Robert Geren is a corporate associate and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.
Mr. Geren joined Debevoise in 2019. Mr. Geren received his ...
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Experience
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- Stuffed Puffs, LLC, a portfolio company of Factory LLC, in the sale of its assets to Mount Franklins Foods.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the purchase of Illinois Tool Works’ non-controlling equity stake in Wilsonart, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and engineered surfaces company.
- White Cap, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its acquisition of Dayton Superior, a provider of highly engineered accessories, chemicals and forming solutions within the concrete construction industry.
- Cerberus Capital Management in its $640 million sale of Cyanco to Orica.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its strategic partnership with Elevance Health, which will bring together certain care delivery and enablement assets of Elevance’s Carelon Health and CD&R portfolio companies, apree health and Millennium Physician Group.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Presidio, a leading technology services and solutions provider, from BC Partners.
- Kelso & Company and its portfolio company, BradyIFS, in the merger of BradyIFS and Envoy Solutions, which includes a new strategic and financial partnership with Warburg Pincus and its affiliate funds.
- Inovar Packaging Group in its acquisition of Cimarron Label and Western Printing, a label printing provider.
- Pernod Ricard in its acquisition of a majority stake in Código 1530 Ultra Premium and Prestige Tequila.
- Snaidero Rino, S.p.A., an Italian designer and manufacture of luxury kitchens in a high-stakes contract and trademark dispute with Snaidero Rino’s long time U.S. distributor and former subsidiary, Snaidero USA.
- Resonetics, a leader in micro-manufacturing for the medical device and diagnostics equipment, in its acquisition of EaglePicher Medical Power, a medical device manufacturer.
- Kindred Healthcare, a TPG portfolio company and leading specialty hospital company delivering acute health services, in its sale to LifePoint Health, a leader in the delivery of community-based care.
- White Cap, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and leading North American distributor of specialty concrete and construction accessory, safety, and building products, in its acquisition of Ram Tool, a construction supply distribution company.
- Kelso & Company in its acquisition of a majority interest in C.L. Smith and its combination of C.L. Smith with Inmark.
- Discovery, Inc. in the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction that values the combined entity at approximately $130 billion.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Capco in the $1.45 billion sale of Capco to Wipro.
- Lightspeed Venture Partners in raising multiple venture capital funds, including in the formation of:
- Lightspeed Venture Partners XIII, an $875 million early stages development fund.
- Lightspeed Venture Partners Select IV, a $1.8 billion Lightspeed portfolio company fund.
- Lightspeed Opportunity Fund, a $1.5 billion breakout companies fund.
- Silver Lake Waterman in the formation of Silver Lake Waterman III, a $1 billion North America mezzanine fund.
- HarbourVest Partners in the formation of Dover Street X, an $8.1 billion global secondaries fund.
Education
- New York University School of Law, 2019, J.D.
- Princeton University, 2014, A.B.