Nicholas E. Ferrer
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisition Practice
Nick focuses his practice on advising companies and investors with acquisitions, growth equity and control investments, recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and other M&A-based liquidity events.
Nick Ferrer is a co-chair of the firmwide Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice. Nick frequently is involved in cross-border transactions. Nick's clients include repeat strategic acquirers, middle-market private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, family offices, and both venture-backed and founder or other closely owned companies. Experienced across a broad range of industries, Nick has a deep knowledge of the technology, healthcare, consumer/retail, business services, and niche manufacturing industries.
Education & Credentials
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., Columbia Business Law Review, 2007
- Middlebury College, B.A., International Studies, magna cum laude, 2003
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
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New York
Related Employment
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 2007-2012
Additional Languages
- Spanish
Professional Recognition
Ranked by Chambers USA "America’s Leading Lawyers" for Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024
Listed in Chambers USA as an "Up and Coming" Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer, 2023
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Professional Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
Representative Private Company Strategic Transactions
- Represented R1 RCM Inc. in its acquisition of Acclara from Providence.
- Represented Cascadia Capital in a strategic growth investment by Atlas Merchant Capital.
- Represented Tyson Foods in its acquisition of Williams Sausage Company.
- Represented Nuun in its sale to Nestlé Health Science.
- Represented Superfeet Worldwide in its sale to Westward Partners.
- Represented Avalara in numerous acquisitions, including Transaction Tax Resources, Business Licenses, INPOSIA Solutions, DAVO Technologies, Track1099, Compli, Indix, and Portway.
- Represented Zillow Group, Inc. and Zillow, Inc. in numerous acquisitions, including Showing Time, Mortgage Lenders of America, StreetEasy, Dotloop, Naked Apartments, HotPads, Bridge Interactive, and others.
- Represented OfferUp in its acquisition of the U.S. operations of letgo and the related $120 million financing by OfferUp.
- Represented Mathway in its sale to Chegg.
- Represented Verity Solutions Group, Inc. in its acquisition by Cigna.
- Represented Panjiva, Inc. in its sale to S&P Global, Inc.
- Represented Quote Wizard, LLC in its sale to LendingTree, Inc.
- Represented Swift Financial Corporation in its sale to PayPal, Inc.
- Represented Loge Holdings in various capital raising transactions.
- Represented American Trailer World (ATW) in various acquisitions.
Representative Private Equity Transactions
- Represented Blue Point Capital Partners in multiple acquisitions, including SASE and Mattco Forge Holdings.
- Represented Endeavour Capital in multiple investments and acquisitions, including its investments in ATL Technology, Entek Technology Holdings, and Pacific Market International.
- Represented Rainier Partners in multiple investments and acquisitions, including its investments inCalpine Containers, Wilmar, SCI Flooring, and Omega Fitness.
- Represented Solum Partners in its recapitalization of CPC International.
- Represented Equality Health, LLC in its recapitalization led by General Atlantic.
- Represented PDQ.com in its recapitalization led by TA Associates.
- Represented ProKarma, Inc. in a recapitalization led by The Carlyle Group.
- Represented Main Post Partners in its investment in Milk Makeup.
- Represented Bertram Capital and Registar Corp. in the sale of Registrar Corp. to Paine Schwartz Partners.
Public Company Transactions
Sale of Onvia, Inc.
Represented Onvia, Inc. in its sale to Deltek, Inc.
Sale of Intermec, Inc.
Represented Intermec, Inc. in its acquisition by Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON).
Acquisition of Trulia
Represented Zillow, Inc. in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, Inc.
Acquisition by M/A-COM
Represented M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSI) with its acquisition, via tender offer, of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD).
Merger of Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle
Represented the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in its merger with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (first voluntary merger in the history of the Federal Home Loan Bank System).