Jake Makar represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and portfolio companies on cross-border and domestic mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, venture capital financings, strategic investments, corporate reorganizations and general corporate matters. His experience spans a range of industries including technology, sports, media, retail and consumer products, asset management and industrials.
its acquisition of Winsight, a specialist B2B events, data and media group
the sale of its financial intelligence provider business, Emerging Portfolio Funds Research, to Montagu
the sale of its asset intelligence business unit to Randall Reilly, an Aurora Capital portfolio company
Sixth Street on its acquisition of a 25% interest in FC Barcelona’s LaLiga TV rights
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) in connection with financing for Puttshack, a tech-infused mini golf entertainment venue
Spectris (LSE: SXS) on its acquisition of SciAps, an instrumentation company specializing in handheld portable analytical instruments
KKCG on the sale of Geewa, a Czech gaming development studio, to AppLovin, a US-based mobile games company
OpCapita on its acquisition of Maurices, a women's clothing retailer
Colony Capital on its acquisition of Digital Bridge Holdings LLC
Sitecore, an EQT portfolio company, on its acquisition of Boxever, a SAAS-based customer data platform
Symrise (FWB: SY1) on:
its acquisition of American Dehydrated Foods and International Dehydrated Foods
the sale of its chicken-based food ingredients business to Kerry
Colmore, a leading private markets technology, services and administration business, on its sale to Preqin, a global leader in alternative assets data, analytics and insights
Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing on the US$7.4 billion take-private of aviation finance company Aircastle (NYSE: AYR)
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) on the acquisition of Gabriel Performance Products, a North American specialty chemical manufacturer of specialty additives and epoxy curing agents, from funds advised by Audax Private Equity
Clifford Chance
