Donald Casey is a senior associate in the New York City office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate practice group.
Donald has a broad range of experience leading complex, multi-step M&A transactions across diverse industries in both the public and private sectors for strategic purchasers and large private-equity clients. He has managed large, multi-disciplinary transaction teams and provided strategic counsel on intricate corporate structures, governance agreements and financing arrangements.
Prior to joining the firm, Donald was a senior associate in the Corporate and Financial Services group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and an associate in the Corporate Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Donald also has experience in a variety of in-house roles at companies across a number of industries.
Prior to attending law school, Donald worked as an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in the Asset-Backed Securities department.
Recent Publications
REIT M&A Update: Maryland Court Upholds Special Committee’s Approval of Acquisition of REIT’s External Manager, Firm Memo, October 31, 2013
SEC Proposes Rules on “Say-on-Pay,” “Say-When-on-Pay” and “Golden Parachute” Voting and Reporting, Firm Memo, October 20, 2010
The Leveraged Buy-Out with a Public Stub: Deals So Far and Factors to Consider, in Deal Lawyers Vol: 1 Num: 4, August 1, 2007
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, Hot Topics in REIT M&A, Practicing Law Institute’s Real Estate M&A and REIT Transactions 2015 Seminar
Highlighted Matters
Represented Geller & Company on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient, one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the U.S.
Represented Wipro in its $40 million acquisition of U.S.-based IT services consulting firm Applied Value Technologies.
Represented Hyve Group, an international organizer of exhibitions and conferences, in its acquisition of healthcare event company HLTH.
