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Alisa Babitz

Alisa
Babitz

Of Counsel

CONTACT INFO

ababitz@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 202.887.3720

FAX:+1 202.530.9643

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

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PRACTICE

Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Markets Investment Funds Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

BIOGRAPHY

Alisa Babitz is of counsel in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office.  She is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice group. She advises public and private companies on a wide range of general corporate, securities and M&A matters including: acquisitions, dispositions and other business combinations; strategic alliances and joint ventures; public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities; and venture capital investments.

Ms. Babitz has co-authored several articles on various corporate and securities law topics, as well as the “Securities Law Issues” chapter of The M&A Practice Guide, LexisNexis and chapters in Partnership, Joint Ventures & Strategic Relationships, Law Journal Seminars-Press.

Ms. Babitz earned her law degree, cum laude, in 1993 from Harvard Law School.  She received a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, in history from Columbia University in 1990.  She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the District of Columbia.

Selected M&A representations include the following:

  • CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) in its acquisitions of Apartments.com for $585 million and Apartment Finder for $170 million
  • Independent directors of Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) in the merger of Media General with Young Broadcasting
  • Apex Tool Group, a joint venture between Danaher Corp. (NYSE: DHR) and Cooper Industries (NYSE: ETN), in its $1.6 billion sale to Bain Capital
  • Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) in the spin-off of Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE: VAC), which operates Marriott’s vacation ownership business
  • Watson Wyatt in its $3.5 billion merger of equals with Towers Perrin, which resulted in the formation of Towers Watson (NASDAQ: TW)
  • Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) in its acquisition of several private companies and its acquisition of the Numbering Solutions business from Evolving Systems (NASDAQ: EVOL)
  • EaglePicher Corp. in the sale of several portfolio companies totaling approximately $500 million
  • Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) in its $210 million acquisition of a hotel management company from Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: RHP)
  • Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) in its $180 million acquisition of an aggregates and ready-mix concrete company

Selected joint venture representations include the following:

  • Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (TYO: 5401) in the formation of a $3.4 billion steel manufacturing joint venture with BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL)
  • Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) in the formation of a joint venture with IHG, Wyndham, Choice & Hyatt to create RoomKey.com, a hotel booking website
  • SAFANAD, a private equity firm, in the formation of a joint venture with Formation Capital to recapitalize and operate a $900 million health services company
  • Synthetic Genomics in the formation of research & development joint ventures with each of BP British Petroleum and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
  • Hamilton Lane, a private equity management firm, in the formation of a private equity fund as a joint venture with BNP Paribas (PA: BNP)

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 1993 Juris Doctor

Columbia University - 1990 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Webcasts - April 27, 2022 | Webcast: Joint Venture Governance: Best Practices for JV Board Directors and Dealmakers
Client Alert - January 14, 2021 | Small Business Administration Publishes Interim Final Rules for First Draw and Second Draw PPP Loans
Client Alert - October 5, 2020 | Stock-for-Stock Mergers During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis – A Potential Strategic Solution
Client Alert - June 8, 2020 | President Signs Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
Client Alert - May 18, 2020 | Small Business Administration Publishes Loan Forgiveness Application
Client Alert - April 29, 2020 | Small Business Administration Publishes Additional Interim Final Rules and New Guidance Related to PPP Loan Eligibility and Accessibility
Client Alert - April 9, 2020 | Analysis of Small Business Administration Memorandum on Affiliation Rules and FAQs on Paycheck Protection Program
Client Alert - April 4, 2020 | Small Business Administration Issues Interim Final Rule on Affiliation, Summary of Affiliation Tests, Lender Application Form and Agreement, and FAQs for Paycheck Protection Program
Client Alert - April 3, 2020 | Small Business Administration Issues Interim Final Rule and Final Application Form for Paycheck Protection Program
Client Alert - April 1, 2020 | Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury Publish Paycheck Protection Program Loan Application Form and Instructions to Help Businesses Keep Workforce Employed
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | SBA “Paycheck Protection” Loan Program under the CARES Act
Webcasts - July 12, 2019 | Webcast: Vive la Différence? Select Joint Venture Issues in the United States and Europe
Client Alert - March 1, 2018 | M&A Report – To Form an Entity or Not to Form an Entity, That Is the Question; Deciding Between an Entity Joint Venture and a Contractual Strategic Alliance
Article - November 30, 2017 | Take Me To Your (Joint Venture) Leader
Client Alert - November 21, 2017 | M&A Report – Selecting Joint Venture Leaders: Alternative Approaches and Relevant Considerations
Client Alert - February 5, 2015 | M&A Report – Governance Issues in Spin-Off Transactions
Client Alert - December 15, 2014 | M&A Report – Using Spin-offs to Raise Cash, Reduce Debt and Recapitalize
Client Alert - September 12, 2012 | Defining a Joint Venture’s Scope of Business: Key Issues to Consider
Client Alert - January 11, 2012 | Recent Trends in Joint Venture Governance
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