Jennifer Cadet represents clients in high-stakes, cross-border corporate transactions.

Jennifer draws on a transatlantic approach to dealmaking to devise innovative solutions to sophisticated transactions involving:

  • Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including deSPACs
  • Reorganizations
  • Joint ventures
  • General corporate matters

A recognized leader at Latham, Jennifer was a member of the firm’s former Diversity Leadership Committee and Recruiting Committee, and she served as a local leader of Latham’s Black Lawyers Group in both London and Silicon Valley.

Jennifer’s representative experience includes advising:

M&A and Corporate Structuring

  • VEON and Kyivstar on their deSPAC transaction with Cohen Acquisition Corp. I, which resulted in the first Ukrainian company being listed on a US stock exchange
  • Ulta Beauty on acquiring Space NK from Manzanita Capital
  • Robinhood on acquiring Bitstamp, a global cryptocurrency exchange
  • Cadence Design Systems on:
    • Its US$1.24 billion acquisition of BETA CAE
    • Acquiring the Arm Artisan foundation IP business
  • IHS Markit on its joint venture with PIMCO, Man Property Holdings, State Street, and Microsoft to set up a new technology-led company, HUB, to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology
  • Meta on multiple transactions, including on:
    • Acquiring Mapillary, a Sweden-based company that provides crowdsourcing map photos
    • Oculus VR’s acquisition of Beat Games, a Czech-based game studio
    • Acquiring Unit2 Games, an England-based game creation studio and sharing platform
  • Easybrain, a leading mobile game developer focused on puzzle and logic games, on its acquisition by Embracer Group
  • BenevolentAI, a leading, clinical-stage AI-enabled drug discovery company, on its deSPAC transaction with Odyssey Acquisition S.A.
  • Centricus Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, on its US$1 billion deSPAC transaction with Arqit, a London-based developer of a quantum encryption platform
  • Threads on divesting a majority stake to Chalhoub
  • Leonard Green & Partners and its portfolio company CPA Global on multiple transactions, including its:
    • US$6.8 billion combination with Clarivate Plc, a leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation
    • Acquisition of ipan/Delegate Group, a Germany-based provider of intellectual property (IP) annuity renewal services
  • Avalon Battery on its US$36 million reverse takeover of redT energy
  • GlaxoSmithKline on multiple transactions, including its:
    • Divestment of assets relating to the Bialcol and Cibalgina brands in Italy to Vemedia
    • Divestment of five over-the-counter dermatology brands and one pediatric cough remedy brand to the STADA Group
    • Divestment of certain North American consumer health assets to Crown Laboratories
  • Peloton Advantage, an Amulet Capital Partners portfolio company, on acquiring Open Health Communications, a UK-based provider of healthcare communications and market access services
  • Telenor on its €2.8 billion sale of its assets in Central and Eastern Europe to PPF Group
  • John Deere on its US$305 million acquisition of Blue River Technology, a company specializing in machine learning technology for agricultural applications
  • CH2M, a design engineering services firm, on its US$2.85 billion sale to Jacobs Engineering
  • Broadcom (formerly Avago Technologies Limited) on multiple transactions, including its:
    • Domestication to the United States and attempted hostile takeover of Qualcomm for US$117 billion
    • US$5.9 billion acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems 
    • US$37 billion acquisition of Broadcom
    • US$606 million acquisition of Emulex
  • Data Device Corporation, a Behrman Capital portfolio company, on its US$1 billion sale to TransDigm Group Incorporated
  • Cleversafe, a provider of cloud-based data storage solutions, on its sale to IBM

Sports Transactions

  • MSD UK Holdings Limited, lender to West Bromwich Albion Group Limited, on the indirect sale of 87.8% of West Bromwich Albion Football Club to Bilkul Football WBA, LLC
  • TWG Global and Billie Jean King Enterprises on their partnership agreement with the International Tennis Federation to form the Billie Jean King Cup Limited
  • Endeavor Group Holdings on acquiring the Madrid Open tennis tournament and the Acciona Open de España golf tournament

Capital Markets

  • Vedanta Resources’ independent directors on Volcan Investments’ possible offer for the remaining issued and to-be-issued share capital of Vedanta not already held by Volcan
  • AMD on its 100 million shares of common stock listed on NASDAQ and US$805 million offering of 2.125% convertible senior notes
  • Credit Suisse on ObsEva SA’s initial public offering of 6.45 million shares of common stock

Bar Qualification

  • California
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2014
  • BA in International Relations & Global Studies, Stanford University, 2009