Publishing and Media Acquisitions

• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Hachette Book Group, a subsidiary of Lagardére SA, in its $240 million acquisition of Workman Publishing.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised Lagardère Travel Retail in its $530 million acquisition of Paradies and $330 million acquisition of Hojeij Branded Foods (HBF).

Insurance and Financial Services Transactions

• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Zurich Insurance Group and its subsidiary Farmers Group, Inc. in the $3.94 billion acquisition by Farmers Group of MetLife’s property and casualty business.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised Zurich in its agreement to sell its U.S. Corporate Life and Pensions (Group Benefits) business to Aflac.
• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Zurich Insurance Group in its acquisition of the individual and group life insurance businesses and the long-term savings operations of EuroAmerica in Chile.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised Zurich Insurance Group in its agreement to acquire 19 travel assistance providers in Latin America.
• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Zurich Insurance Group in the acquisition of Australian insurer QBE in Latin America for $409 million.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised Zurich Insurance Group in its acquisition of Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) for up to $1.05 billion.
• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. in its $1.67 billion acquisition of a 51 percent stake in the Central and South American insurance operations of Banco Santander SA.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised Farmers Group in its $1.9 billion acquisition of AIG’s Personal Auto Group.

Corporate and Strategic Investments

• Thomas M. Cerabino advised SIX in its partnership agreement with and investment in Omniex, an institutional trading platform provider for digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Jay Alix, founder of AlixPartners, in the acquisition of an ownership stake in the business from CVC Capital Partners, valuing AlixPartners at more than $2.5 billion.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of National Interstate Corporation in connection with the purchase by its controlling shareholder of the outstanding shares held by its public shareholders.

Energy and Technology Acquisitions

• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Celsia SA in its $840 million acquisition of stakes in seven power plants in Panama and Costa Rica from GDF Suez.
• Thomas M. Cerabino advised Electronic Data Systems Corp. in its $13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.

Real Estate and Hospitality Investments

• Thomas M. Cerabino represented Colony Capital in the $8.8 billion acquisition of Station Casinos, the $5.5 billion acquisition of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, and the $1 billion acquisition of the Raffles hotel business.