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Ethan A. Skerry is a Member of the Corporate Group where he focuses his practice on public and private merger and acquisition transactions, as well as other corporate transactions and securities law matters. In addition, Mr. Skerry counsels clients on corporate governance matters and serves as outside general counsel to private companies. Mr. Skerry also works with emerging, growth and later stage media, technology and life sciences businesses on a wide range of corporate matters, including venture capital fundraising transactions.
Mr. Skerry’s recent acquisition transactions include the following representations:
Life Sciences
Cerberus Capital Management in connection with its investment in Covis Pharma
Princeton Pharma Holdings and its wholly owned subsidiary Aton Pharma in their $318 million sale to Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. in its $93.5 million acquisition of CuraGen Corporation
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. in its $129 million stock-for-stock merger with Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc.
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. in its acquisition of Applied Genetics Incorporated Dermatics
Vital Signs, Inc. in its $870 million cash merger with GE Healthcare
LifeCell Corporation in its $1.7 billion two step tender offer/merger with Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
GF Capital Private Equity Fund, L.P. in its acquisition of the assets of Airborne Health, Inc.
S.A.C. Capital in connection with its investment in CBay, Inc.
Media / Technology
- SNL Financial in its leveraged recapitalization by New Mountain Capital
- Buddy Media in its acquisition of Spinback
- Boomi, Inc. in its sale to Dell
- Sterling Infosystems, Inc. in its acquisitions of Abso, Screening International, Tandem and Acxiom Information Security Services, Inc.
- Time Inc. in its sale of The Parenting Group, Inc. and Time4 Media, Inc. to the Bonnier Group
Other
- Indorama Ventures in its $420 million acquisition of the U.S. and Mexican polyester and PET resins business of Invista S.a.r.l.
- Indorama Ventures in its acquisition of Fibervisions Holdings LLC from Snow Phipps Group
- Independent Fiduciary Services in its acquisition by Arthur J. Gallagher
- Sims Metal Management in multiple roll-up acquisitions
- Veronis Suhler Stevenson in connection with its acquisition of MG LLC d/b/a TRANZACT
- Nucomm, Inc. in its cash and stock sale to The Vitec Group PLC
Prior to joining Lowenstein Sandler, Mr. Skerry served from 2005 to 2007 as an Associate Counsel at Time Inc., in New York, handling merger and acquisition transactions, as well as general commercial transactions. From 1998 to 2005, Mr. Skerry served as an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and London. While at Cleary, Mr. Skerry focused on public and private merger and acquisition transactions, as well as other corporate and securities law matters.
Mr. Skerry appeared as a panelist on West Legalworks' webcast, "The M&A Picture in an Uncertain Market," October 13, 2008.
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Columbia University School of Law
(J.D., 1998),
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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Middlebury College
(B.A., 1995),
English Literature, cum laude
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New York
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New Jersey
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