Alexander H. Rahn is a counsel in Hughes Hubbard’s Corporate department.
His practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate control contests, in which Alex advises strategic and financial investors as well as financial advisors.
Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, Alex was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and at Reed Smith LLP.
Alex represents asylum petitioners on a pro bono basis and advises not-for-profit entities on formation, corporate governance and mergers.
Professional Activities
Member, New York City Bar Association, Corporation Law Committee
Affiliate Member, New York City Bar Association, Committee on Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Control Contests
Highlighted Matters
Representation of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. in its sale to parent company and majority shareholder Santander Holdings USA Inc. in a $2.5 billion deal that took the Dallas-based auto lending and consumer finance company private
Representation of SPAC Isos Acquisition Corp., in its $2.6 billion IPO merger with Bowlero Corp. that took the world’s largest owner and operator of bowling centers public
Representation of Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading super app, in its merger with SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp., a transaction that took Grab public in the largest SPAC merger ever ascribing to Grab a pro-forma equity value of approximately $39.6 billion
Representation of Platinum Equity, a Beverly Hills-based private equity firm, in connection with its $850 million investment in Nesco Holdings, a provider of specialized truck and heavy equipment solutions, in connection with Nesco's acquisition of Custom Truck One Source
Representation of British sports and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion in its acquisition of athletic footwear and apparel streetwear retailer DTLR Villa
Representation of Airbus OneWeb Satellites LLC, the Florida and France based manufacturer for satellites for the OneWeb enterprise, as a counterparty and principal supplier in the successful $2 billion chapter 11 restructuring of OneWeb
Representation of Turnitin, a subsidiary of Advance Publications, in its acquisition of online assessment platform Examsoft
Representation of Cenveo Inc. in the carve-out sale of its content services business to CJK Group Inc.
Representation of GFG Alliance affiliate in a “363” sale purchase of substantially all of Bayou Steel BD Holdings LLC’s assets
Representation of global information technology leader Infosys in its acquisition of Kaleidoscope Innovation, a full-spectrum product design, development and insights firm
Representation of Grab Financial Group, Southeast Asia’s leading fintech platform, in raising over $300 million in a Series A funding round led by South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management Co. Ltd.
Representation of global information technology leader Infosys in its acquisition of Simplus, the global leader of Salesforce quote-to-cash
Representation of CBS Corp. in connection with its $30 billion merger with Viacom Inc.
Representation of Platinum Equity in its $1.9 billion acquisition of Wesco Aircraft
Representation of Patrick Drahi in his $3.7 billion acquisition of Sotheby’s
Representation of Venus Concept in its acquisition of Restoration Robotics
Representation of Bank of America in the sale of its ownership interest in GA Telesis to Tokyo Century and ANA
Representation of Petit Forestier Group, European leader in refrigeration rental, in its first U.S. acquisition of Mendon Leasing
Representation of Circle Talent Agency in its sale to UTA
Representation of Sports Direct International in the negotiation of its Cooperation Agreement with Iconix Brand Group
Representation of Highstar Capital in the $430 million sale of its ownership interest in Aerostar, the operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Representation of Western Digital in its $19 billion strategic acquisition of SanDisk
Representation of Brookfield Residential Properties in its $871 million cross-border going private transaction
Representation of Atlantic Power Corporation in its $65 million cross-border issuer tender offer
Representation of StoneCastle in its $205 million Community Funding CLO transaction
Representation of Lenovo Group in its $2.3 billion acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business
