Mergers & Acquisitions (Public M&A)

• Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) on its agreement to merge with Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GETY), creating a premier visual content company (US$3.7 billion)

• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in its Sale of U.S. Core Regional Banking Franchise to U.S. Bancorp ($8 Billion)

• Columbia Banking System in the merger with Umpqua Holdings Corp (in a $5.1 billion all-stock deal)

• Citizens Financial Group in its acquisition of Investors Bancorp (in a roughly $3.5 billion stock and cash deal)

• HSBC in the sale of its U.S. retail banking business to Citizens Bank and Cathay Bank

• BancorpSouth in the merger with Cadence (in a $6 billion deal)

• Banc of California in its acquisition of Pacific Mercantile and combination (in an all-stock deal)

• Knoll in its combination with Herman Miller (a $1.8 billion deal)

• M&T Bank in its acquisition of People’s United Bank (roughly $7.6 billion all-stock deal

 Mergers & Acquisitions (Private M&A)

• Amberjack Capital Partners and Best Trash Holdings, LLC on the sale of Best Trash, LLC to H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm

• Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global creative platform offering high-quality creative content for transformative brands, digital media and marketing companies, on its acquisition of Envato Pty Ltd., a leader in digital creative assets and templates, for US$245 million

• Vale S.A., a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil, on its joint venture with Anglo American involving Vale’s acquisition of a 15 percent ownership interest in Anglo American Minério de Ferro Brasil S.A.

• Ramudden Global, a Triton Fund IV portfolio company, on its acquisition of RSG International, a leading North American provider of infrastructure safety services

• AirHelp group, the market leader in flight disruptions management, on an equity investment by investment fund Abry Partners

• DigitalLand Holdings Limited (GDS International), the international affiliate of GDS Holdings Limited, on a US$1 billion investment through the issuance of Series B convertible preferred shares at the closing of the transaction

• BM Technologies, Inc., one of the largest digital banking platforms in the United States focused on student loan payments, on its sale to First Carolina Bank, a North Carolina state-chartered bank

• Weir Group in the sale of its oil and gas unit to construction giant Caterpillar (for roughly $405 million)

• American Express Co. in its acquisition of the fintech lending company Kabbage Inc.

• ConsenSys in its acquisition of Quorum Enterprise Blockchain Platform from JPMorgan

 Capital Markets and SPACs

• Highview Merger Corp. on US$200 Million IPO

• The sole book-running manager on Perimeter Acquisition Corp. I's US$241.5 million upsized IPO

• Ali Group North America Corp. on a US$1.75 billion refinancing of existing debt

• JBS, a premier global food company, on its SEC registration and related NYSE listing

• The book running lead managers on the Rule 144A IPO of Hyundai Motor India Limited

• Solarius Capital Acquisition Corp. on its US$172.50 million IPO

• Citizens Financial Group Inc. in its offering of depositary shares and its exchange offers

• BPER Banca S.p.A. in its €800 million rights offering pursuant to Rule 144A / Reg S

• Knoll Inc. in the recent investment by a subsidiary of an industrial-driven European group

• Oaktree Capital in its $225 million loan to Athenex Inc.

• The Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Colombia in their SEC-registered debt offering