Zach’s practice focuses on private equity and corporate transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions and complex transactions for public and private companies. He advises clients throughout the full lifecycle of private equity investments, including platform acquisitions, add-on transactions, joint ventures, minority investments, and exit transactions.
Zach regularly represents clients across a range of industries, including technology, healthcare, consumer products, and industrials. He is known for providing practical, business-focused advice and for working closely with investment teams to execute transactions efficiently and strategically.
In addition to transactional matters, Zach advises boards of directors and senior executives on governance, investor relations, and other critical corporate issues that arise in connection with investment activity.
- Represented major regional agriculture company in its acquisition of a competitor.
- Advised healthcare focused private equity client in its acquisitions of over-the-counter drugs portfolio in multiple transactions.
- Sale of a provider of software configuration management and tracking tools.
- Advised publicly traded auto manufacturer in resolving a lawsuit against the company and board of directors, securing a financing facility for up to US$600 million of total funds and other matters.
- Negotiated the formation of US$500 million joint venture for the development of film studio facilities.
- Represented private equity fund in its acquisition of a platform providing interactive online education for individual traders and investors.
- Represented private equity portfolio company in major preferred equity investment.
- Represented a blank check company in its US$362 million business combination with gold miner.
- Represented a blank check company in its US$275 million business combination with media and data platform company.
- Represented a blank check company in its US$435 million business combination with industrial conglomerate.
- Represented aviation company in its business combination with a blank check company, valuing target at an implied US$869 million pro forma enterprise value.
- Represented a blank check company in its US$434 million business combination with art trading platform company.
- Represented a leading sustainable consumer products company in its business combination with a blank check company, with an implied pro forma enterprise value of US$1.5 billion.
- Advised PIPE investor in a blank check company in connection with its SPAC business combination with Commerce-as-a-Service company.
- Advised Ad hoc group of consenting term loan lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of a leading energy transition company and marketer of high-quality refined products.
- Represented DIP lender in connection with the Hooters restructuring.
- Advised designer haircare brand in its launch.
- Represented asset management firm in various transactions including a term loan and equity investments in an ag-tech company and private REIT.