Rick Sofield is a partner and Co-Head of the firm’s National Security Group based in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on matters with national ...
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Experience
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- DAZN, the world’s leading sports entertainment platform, in merger control and foreign investment aspects of its $2.2 billion acquisition of Foxtel Group.
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, a subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, in its agreement with the founding family of W. R. Berkley Corporation, a leading property and casualty insurance carrier, including acquisition of 15% of shares in W. R. Berkley Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately $3.8 billion.
- Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company in its acquisition of Legal and General’s U.S. insurance businesses for $2.28 billion and strategic partnership with Legal and General.
- Resolution Life, a global life insurance group, in the acquisition of 100% of its shares by Nippon Life Insurance Company at a valuation of $10.6 billion.
- Coller Capital as lead investor in the formation of Abry Partners’ $1.6 billion Continuation Fund, Abry Advanced Securities Fund III.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software, in the sale of a significant ownership position in Epicor to CVC, a global private markets manager.
- Corebridge Financial in AIG’s $3.4 billion sale of Corebridge common stock to Nippon Life Insurance Company.
- Windstream Holdings, a privately held fiber and cloud based communications provider, in its merger with publicly held Uniti Group.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Presidio, a leading technology services and solutions provider, from BC Partners.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition, together with Stone Point Capital, of Truist Insurance Holdings, a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corporation, at an enterprise value of $15.5 billion.
Education
- Harvard University, 1991, A.B.
- Hofstra University School of Law, 1994, J.D.