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, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and securities law matters across multiple industry sectors, including financial/investment advisory; consulting and asset management services; technology; pharmaceuticals and health care; and consumer products.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
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
- Acquisition of eFront from Bridgepoint and eFront employees for $1.3 billion
- Acquisition of a portfolio of various securities, financial assets, and structured products from PartnerRe Ltd.
- Acquisition of Xulu, Inc. dba FutureAdvisor, a leading robo-advisor based in Silicon Valley
- Divestiture of Stanley-Martin Communities, LLC, a leading U.S. residential homebuilder, to Daiwa House
- Divestiture of equity, first liens, and second liens of a portfolio company to a group of other current holders and lenders
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
- Acquisition, along with GreyLion Capital, of Hyphen Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-based residential construction management software
- Acquisition of Focus Financial and Kestra Financial, NFP’s Advisor Services business
- Acquisition and development of their commercial and residential mortgage lending portfolio businesses, including the acquisition of Situs Group and Maverick Funding
- Acquisition of one of the largest U.S. employee assistance program providers
- Acquisition of the reinsurance business of AXA RE for $1.5 billion
- 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
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
- Acquisition of eFront from Bridgepoint and eFront employees for $1.3 billion
- Acquisition of a portfolio of various securities, financial assets, and structured products from PartnerRe Ltd.
- Acquisition of Xulu, Inc. dba FutureAdvisor, a leading robo-advisor based in Silicon Valley
- Divestiture of Stanley-Martin Communities, LLC, a leading U.S. residential homebuilder, to Daiwa House
- Divestiture of equity, first liens, and second liens of a portfolio company to a group of other current holders and lenders
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
- Acquisition, along with GreyLion Capital, of Hyphen Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-based residential construction management software
- Acquisition of Focus Financial and Kestra Financial, NFP’s Advisor Services business
- Acquisition and development of their commercial and residential mortgage lending portfolio businesses, including the acquisition of Situs Group and Maverick Funding
- Acquisition of one of the largest U.S. employee assistance program providers
- Acquisition of the reinsurance business of AXA RE for $1.5 billion
- 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.
Focus Financial Partners Inc., a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, in its $235 million acquisition of Loring Ward Holdings Inc., a Silicon Valley-based provider of wealth management services to financial advisors and their clients and acquisition of various other registered investment advisor firms
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
Del Monte Pacific Limited and Del Monte Foods, Inc. in their formation of several joint ventures for the development and sale of various processed fruit and vegetable products and food and beverage retail stores
Paine Schwartz Partners, a global leader in sustainable food chain investment, in establishing an Animal Health & Nutrition investment platform, AH&N Holdco Inc., with a strategic acquisition through its Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund IV in Warburton Technology Limited, a leading producer of trace-mineral injections for cattle
Fortress Investment Group in the formation of joint ventures/funds organized to manage the sourcing, acquisition, management, and disposition of debt and equity investments across various industry sectors
Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund L.P. and funds managed by CarVal Investors LLC in the forward acquisition of residential solar energy systems developed and installed by one of the largest U.S. residential homebuilders
Fiera Capital Inc. in its divestiture of its emerging markets fund investment advisory business to Sunbridge Capital Partners LLC
MVC Capital, Inc. in the sale of its largest portfolio company, U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc., to Crius Energy Trust
Leading Pharma, LLC, a privately owned generic pharmaceutical company, in a $40 million growth capital financing transaction
Members of management of Brainnet B.V. in their sale to a Harvest Partners’ sponsored portfolio company
National General Holdings Corp. in its acquisition of Elara Holdings Inc., the parent company of Direct General Corp., a Tennessee-based auto and life insurance company
Deloitte LLP in connection with the $350 million acquisition of the public services unit of BearingPoint Inc. and various additional asset acquisitions
Pangea3 Inc. in connection with its $95 million sale to Thomson Reuters (Legal) Inc.
Radware Ltd. in connection with the $18 million acquisition of the layers 4-7 application delivery business of Nortel Networks
Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in their $390 million acquisition of various coal mine assets and operations of Westmoreland Coal Company
Related Companies in connection with development of the Hudson Yards project on Manhattan’s West Side
Various real estate joint ventures for DLJ, Starwood Hotels, Lerner Properties, New Valley, New York Life Insurance Company, and Next Generation Net Lease Management
Hydromine Inc. in connection with the formation of a joint venture organized by United States, India, and United Arab Emirates partners for the multibillion-dollar development of bauxite mining and alumina refining and port and rail projects in the Republic of Cameroon
Liz Claiborne Inc. in connection with the sale of its prAna brand to Steelpoint Capital Partners
Actavis Group hf in connection with the $240 million acquisition of Abrika Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Novartis Pharma AG in its $612 million acquisition of a majority interest in Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Associated British Foods plc in its $110 million acquisition of the Mexican food oil business of Unilever plc and its $20 million acquisition of the Mexican syrup business of Unilever plc
Omnicare, Inc. in connection with its $460 million unsolicited acquisition of NCS Healthcare, Inc.; its $270 million acquisition of excelleRx Associates, Inc.; its $235 million acquisition of the pharmaceutical services business of RxCrossroads LLC; its acquisition of Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc.; and its acquisition of several pharmaceutical services businesses
AXA Financial, Inc. in its $400 million sale of The Advest Group, Inc. to Merrill Lynch
Represented GHO Capital Partners portfolio company Velocity Clinical Research in its add-on acquisition of NRI Clinical Research
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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