Sašo Kraner

saso.kraner@lw.com

+1.212.906.4516

Profile

Sašo Kraner is a corporate associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, and Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense Practices.

Mr. Kraner focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and matters relating to activist defense.

Mr. Kraner regularly advises clients on:

Public company M&A, both negotiated and hostile
Special committee matters
Take-private transactions
Tender and exchange offers
Cross-border transactions
Leveraged buyouts
Divestitures and spin-offs
Activist defense, including settlement agreements and proxy contests
Corporate governance, securities law, and other general corporate matters

Mr. Kraner also regularly represents leading investment banks in their capacity as financial advisors in M&A transactions.

Experience

Mr. Kraner’s representative experience includes advising:

Public Company Transactions

Siemens Healthineers in its US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems, a global leader in cancer care
Silver Lake in its US$12.5 billion take-private acquisition of Qualtrics, a pioneer and leader in experience management
Manchester United in its process to explore strategic alternatives, and acquisition of a minority stake by INEOS Chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe
London Stock Exchange Group in its US$1.1 billion divestiture of BETA+ to Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners
Paper Excellence in its:
- US$3 billion acquisition of Domtar Corp., a leading provider of fiber-based products
- US$2.7 billion acquisition of Resolute Forest Products, a global forest products company
Ocean Network Express in its US$10.9 billion take-private acquisition of Atlas Corp.
Lemonade in its all-stock acquisition of Metromile, a data-science company focused on auto insurance
Casper Sleep in its take-private by Durational Capital Management
Romeo Power in its exchange offer and all-stock merger with Nikola Corporation

Private Equity and Private Company Transactions

Astorg Partners in a consortium along with Nordic Capital and Novo Holdings, in connection with the US$5.9 billion merger of their portfolio company eResearch Technology with BioClinica, a technological and scientific leader in clinical imaging
Global Infrastructure Partners in its:
- US$684 million sale of Competitive Power Ventures, an electric power generation development and an asset management company, to OPC Energy
- Acquisition of a 49% stake in an AES Andes renewable energy portfolio in Chile
Leonard Green & Partners in its acquisition of an ownership stake in WellSky Corporation, a provider of healthcare software solutions
Mid Europa Partners in its sale of Alpha Medical, the leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Apax Partners
QMA, the quantitative and global multi-asset manager of PGIM, in its acquisition of Wadhwani Asset Management, a UK-based quantitative macro-focused investment management firm

Capital Markets Transactions

Vantiv in its inaugural issuance of US$1.13 billion equivalent 144A/Reg. S senior notes in connection with the financing of its £8 billion acquisition of Worldpay
Drax Group in its:
- Offering of US$200 million 144A/Reg. S senior secured notes
- Entry into two senior debt facilities agreements: a £375 million private placement agreement and a £125 million environmental, social and governance facility agreement
Morgan Stanley in its:
- Issuance of US$584 million commercial mortgage-backed securities
- Issuance of US$717 million commercial mortgage-backed securities

Financial Advisor Representation

PJT Partners in the US$1.2 billion acquisition by Aretec Group of Avantax
William Blair in the all-stock merger of PowerFleet and MiX Telematics
Centerview Partners in the acquisition by Concentrix Corporation of ServiceSource International

*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Latham