Robert Banerjea

Robert Banerjea is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions and Projects and Infrastructure Practice Groups.

Robert represents private equity and infrastructure funds, and public and private companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other complex corporate transactions. He also advises clients on corporate governance, shareholder activism, takeover preparedness and general corporate matters. In addition to his domestic practice, Robert regularly advises on Latin American matters with a particular focus on growth equity investments in Brazil.

Robert’s recent representations include:

• Elliott Investment Management LP in the $2.8 billion acquisition of Cubic Corp. and the $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen Holdings plc;
• Veritas Capital in various matters, including the acquisitions of CAES Space Systems from CAES, a portfolio company of Advent International, and of IDSI, LLC, the Defense Solutions division of Crescend Technologies, LLC;
• OceanSound Partners and its portfolio companies in the acquisitions of Antenna Research Associates, Inc., Digital Management Holdings, LLC, Datastrong LLC, C2 Consulting, Inc., Creoal Consulting LLC, and cBEYONData among others, and the divestiture of Digital Management Holdings’ commerce, marketing & strategy, and digital engineering services segment to Encora;
• RedBird IMI in the £1.15 billion acquisition of All3Media;
• Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding Ltd. in the acquisition of Petros PACE Finance LLC;
• L Catterton in its $400 million PIPE investment in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.;
• I Squared Capital and its portfolio company Star Leasing in the acquisitions of Commercial Trailer Leasing and the Canadian business of TIP Group, a European-based truck and trailer leasing company;
• Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III, a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of Fifth Wall, in its merger with Mobile Infrastructure Corp., one of the largest parking asset owners in the U.S.;
• Fly Leasing Ltd. in its $2.36 billion sale to The Carlyle Group; and
• Cell Site Solutions, Brazil’s largest operator of cell towers, in its sale to IHS Holding Ltd

Robert’s growth equity transactions include investments by Goldman Sachs in Simetrik Inc., Digibee Inc., Conexa Saúde, Unico, Olist and Paige.AI.

He has also advised each of Centerview Partners, Citibank, Evercore Partners, Goldman Sachs and Guggenheim Securities as financial advisers on public M&A transactions.

Robert has represented pro bono clients in death penalty, immigration and corporate matters.

Robert has authored and co-authored numerous publications on M&A and corporate law issues, including a treatise on derivative actions.

Robert earned his LL.M. in 2002 from New York University School of Law. He received his doctorate in corporate law (Ph.D. equivalent), magna cum laude, from the University of Bonn in 2000 and his law degree (J.D. equivalent) from the University of Cologne in 1997.

He is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and is a former member of the German bar.

Capabilities

• Private Equity
• Aerospace and Defense
• Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure
• Infrastructure
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Projects

Credentials

Education:

• New York University - 2002 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn - 2000 Dr. jur.
• University of Cologne - 1997 Law Degree

Admissions:

• New York Bar