Seth is a partner in Reed Smith’s Global Corporate Group. He advises and represents public and privately held companies (both domestic and foreign); private equity and hedge funds; and other financial, asset management, and real estate investment institutions in mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, portfolio/asset investments and divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and securities law matters across multiple industry sectors, including financial/investment advisory; transportation and shipping; consulting and asset management services; technology; entertainment and media; biotech, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and health care; and consumer products.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Maritime Partners LLC, a leading provider of maritime solutions, in its acquisition of Centerline Logistics Corporation, a premier U.S. marine transportation company, from Macquarie and other investors
Covis Group S.à r.l., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, in its sale to Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bioventus Inc., a global leader in innovations for active healing, in the $85 million divestiture of its wound business, including the skin substitutes TheraSkin and TheraGenesis, to LifeNet Health
Maritime Partners LLC, a leading provider of maritime solutions, in its acquisition of Centerline Logistics Corporation, a premier U.S. marine transportation company, from Macquarie and other investors
Covis Group S.à r.l., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, in its sale to Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bioventus Inc., a global leader in innovations for active healing, in the $85 million divestiture of its wound business, including the skin substitutes TheraSkin and TheraGenesis, to LifeNet Health
Bioventus Inc. in the $45 million sale of the Advanced Rehabilitation business of its subsidiary, Bioness, to Accelmed Partners
Elevate Services, Inc., a leading provider of software, consulting, and services for law, in its acquisition of Redgrave Data, a Chambers Band 1 NewLaw legal data and AI consulting and technology services company
Elevate Services, Inc. in its acquisition of India-based intellectual property research company Sagacious IP
Blackstone and its Belgium-based portfolio company, DESOTEC, the leading provider in sustainable mobile filtration solutions in Europe, in DESOTEC’s acquisition of the U.S. Carbon Reactivation and Slurry Operations business of Evoqua Water Technologies
Leeds Equity Partners in connection with its platform acquisition of e.Republic, a California-based media, research, data, and events company focused on supporting public-sector innovation across state and local government and education, and parent company of Government Technology
EW Healthcare Partners and its portfolio company Prolacta Bioscience, Inc., the world’s leading hospital provider of 100% human milk–based nutritional products, in Prolacta’s acquisition of Lactation Lab, Inc.
GHO Capital Partners and its portfolio company, Velocity Clinical Research, Inc., an Owned Site Organization dedicated to providing excellence in patient care, high quality data and fully integrated research sites, in Velocity’s acquisition of NRI Clinical Research, LLC.
GFH Financial Group, a leading and dynamic financial group in the GCC region, in multiple U.S. based real estate joint ventures and co-investments.
Veritone, Inc., the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence, in its $150 million acquisition of PandoLogic, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent hiring solutions.
Focus Financial Partners, a leader in the wealth management, asset management, and business management spaces, in dozens of acquisitions of independent financial advisory and business management firms.
Algorithmiq, Inc., a scaleup developing quantum algorithms to accelerate drug discovery, in its $15 million Series A financing.
BlackRock, Inc. in its acquisition of Aperio Group LLC, a pioneer in customizing tax-optimized index equity separately managed accounts, from Golden Gate Capital for $1.05 billion
BlackRock, Inc. in its acquisition of eFront from Bridgepoint and eFront employees for $1.3 billion
BlackRock, Inc. in its acquisition of a portfolio of various securities, financial assets, and structured products from PartnerRe Ltd.
BlackRock, Inc. in its acquisition of Xulu, Inc. dba FutureAdvisor, a leading robo-advisor based in Silicon Valley
BlackRock, Inc. in its divestiture of Stanley-Martin Communities, LLC, a leading U.S. residential homebuilder, to Daiwa House
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their investment in Gordon Brothers Group LLC, a global advisory, restructuring, and investment firm specializing in the industrial consumer products and retail sectors
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their acquisition, along with GreyLion Capital, of Hyphen Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-based residential construction management software
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their acquisition of Focus Financial and Kestra Financial, NFP’s Advisor Services business
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their acquisition and development of their commercial and residential mortgage lending portfolio businesses, including the acquisition of Situs Group and Maverick Funding
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their acquisition of one of the largest U.S. employee assistance program providers
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their acquisition of the reinsurance business of AXA RE for $1.5 billion
Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident Funds in their divestiture of portfolio companies, including Asset Allocation & Management Company, LLC to Securian Financial Group; Lancaster Pollard Holdings, LLC to Orix USA; and NXT Capital to Orix USA
Argand Partners, LP in its acquisitions of industry-leading portable fuel and consumer product container manufacturers Midwest Can Company, LLC and Container Specialties, Inc. from GenNx360 and two privately owned fuel container manufacturers from their respective founders
Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of Holley Performance Products, a market leader in branded performance products for automotive enthusiasts, from Lincolnshire Management, Inc.
Del Monte Pacific Ltd. in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Del Monte Foods, the consumer products division of Del Monte Corp., including the creation of the extensive U.S. corporate infrastructure for the Philippines-based parent company
Members of management of Brainnet B.V. in their sale to a Harvest Partners’ sponsored portfolio company
Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in their $390 million acquisition of various coal mine assets and operations of Westmoreland Coal Company
Recognitions
- New York Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2011-2013
Credentials
Education
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, 2002, J.D., magna cum laude; Moot Court Honor Society; Richardson Merit Scholarship; Dean’s List, editor in chief, Brooklyn Journal of International Law
- University of Michigan, 1998, B.A., History
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
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