Leah R. Sauter

Ms. Sauter’s experience includes representing:

Public and Strategic Companies

• Con Edison on its divestiture of its clean energy business to RWE for US$6.8 billion
• CSC in its approximately US$6 billion spin-off of CSRA and special dividend and the approximately US$2.3 billion merger of CSRA and SRA International
• DXC Technology Company in numerous transactions, including:
  • The divestiture of its US State and Local Health and Human Services business to Veritas Capital for US$5 billion
  • The divestiture of its healthcare provider software business to Dedalus Group for US$525 million
  • The US$4.4 billion spin-off and subsequent three-way merger of its US government IT services business with Veritas Capital-owned Vencore and KeyPoint Government Solutions that resulted in the formation of NYSE-listed Perspecta Inc.
  • The US$14 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction involving Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company's global enterprise services segment and Computer Sciences Corporation that resulted in the formation of DXC
• Harry’s in its proposed US$1.37 billion merger with Edgewell Personal Care
• Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, in its US$7.3 billion take-private sale to an equity consortium led by Nordic Capital
• London Stock Exchange Group in its US$1.1 billion divestiture of BETA+ to Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners
• L’Oréal in its acquisition of Youth to the People, a California-based skincare company
• Ribbon Communications in its acquisition of ECI Telecom Group, an Israel-based global provider of ELASTIC network solutions to service providers, critical industries, and data center operators
• Romeo Power in its stock-for-stock merger with Nikola
• Siemens Healthineers AG in its US$16.4 billion acquisition of Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
• T-Mobile in its agreement with DISH to divest Sprint’s prepaid businesses and Sprint’s 800 MHz spectrum assets for approximately US$5 billion
• Thomson Reuters Corporation in:
  • The acquisition of Integration Point, a provider of global trade management software
  • The acquisition of SurePrep, a provider of tax automation software
  • The acquisition of ThoughtTrace, a document-understanding and contract-analysis platform.
  • The divestiture of its Intellectual Property & Science segment to Onex and Baring for US$3.55 billion

Private Equity

• Ardian in its acquisition of a 50% stake in Angus Chemical Company, a manufacturer and distributor of nitroalkane based chemicals
• Astorg Partners in:
  • The divestiture by portfolio company Clario of its Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Services Solutions (DSS) division to Stanley Capital Partners
  • The acquisition of Corsearch, a provider of a suite of end-to end brand risk and performance solutions including trademark research, online brand protection, and anti-piracy, from Audax Private Equity
  • Its investment in eResearchTechnology, a leading clinical trial technology and data company in a deal reported to be valued at US$3.8 billion
  • The acquisition of Anaqua, a provider of intellectual property asset management software and maintenance services, from Insight Venture Partners
• Gurnet Point Capital in its acquisition of Radius Health 

*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Latham