Rachel E. Ratcliffe

Ms. Ratcliffe’s experience includes representing:

Mergers and Acquisitions – Technology, Software, Media, and Telecommunications

• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Barnes & Noble, Inc. in Barnes & Noble, Inc.’s US$683 million acquisition by a major investment management company*
• Liberty Media Corporation in its US$4.4 billion acquisition of Formula 1*
• Starz in its US$4.4 billion acquisition by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.*
• Liberty Interactive Corporation in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of General Communication, Inc.*
• AffiniPay, a private fintech company, in its US$580 million sale to TA Associates*
• Hyphen Solutions, a private construction software company, in its recapitalization and associated equity investment by affiliates of GreyLion Capital and Stone Point Capital*

Mergers and Acquisitions – Energy

• Tallgrass Energy, LP in US$3.5 billion acquisition of its publicly held Class A shares by affiliates of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners*
• Tallgrass Energy Holdings, LLC in its US$3.3 billion sale of the general partner of Tallgrass Energy, LP to affiliates of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners*
• Tallgrass Energy GP, LP in its acquisition of Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP*
• EnLink Midstream Corporation in its acquisition of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP*
• Equitrans Midstream Corporation in its acquisition of EQGP Holdings, LP and proposed simplification plan*
• EQT Production Company, an affiliate of EQT Corporation, in its divestiture of oil, gas, and NGL assets for approximately US$575 million*
• NYSE-listed midstream MLPs in natural gas gathering, compression, and transport asset acquisitions from affiliated private sponsors, totaling US$2.75 billion in the aggregate*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham