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Jarrett Burks

Associate, Corporate Department

London

Phone: +44-20-3986-1222
Fax: +44-20-3986-1322

Overview

Jarrett Burks is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Jarrett represents public and private companies in a wide range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures and corporate governance. Jarrett advises clients across diverse industries and has significant experience navigating cross-border transactions and complex deal structures. He is known for his pragmatic approach and his ability to align legal strategy with business goals.

Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D. 2016
  • Wilmington University, M.A. 2011
  • Yale University, B.A. 2010

Representations

  • Caithness Energy in an agreement to sell its Moxie Freedom Energy Center in Pennsylvania and Caithness Energy and BlackRock’s Guernsey Power Station in Ohio to Talen Energy Corporation ($3.8 billion)
  • Allovue, Inc. in connection with its sale to PowerSchool Promachos Holding, Inc. d/b/a PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC) ($42 million)
  • Alvotech in connection with its agreement to merge with Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: OACB) ($2.25 billion)
  • Ascend Advanced Therapies Limited in connection with its acquisition of Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (ABL)
  • Athenex, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATNX) in connection with its acquisition of Kuur Therapeutics, Inc. ($185 million)
  • Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) in connection with its acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.’s (NYSE: EBS) travel vaccines portfolio, including VIVOTIF®, VAXCHORA® and a development-stage chikungunya vaccine candidate (up to $380 million)
  • biote Corp. in connection with its agreement to merge Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ: HYAC) ($737 million)
  • Causal, Inc. in connection with its sale to LucaNet Holding GmbH
  • Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRX) in connection with its acquisition of certain assets from Eisai Co., Ltd., including the U.S. rights for FYCOMPA® (perampanel) CIII and an exclusive option period to acquire a rare epilepsy asset (up to $185 million + royalties)
  • Evox Therapeutics Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of certain assets sold out of Codiak BioSciences, Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings, including Codiak’s engEx-AAV™ technology platform
  • MacroGenics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGNX) in connection with its sale of certain assets, including the global rights to MARGENZA® (margetuximab-cmkb TerSera Therapeutics LLC (up to $75 million)
  • Malk Sustainability Partners, Inc. in connection with its sale to SLR International Corp.
  • Oculis Holdings AG in connection with its agreement to merge with European Biotech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: EBAC) ($248 million)
  • Rooam, Inc. in connection with its sale to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (NYSE: AXP)
  • SEDNA Communications Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of certain assets from Boxton, Inc., including its email automation solution, Shelly
  • A group of investors led by Stride Capital in connection with the sale of Hofy LTD. to Deel, Inc.
  • Toluna Holdings Limited in connection with its acquisition of Brainyak, Inc. d/b/a Gutcheck ($45 million)
  • ZOLL Medical Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Itamar Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ITMR) ($538 million)
  • RedHill Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDHL) in connection with its acquisition of certain assets from AstraZeneca AB (NYSE: AZN), including a sublicense to the global rights to Movantik® (naloxegol) ($67.5 million)
  • Becle S.A.B. de C.V. d/b/a Jose Cuervo (BMV:CUERVO) in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian whisky brand Pendleton from Hood River Distillers, Inc. ($208 million)
  • Linde AG (FWB: LIN) in connection with its “merger of equals” with Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: LIN) ($90 billion)
  • Rock-Tenn Company in connection with its combination with MeadWestvaco Corporation to create WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK) ($16 billion)
  • The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNC) in connection with its sale to Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG and AEX: PHIA) (€1.9 billion)

Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.

Languages

English


Admissions

New York Bar


Education

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, J.D. 2016

Wilmington University, M.A. 2011

Yale University, B.A. 2010