Sean P. Griffiths is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Private Equity Practice Group and is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group.

Mr. Griffiths has extensive experience representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, and companies in complex carve out and spin-off transactions and acquisitions.  Mr. Griffiths also has extensive experience in corporate finance in both public and private capital markets, troubled company representation (crisis management), and general corporate and securities compliance matters.

Mr. Griffiths is ranked by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading private equity lawyer. Chambers USA describes Mr. Griffiths as a “pragmatic and effective problem solver in complex and tense transaction negotiations” and notes that “it’s rare to come upon a situation he hasn’t come across before,” and that he “brings a lot of tactical insight” to deals, as well as being “responsive and very client-friendly.” In addition, Mr. Griffiths is recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law by The Best Lawyers in America®, as “Highly Regarded” by IFLR1000, and was named one of “Hollywood’s Top 20 Dealmakers of 2018” by The Hollywood Reporter.

Mr. Griffiths joined Gibson Dunn in 1986 after earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction from Purdue University in 1983, majoring in finance.

Mr. Griffiths has been admitted to practice in the States of New York and California.

Representative Matters

• Littlejohn & Co.: Represented Littlejohn & Co. in connection with its acquisition of The Cook & Boardman Group.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its sale of SunSource to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
• Littlejohn & Co.:  Represented Littlejohn & Co. in connection with its acquisition of Strategic Materials from Willis Stein & Partners.
• J.H. Whitney Capital Partners:  Represented J.H. Whitney Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Accupac Inc. from H.I.G. Capital.
• Littlejohn & Co.:  Represented Littlejohn & Co. in connection with its acquisition of Cornerstone Chemical Company from H.I.G. Capital.
• Littlejohn & Co. Represented Littlejohn & Co. in connection with its sale of Newgistics to Pitney Bowes.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with  its acquisition of Tidel, Inc. from Graham Partners.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its acquisition of Brown Jordan International.
• Investcorp:  Represented Investcorp in connection with its investment in Arrowhead Electrical Products.
• CVC Capital Partners:  Represented CVC in connection with its sale of an ownership stake in AlixPartners to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Investcorp.
• BioScrip, Inc.:  Represented BioScrip in connection with its acquisition of HS Infusion Holdings.
• PlayPower:  Represented PlayPower in connection with its acquisition of Playworld Systems Inc.
• Investcorp:  Represented Investcorp in connection with its sale of Polyconcept to Charlesbank Capital Partners.
• RoundTable Healthcare Management III LLC:  Represented RoundTable in connection with its acquisition of Symmetry Surgical Inc.
• Investcorp:  Represented Investcorp in connection with its acquisition of The Wrench Group.
• CVC Capital Partners:  Represented CVC and CPPIB in connection with their acquisition of Petco.
• Investcorp:  Represented Investcorp in connection with its sale of Icopal to GAF Corporation.
• Sleepy’s:  Represented the founding family and Calera Capital in connection with the sale of Sleepy’s to Mattress Firm, a J.W. Childs portfolio company.
• TIDI Products:  Represented TIDI Products, a J.H. Whitney Capital Partners portfolio company, in connection with its sale to RoundTable Healthcare Partners.
• SterlingBackcheck:  Represented SterlingBackcheck and Calera Capital in connection with the sale of SterlingBackcheck to Goldman Sachs Private Equity.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co. in connection with its acquisition of PlayPower from Apollo.
• Baker Capital Corporation:  Represented Baker Capital Corporation in connection with the proposed merger of INXN with Telecity Group.
• AlixPartners:  Represented AlixPartners in connection with its acquisition of Zolfo Cooper Europe.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its acquisition of Northwest Hardwoods from American Industrial Partners (AIP).
• J.H. Whitney Capital Partners:  Represented J.H. Whitney Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of C.J. Foods from Trinity Hunt Partners.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its acquisition of Newgistics from Austin Ventures.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its sale of CTI to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Goldman Sachs.
• CVC Capital Partners:  Represented CVC Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of AlixPartners from Hellman & Friedman.
• J.H. Whitney Capital Partners:  Represented J.H. Whitney Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of TIDI Products from Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Co.
• Sleepy’s:  Represented Sleepy’s in connection with its sponsor-backed (Calera Capital) leveraged recapitalization.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its acquisition of SunSource from CHS Capital.
• J.H. Whitney Capital Partners:  Represented J.H. Whitney Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Uncle Julios.
• Fortress:  Represented Fortress in connection with its investment in Harbinger.
• Kenan Advantage:  Represented Kenan Advantage, a Littlejohn & Co portfolio company, in connection with its sale to Goldman Sachs.
• American Tire Distributors:  Represented American Tire Distributors, an Investcorp portfolio company, in connection with its sale to TPG.
• Virtual Radiologic:  Represented Virtual Radiologic, a Generation Partners portfolio company, in connection with its sale to Providence Equity.
• J.H. Whitney Capital Partners:  Represented J.H. Whitney Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) and the subsequent sale of EMS to Versa.
• Littlejohn & Co:  Represented Littlejohn & Co in connection with its acquisition of CTI.
• XCel Telecom:  Represented XCel Telecom, a Q Investments portfolio company, in connection with its sale to American Tower.
• First American:  Represented First American in connection with its spin-off of Corelogic.
• Moelis & Company:  Represented Moelis & Company as financial advisor to the Special Committee of Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. in connection with its going private transaction.
• Medvance:  Represented Medvance, a Generation Partners portfolio company, in connection with its sale to a JLL portfolio company.
• Tyco:  Represented Tyco in connection with the spin-off of Tyco Connectivity and Covidien.