Jennifer Sabin is of counsel in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Ms. Sabin represents clients in a broad range of domestic and international tax matters, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions (public and private), spin-offs, joint ventures, financings, and restructurings.  Her practice also includes formation of, and transactions undertaken by, private equity, hedge funds, and asset managers.  In addition, Ms. Sabin advises on various aspects of information reporting, including matters relating to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Ms. Sabin received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2011 from The University of Pennsylvania Law School. She received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in History from Yale University in 2006.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Sabin was an associate in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Ms. Sabin is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Significant representations include:*

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc. in its:
  • $1.5 billion acquisition of Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, LLC
  • $440 million acquisition of Nelson Fastener Systems
• Zip Co. Limited, an Australian public company, in its acquisition of QuadPay
• Pfizer, Inc. in its joint venture with GSK to combine their respective consumer healthcare businesses
• The Middleby Corporation in its:
  • $1 billion acquisition of the Taylor Company from United Technologies
  • $200 million acquisition of AGA Rangemaster Group plc
• Joyson Safety Systems (f.k.a. Key Safety Systems) in its acquisition of the global assets of Takata Corporation
• Janus Capital Group, Inc. in its merger-of-equals with Henderson Group plc to form a new company called Janus Henderson Global Investors plc
• NFP Corp. in its acquisition of BWD Group LLC

Financings

• Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc. in its:
  • $750 million aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-fixed reset rate junior subordinated debentures
  • $675 million offering of equity units, consisting of cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock and forward purchase contracts
• KAR Auction Services, Inc. in its placement of $550 million in newly issued perpetual convertible preferred stock
• Party City Holdco Inc. in its bond exchange and new money financing
• Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners in the UP-C IPO of GreenSky, Inc.
• BeiGene, Ltd. (China) in its initial public offering

Fund Work

• Various domestic and international investment advisers and limited partners in connection with forming and investing in hedge funds, private equity funds, and managed accounts

*Representations were made by Ms. Sabin prior to her association with Gibson Dunn.