Alexander D. Fine

Alexander D. Fine is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, Finance, and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Mr. Fine’s practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors and public companies on a wide range of transactional matters, including strategic mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority investments, and joint ventures. He also advises clients on corporate governance and securities law matters.

Mr. Fine has been named by Lawdragon Leading Dealmakers in America 2025, which honors “the eminents of M&A and power players of private equity”, and was also recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2014.  Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Fine was a partner with Kirkland & Ellis. Before that he served as Executive Vice President and Corporate Counsel of Allied Capital Corporation.

Representative Clients and Transactions

Private Equity Sponsor Transactions

• ATL Partners on various M&A transactions, including:
  • the acquisition of Aero Accessories and related add-on acquisition of AOG Accessories
  • the acquisitions of GEOST, Ophir Corporation and Trident Systems to form LightRidge Solutions
  • the sale by ATL Partners and BCI of Pilot Freight Services to A.P. Moller-Maersk for $1.7 billion
  • the significant minority investment in Arrive Logistics
  • the acquisition by ATL Partners and BCI of Valence Surface Technologies and the related add-on acquisition of Fountain Plating
  • the acquisition of Global Critical Logistics (fka Rock-it Cargo) and related add-on acquisition of SOS Global
• Crestview Partners on various M&A transactions, including:
  • the acquisition of Smyth Companies
  • the acquisition of OneMagnify and the related add-on acquisitions of RXA, Splash Analytics and Guidance Solutions
  • the acquisition of AutoLenders
  • the formation of the SyBridge Technologies platform and various related acquisitions, including Concours Mold, Active Industrial, X-Cell, Pyramid, Action Tool, Cavaform, Wachusett Precision Tool and Fast Radius
  • the formation the of Convergix Automation Solutions platform and various related acquisitions, including JMP Solutions, Classic Design and Eagle Technologies
  • the acquisition of Elo Touch Solutions
  • the sale of JR Automation Technologies to Hitachi, Ltd. for $1.425 billion
  • the acquisition of Congruex
  • the acquisition of Accuride Corporation*
  • the acquisition of Stackpole International and its subsequent sale to Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.*
• MidOcean Partners and PSP Investments in the sale of Noranco Inc. to Precision Castparts Corp.*
• Crestview Partners and MidOcean Partners in the sale of OneLink Communications*
• MidOcean Partners in the acquisition of Water Pik, Inc.*
• MidOcean Partners in the acquisition of Jones & Frank*

Public Company Transactions

Various M&A transaction representations related to the power and energy sector, including:

• Essential Utilities in the sale of its portfolio of microgrid and district energy properties to Cordia
• Essential Utilities in the sale of its West Virginia gas utility business to Hope Gas
• Avista Corporation in its $5.3 billion sale to Hydro One Limited (deal terminated).
• Morgan Stanley, as financial advisor to Vivint Solar, in connection with Vivint Solar’s $3.2 billion merger with Sunrun Inc.
• WGL Holdings in its $6.4 billion sale to AltaGas, Ltd.*
• Questar Corporation in its $4.4 billion sale to Dominion Resources, Inc.*
• Piedmont Natural Gas in its $4.9 billion sale to Duke Energy*
• Hess Corporation in the sale of its hydrogen fuel cell business*

Other representative public company M&A transactions include:

• FTI Consulting in its acquisition of Delta Partners
• Welltower in its acquisition of the seniors housing properties of Holiday Retirement, a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group, and various joint venture matters
• Sagent Pharmaceuticals in its $750 million sale to Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical*
• Sagent Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Omega Laboratories*
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of SRA International, Inc. in its $1.9 billion going-private acquisition by Providence Equity Partners*

Mr. Fine graduated in 2000 from the University of Virginia School of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and of the Editorial Board of the Virginia Law Review.

*Engagements prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Capabilities

• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Power and Renewables
• Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

Credentials

Education:

• University of Virginia - 2000 Juris Doctor
• Duke University - 1994 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• District of Columbia Bar
• New York Bar