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Colum J. Weiden

  • Special Counsel | M&A and Private Equity

New York

T: +1.212.859.8171

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Colum J. Weiden advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and other complex corporate transactions.

Colum has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, having represented private investment groups and public and private companies in mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, carveout transactions, joint ventures, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, venture investments, secondary sales of private equity limited partnership interests, and other corporate and governance matters.

Work highlights:

  • RedBird Capital Partners in numerous engagements, including (i) its investment in Main Event Entertainment and the subsequent $835 million sale of Main Event to Dave & Buster's; (ii) its acquisition, alongside Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson, of the XFL, (iii) its investment in Wasserman Media Group; and (iv) its investment in Fenway Sports Group
  • Goldman Sachs in numerous engagements, including its sale of Brighton Health and the $...

Colum J. Weiden advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and other complex corporate transactions.

Colum has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, having represented private investment groups and public and private companies in mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, carveout transactions, joint ventures, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, venture investments, secondary sales of private equity limited partnership interests, and other corporate and governance matters.

Work highlights:

  • RedBird Capital Partners in numerous engagements, including (i) its investment in Main Event Entertainment and the subsequent $835 million sale of Main Event to Dave & Buster's; (ii) its acquisition, alongside Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson, of the XFL, (iii) its investment in Wasserman Media Group; and (iv) its investment in Fenway Sports Group
  • Goldman Sachs in numerous engagements, including its sale of Brighton Health and the $526 million IPO of Privia Health
  • Catalent (NYSE: CTLT) in numerous engagements, including its $1.2 billion acquisition of Paragon Bioservices
  • Aerie Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AERI) in numerous engagements, including its $904 million sale to American Swiss ophthalmology company, Alcon (NYSE: ALC)
  • Becton, Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) in numerous engagements, including its acquisition of ZebraSci, Inc.
  • Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in its $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris' Security, Detection, and Automation business
  • SPX Flow (NYSE: FLOW) in the sale of its power and energy business to funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management for $475 million
  • Numerous clients, including Bonaccord Capital Partners, Dyal Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill unit, HPS Investments Partners and Permira, in connection with buy-side and sell-side GP stake and similar M&A transactions involving alternative asset managers

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