Susan focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies, private equity funds, SPACs, joint ventures, and cross-border transactions. In 2024, Mergers & Acquisitions recognized Susan in its Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A list. She has advised on transactions across multiple industries and also represents clients in connection with general corporate and commercial matters.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented Adagio Medical, an innovator in catheter ablation technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, in its business combination with ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV (a SPAC).
Represented CorpAcq Holdings Limited in its potential business combination with Churchill Capital Corp VII (a SPAC).
Represented Curtiss-Wright Corporation in its acquisitions of WSC, Inc. and Ultra Energy.
Represented Adagio Medical, an innovator in catheter ablation technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, in its business combination with ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp IV (a SPAC).
Represented CorpAcq Holdings Limited in its potential business combination with Churchill Capital Corp VII (a SPAC).
Represented Curtiss-Wright Corporation in its acquisitions of WSC, Inc. and Ultra Energy.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisition of The Vertex Companies, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm, and multiple subsequent acquisitions.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisitions of Hasa Holdings, Inc., a producer and supplier of water treatment solutions, and MOREgroup, which offers architecture, design and adjacent engineering services.
Represented Aurora Plastics, a Wind Point portfolio company, in its sale to Nautic Partners.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisition of Radienz Living, a home and personal care products manufacturer.
Represented a health care organization in its sale of a continuing care retirement community.
Represented a regional health care organization in its divestiture of several health care facilities.
Represented founder sellers in the sale of their food distribution business to a private equity fund.
Advised Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. on the sale of its FastPack diagnostics business.
Represented Calera Capital, a middle market private equity fund, in its platform acquisition of F&I Sentinel, a compliance solutions provider for finance and insurance products.
Represented Verizon, Hearst and Complex Networks in the sale of Complex Networks to BuzzFeed for $300 million, part of BuzzFeed’s business combination with 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc. (a SPAC)
Represented Infinite Assets, Inc. in its potential business combination with Aries I Acquisition Corp. (a SPAC).
Represented Grace Therapeutics, Inc. in a reverse merger with Acasti Pharma Inc. for approximately 45% of the combined company’s common shares.
Represented Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a reverse merger with Qualigen, Inc. in an all-stock transaction.
Represented FARO Technologies, a manufacturer of high-precision 3-D measurement devices, in the sale of a business unit.
Represented LiveVox, Inc. in its acquisition of SpeechIQ, LLC, an AI-driven speech analytics and quality assurance platform.
Represented the owner of an IT services company in the sale of its equity interests to a private-equity backed buyer.
Represented an international aerospace and defense firm in its global restructuring.
Represented a Mexico-based strategic acquirer in its multibillion-dollar acquisition of a freight transportation business in the United States.
Represented a private equity firm in multiple portfolio company acquisitions in the health care supply chain and telecommunications sectors.
Represented a private equity firm in the carve-out and management buyout of a portfolio company business unit.
Represented a U.S.-based company in a joint venture with a Chinese partner in the retail industry.
Recognitions
- Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A – Honorable Mention, Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024
Credentials
Education
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, 2010, J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Pro Bono Pledge
- Georgetown University, 2004, B.A., magna cum laude
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Pennsylvania
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Board of Directors, SEAMAAC, Inc., 2011-2017
Clerkships
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court - District of Puerto Rico, Honorable Jaime Pieras, Jr.
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