Evan M. D’Amico is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where his practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions.
Evan advises companies, private equity firms, boards of directors, and special committees in connection with a wide variety of complex corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, and joint ventures. He also has experience advising issuers, borrowers, underwriters, and lenders in connection with financing transactions and public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. Evan has particular expertise in advising special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), operating companies and investors in connection with SPAC business combinations and financing transactions.
Evan has been named a Rising Star in mergers and acquisitions by Super Lawyers 2016-2019 and in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ for M&A. In 2019, The Deal profiled him as a Rising Star, which recognizes new M&A partners who are “deemed by The Deal to be one of the most promising of 2020.” Evan was named by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America for 2022, 2024, and 2025.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Evan was an associate at a premiere law firm in New York. Mr. Evan earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. At Harvard, Evan served as an Executive Technical Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Evan graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Evan is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the District of Columbia.
Representative Matters
- C&S Wholesale Grocers in its $1.77 billion acquisition of SpartanNash Company.
- 89bio in its pending sale to Roche for up to $3.5 billion.
- Alcon in its pending $1.5 billion acquisition of STAAR Surgical.
- Dynamix Corporation in its pending $1.5 billion business combination with The Ether Machine, Inc., a newly formed entity enabling public market investors to access Ethereum and ETH-denominated yield.
- Polymarket in its acquisition of QCEX, a CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse.
- Platinum Equity and its portfolio company Solenis, a specialty chemicals supplier to water-intensive industries, on Solenis’ $4.6 billion acquisition of Diversey Holdings.
- Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III in its $550 million combination with Mobile Infrastructure.
- Motive Capital Corp. in its $2 billion merger with Forge Global.
- DocGo in its $1.1 billion merger with Motion Acquisition Corp.
- Eaton Corporation in connection with the $3.3 billion sale of its hydraulics business to Danfoss, its $920 million acquisition of Souriau-Sunbank from Transdigm, and its acquisition of Power Distribution, Inc.
- Rotor Acquisition Corp. in its $1.3 billion combination with Sarcos Robotics.
- Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I in its $2.2 billion acquisition of SmartRent, Inc.
- Empower Ltd. in its $1.55 billion combination with Holley.
- Landsea Homes, a U.S. homebuilder, in its combination with LF Capital Acquisition Corp. in a transaction valued at $510 million.
- The majority shareholders and lenders of Skillsoft in connection with Skillsoft’s merger with Churchill Capital Corp. II in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.
- Vertiv, a provider of digital infrastructure/continuity solutions for data centers and a Platinum Equity portfolio company, in its $5.3 billion business combination with GS Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company.
- Trinity Merger Corp. in its $1.5 billion business combination with the Broadmark real estate lending companies to form Broadmark Realty Capital Inc.
- The Carlyle Group Holdings Conflicts Committee in connection with Carlyle’s conversion from a publicly-traded limited partnership to a corporation.
- MidOcean Partners in connection with various matters, including its acquisitions of Florida Food Products, HanleyWood and Meyers Research.
- L Catterton in connection with various matters, including the sales of Ferrara Candy Company, ClearChoice Holdings and Van’s Natural Foods.
- Ensco plc in its $12 billion combination transaction with Rowan Companies plc.
- EnerVest, Ltd. in its $2.66 billion sale of Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk oil and gas assets to TPG Pace Energy Holdings, an energy-focused special purpose acquisition company.
- Atwood Oceanics, Inc. in its $2 billion acquisition by Ensco plc.
- SemGroup Corporation in its acquisition of Rose Rock Midstream for $389 million.
- The Williams Companies, Inc. in its proposed $37.7 billion combination with Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
- Towers Watson & Co. in its $18 billion merger of equals with Willis Group Holdings plc.
- Avalere Health, Inc. in its acquisition by Inovalon for $140 million.
- The Williams Companies, Inc. in the $50 billion merger of Williams Partners L.P. with Access Midstream Partners, L.P.
- CoStar Group, Inc. in its acquisitions of Apartments.com for $585 million, ForRent.com for $385 million, and Apartment Finder for $170 million.
Capabilities
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Aerospace and Defense
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Life Sciences
- Power and Renewables
- Private Equity
- Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
- Sports Law
Credentials
Education:
- Harvard University - 2008 Juris Doctor
- Duke University - 2004 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
- New York Bar