolio in Chile
Education
LL.M., Columbia Law School
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
LL.B., University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law
- cum laude
B.Ec., Management, University of Primorska
Prior experience
- Latham & Watkins (New York), 2020-2025
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore (London), 2018-2020
- Sidley Austin (New York and London), 2015-2018
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York