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Philadelphia OfficeCira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America 19104-2808
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New York OfficeThree Bryant Park, 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, United States of America 10036-6797
Mike Darby’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and other significant corporate matters. He also regularly counsels clients on capital markets matters, disclosure matters, corporate governance and activist defense. Recent examples include advising Energy Harbor Corp. in connection with its acquisition by Vistra Corp., the special committee of the board of directors of Enfusion, Inc. in connection with its proposed US$1.5 billion acquisition by Clearwater Analytics, Chiesi Farmaceutici in its US$1.48 billion acquisition of Amryt Pharma; T. Rowe Price in its US$4.2 billion acquisition of Oak Hill Advisors; US Ecology, Inc. in its US$2.2 billion sale to Republic Services Inc.; Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in the US$760 million sale of its ownership interest in Q2 Solutions to IQVIA; Crown Holdings in the €1.9 billion sale of its European tinplate business to KPS Capital Partners; Blackboard in the sale of its Transact business unit to Reverence Capital Partners; and B&G Foods in the sale of its Pirate’s Booty business to Hershey.
Mr. Darby’s corporate clients span a broad range of industries, such as life sciences, industrials, financial services and technology.
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- University of Delaware, B.S., Civil Engineering, 2005
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 2010
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- Pennsylvania
- New York
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- Delaware Supreme Court, Honorable Henry duPont Ridgely