Jennifer L. Sabin

Jennifer Sabin is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She represents clients in a broad range of domestic and international tax matters, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions (public and private), spin-offs, joint ventures, financings, and restructurings. Her practice also includes formation of, and transactions undertaken by, private equity, hedge funds, and asset managers. In addition, Ms. Sabin advises on various aspects of information reporting, including matters relating to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Jennifer received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2011 from The University of Pennsylvania Law School. She received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in History from Yale University in 2006.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, she was an associate in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Jennifer is admitted to practice in the State of New York.

Significant representations include:*

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Elliott Investment Management L.P.  in its:
  • $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen Holdings plc
  • Joint $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix Systems, Inc., a cloud computing and virtualization technology company, with Vista Equity Partners
  • Acquisition of Travelport Worldwide Limited, a travel technology company by affiliates of Siris Capital Group and Evergreen Coast Capital Group
• Pioneer Natural Resources in its US$64.5B merger with ExxonMobil
• An affiliate of Aurora Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Sharps Compliance Corp
• Quad-C Management, Inc., in its of acquisition of Christie’s International Real Estate
• Aurora Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Parker Food Group
• Mondelez International, Inc., in its acquisition of energy bar maker, Clif Bar
• Phillips66, as special tax counsel on the realignment of its economic and governance interests in DCP Midstream, LP and Gray Oak Pipeline, LLC through the merger of existing joint ventures owned with Enbridge Inc.
• Platinum Equity, in an agreement to merge its portfolio company Sigura with Solenis
• The Kraft Heinz Company, in its joint venture with TheNotCompany, Inc., a leading food tech start-up focused on plant-based food products
• Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc. in its:
  • $1.5 billion acquisition of Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, LLC*
  • $440 million acquisition of Nelson Fastener Systems*
  • the sale of its automatic doors business, Access Technologies, to Allegion plc
• Zip Co. Limited, an Australian public company, in its acquisition of QuadPay*
• Pfizer, Inc. in its joint venture with GSK to combine their respective consumer healthcare businesses*
• The Middleby Corporation in its:
  • $1 billion acquisition of the Taylor Company from United Technologies*
  • $200 million acquisition of AGA Rangemaster Group plc*
• Joyson Safety Systems (f.k.a. Key Safety Systems) in its acquisition of the global assets of Takata Corporation*
• Janus Capital Group, Inc. in its merger-of-equals with Henderson Group plc to form a new company called Janus Henderson Global Investors plc*
• NFP Corp. in its acquisition of BWD Group LLC*

Financings

• Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc. in its:
  • $750 million aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-fixed reset rate junior subordinated debentures*
  • $675 million offering of equity units, consisting of cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock and forward purchase contracts*
• KAR Auction Services, Inc. in its placement of $550 million in newly issued perpetual convertible preferred stock*
• Party City Holdco Inc. in its bond exchange and new money financing*
• Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners in the UP-C IPO of GreenSky, Inc.*
• BeiGene, Ltd. (China) in its initial public offering*

Fund Work

• Various domestic and international investment advisers and limited partners in connection with forming and investing in hedge funds, private equity funds, and managed accounts*

*Representations were made by Jennifer prior to her association with Gibson Dunn.

Capabilities

• Tax
• Capital Markets
• Investment Funds
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Credentials

Education:

• University of Pennsylvania - 2011 Juris Doctor
• Yale University - 2006 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar