Laura L. Delanoy
Partner, Corporate & Financial Services
Laura L. Delanoy is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the Firm's Environmental, Social & Governance practice. She has experience in mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies and in capital markets transactions involving public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
Laura was recognized by The American Lawyer as one of its 2024 “Dealmakers of the Year.” She was also named as a Crain’s New York Business “Notable Women in Law” in 2022 and as a Law360 “Rising Star” in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions in 2014.
Experience
- AIG in the sale of its global individual personal travel insurance and assistance business to Zurich Insurance Group for $600 million plus additional earn-out consideration
- Arch Insurance North America on its $450 million acquisition of Allianz’s U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses
- American Family Insurance Group in the sale of a majority stake in the attorney-in-fact of Trusted Resource Underwriters Exchange to funds managed by Gallatin Point Capital
- Blue Wolf Capital Partners in its approximately $1.2 billion take-private acquisition of LOGISTEC Corporation
- Metropolis Technologies, Inc. in its approximately $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of SP Plus Corporation
- Blue Wolf Capital Partners in its acquisition of Sterling Site Access Solutions
- Essent Group, Ltd., a mortgage guaranty insurance and reinsurance provider, in its acquisitions of Agents National Title Holding Company and Boston National Holdings LLC
- Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to Horizon Therapeutics in its $27.8 billion acquisition by Amgen
- Alleghany Corporation in its $11.6 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America in its minority investment in, and strategic partnership with, HPS, and in its transaction with Talcott Resolution pursuant to which Talcott reinsured approximately $7.4 billion in variable annuity liabilities
- Curtis Instruments in its sale to Kohler Co.
- Capital Senior Living in financing transactions with Conversant Capital, raising a total of $154.8 million and successfully ending a proxy contest commenced by Ortelius Advisors
- CMA CGM Group in its $2.3 billion acquisition of Fenix Marine Services, one of the largest U.S. port terminals
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Blockcap, Inc. in connection with Blockcap's acquisition by Core Scientific Holding Co.
- Fidelity National Financial, Inc., the nation's largest title insurance company, in its acquisition of FGL Holdings for $2.7 billion
- AIG in its sale of a 76.6 percent interest in Fortitude RE to The Carlyle Group and T&D Holdings for approximately $1.8 billion
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of EMC Insurance Group Inc. in connection with Employers Mutual Casualty Company's $356 million acquisition of all of the remaining shares of EMCI
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. in the sale of AmTrust to Stone Point Capital, the CEO and the Karfunkel Family for an equity value of $2.95 billion
- Assurant, Inc. in its $2.5 billion acquisition of The Warranty Group
- Alleghany Corporation in the sale of its subsidiary Pacific Compensation Insurance Company to CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Company
- Allstate in its $1.43 billion acquisition of SquareTrade
- Level 3 Communications in:
- Level 3’s $34 billion sale to CenturyLink
- Level 3’s $7.3 billion acquisition of tw telecom
- Level 3’s $3 billion acquisition of Global Crossing
- Level 3’s $1.4 billion acquisition of Broadwing
- MetLife in the sale of its national distribution sales force
- Men's Wearhouse in its rejection of the $2.3 billion unsolicited buyout bid from Jos. A Bank Clothiers, Inc. and in its subsequent $1.8 billion acquisition of Jos. A. Bank
- Homesite Group, Inc. in its sale to American Family Insurance
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in connection with Taro's proposed buyout by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- Cowen Group in its acquisitions of LaBranche & Co., Concept Capital Markets and Conifer Securities, LLC, and Ramius LLC in its business combination with Cowen Group, Inc.
Credentials
Education
Yale Law School, J.D., 1999 Princeton University, A.B., 1996