Brian Scrivani is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Groups.
Brian’s practice focuses on advising private equity firms and public and private clients on a wide range of corporate transactions including leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers-of-equals. He also advises board of directors and special committees on corporate and securities law, fiduciary matters and corporate governance matters including unsolicited offers, proxy contests and other activist defense matters.
Brian was named a “Rising Star” in M&A by The Deal and Legal 500 has recognized him as a recommended practitioner in private equity buyouts.
His recent experience includes the following representations: *
- Apollo Global Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
- in its $5.2 billion take-private acquisition of Arconic Corporation
- in its majority acquisition of ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. from ABC Group Canada
- ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of WMG Technologies, $130 million acquisition of Plastikon Industries’ automotive business and, alongside funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, in ABC Technologies’ $255 million acquisition of dlhBOWLES, Inc. from MPE Flow House, Inc.
- its acquisition of a majority interest in Cox Media Group’s broadcast television stations, including the company’s radio, newspaper and TV properties in Ohio, from Cox Enterprises Inc.
- Diamond Resorts International, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $1.4 billion sale of Diamond Resorts to Hilton Grand Vacations
- alongside Hudson Executive Capital in the proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of Cardtronics plc
- West Technology Group, a portfolio company of Apollo, in the $2.4 billion sale of West Technology Group’s safety business to Stonepeak
- in its acquisition of Kem One Group
- in its $338 million take-private acquisition of The New Home Company
- Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, a former portfolio company of Apollo, in Pinnacle’s sale to The J.R. Simplot Company
- Rackspace Technology in various transactions and refinancings
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in its merger of equals with Dow Chemical Company, its proxy contest by Trian Partners, its spin-off of The Chemours Company (DuPont’s performance chemicals business), its sale of DuPont Performance Coatings (k/n/a Axalta, Inc.) to The Carlyle Group, and its acquisition of Danisco A/S by tender offer
- Express Scripts in its acquisition of WellPoint’s NextRx subsidiaries
- Gamut Capital Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation in their investment in PS Logistics
- Gilead Sciences in its acquisition of Pharmasset
- Honeywell in the activist campaign by Third Point
- Kate Spade & Company in its acquisition by Coach, Inc.
- The Kraft Heinz Company in its proposed acquisition of Unilever
- News Corporation in its acquisition of Move, Inc.
- The special committee of the Pilgrim’s Pride board of directors in its acquisition of Moy Park from JBS
- Qualcomm Incorporated in connection with its successful defense against the unsolicited offer and proxy fight from Broadcom and in the proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
- Searchlight Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
- alongside Rêv Worldwide, Inc., in their $1 billion acquisition of the consumer business of Netspend from Global Payments
- Octave Group in its sale of PlayNetwork to Mood Media
- TouchTunes in its sale to TA Associates
- Twenty-First Century Fox in the spin-off of News Corporation, its media, entertainment and publishing businesses
Brian has also advised private companies in their initial public offerings including: *
- Clear Secure, Inc., in its $470 million initial public offering of Class A common stock, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Allen & Co and Wells Fargo Securities
- Rackspace Technology in its initial public offering of approximately $700 million of common stock, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Brian was a partner at an international law firm. Brian received a B.A. in English and History, with distinction, from the University of Virginia in 2002. He then received a J.D., with distinction, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007, where he was the Chief Articles Editor of the Texas Law Review. Brian is admitted to practice in the state of New York.
*Includes representations prior to Brian’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Texas - 2007 Juris Doctor
- University of Virginia - 2002 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar