Alexander H. Rahn

Alexander H. Rahn is an associate 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.

• Representation of Isos Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, in its proposed merger with Bowlero Corp. to take the world’s largest owner and operator of bowling centers public, which values the combined entity at $2.6 billion
• Representation of Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading super app, in its proposed merger with Altimeter Growth Corp., a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, that will take Grab public in what is expected to be the largest-ever U.S. equity offering by a Southeast Asian company 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 Turnitin, a subsidiary of Advance Publications, in its acquisition of online assessment platform Examsoft
• Representation of global information technology leader Infosys in its acquisition of Kaleidoscope Innovation, a full-spectrum product design, development and insights firm
• Representation of British sports and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion in its acquisition of athletic footwear and apparel streetwear retailer DTLR Villa
• 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