Felix Saratovsky Counsel

Experience

Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Joint Ventures

• Representation of Raymond James as financial advisor to i3 Verticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IIIV), a software company delivering integrated software and services to customers in strategic vertical markets, in its $440 million sale of its merchant of record payments business to Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, a leading omni-channel payments provider.
• Representation of Raymond James, as financial advisor, to Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI), a leading manufacturer and distributor of technology-driven products and solutions, in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Snap One Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SNPO), a leading provider of smart-living products, services, and software to professional integrators.
• Represented Wasserman Media Group in a number of domestic and international acquisitions of talent agencies that represent and manage athletes, musicians, sportscasters and influencers.
• Represented PE-backed companies in acquisitions in a wide range of industries, including IT managed services, fueling construction and equipment solutions, staffing and logistics.
• Represented healthcare management services providers and investors in acquisitions, sales, and co-investment transactions.
• Represented a public real estate company in its disposition of telecommunications towers.
• Represented founders in their sales of businesses in an array of industries, including healthcare, construction and maintenance services and equipment sales.
• Represented a Greek residential elevator equipment and services company in its initial acquisition in the U.S.
• Advised (in-house) Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) on its $1.5 billion acquisition of a portfolio of life science real estate properties in the U.S.
• Advised (in-house) VTR on its acquisition of a portfolio of seniors housing properties in the U.K.
• Advised (in-house) on disclosure and proxy contest matters in VEON ’s (Nasdaq: VEON) acquisition of Wind Telecom in a $27.5 billion transaction that formed the seventh largest telecommunications operator in the world.
• Lead deal lawyer (in-house) in a divestiture of VEON’s $125 million holding in a Canadian mobile telecommunications operator, in a transaction that involved a significant regulatory review under Canadian foreign investment law and a potential restructuring under Canadian insolvency law.
• Lead deal lawyer (in-house) on spin-off of an Egyptian telecommunications holding company listed on the Egyptian and London Stock Exchanges in a transaction of first impression.
• As in-house lawyer, advised senior management and supervised joint ventures and divestitures in diverse jurisdictions, including Russia, Egypt, Cambodia, Burundi and the Central Africa.
• Represented VEON on an exchange offer effecting a cross-border merger in a transaction with a value of $30 billion.
• Represented VEON in its acquisition of Golden Telecom, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTI) through a public cash tender offer for the shares of GTI in a transaction with a value of approximately $4.3 billion.
• Represented VEON in formation of a $1 billion joint venture with the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam to develop a national mobile telecommunications operator in Vietnam.
• Represented a private Russian oil and gas company in the creation of a $300 million joint venture with a Chinese sovereign wealth fund.

Private Equity and Capital Markets Transactions

• Represented Brookline Capital Markets, as exclusive placement agent, in connection with a $3.0 million private placement of common stock by Carmell Corporation (Nasdaq: CTCX), a bio-aesthetics company focused on skin and hair health.
• Represented issuers and investors in private investment transactions in companies in biotechnology, financial technology, SaaS, and industrial manufacturing.
• Represented investors in a number of PIPE transactions in biotechnology companies.
• Represented lead underwriter in secondary public offering by a Nasdaq biotechnology company.
• Represented VEON both as outside counsel and as lead in-house lawyer in Reg. S/Rule 144A debt issuances in an aggregate amount of over $5 billion.
• Lead in-house counsel on VEON’s debt tender offers under US and European tender offer rules.
• Supervised VEON’s filing of registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and listing of shares on the NYSE and Nasdaq.
• Represented a Russian oil and gas company listed on the London Stock Exchange on its $1.5 billion Reg. S/Rule 144A debt issuance.