Introduction
Shaziah Singh works extensively in the M&A space, representing both public and private strategic buyers as well as sellers of privately held businesses. In the Private Equity and Family Office space, she advises investors, funds, and family offices in connection with direct/portfolio investments, portfolio companies, and exit transactions. Shaziah has particular experience in manufacturing, security services, behavioral health and food and beverage industries.
My focus
Mergers and Acquisitions
Throughout my career, I have advised a wide range of M&A clients, both strategic and financial, in acquisitions and divestitures that they are considering, with purchase prices ranging from very modest valuations to billions of dollars. In a recent transaction, I helped our public-company client carve-out and sell a business line to a private equity-backed acquirer for $900 million.
I represent clients in a variety of industries, with a particular emphasis on the food and beverage, behavioral health, manufacturing, medical devices, and security services verticals. In each transaction, I manage my NP team from the beginning of the deal to the closing, while always focusing on my clients’ business objectives.
Private Equity and Family Office
I represent private equity investors and family office clients in a variety of transactions, including managing corporate matters and exit and investment transactions. I also advise investors on the emerging opportunities created by name, image, and likeness (NIL) funding.
General Corporate Work
On an ongoing basis, I serve as outside general counsel for early- to late-stage companies, which includes assisting with corporate formation and governance items, executive and incentive compensation, commercial agreements, and other ongoing general corporate matters.
Representative experience
- Represented SAES Getters S.p.A. on the sale of its Nitinol business and, in particular, of the U.S. subsidiaries Memry Corporation and SAES Smart Materials, Inc., to Resonetics, LLC.
- Represented a New York limited partnership focused on reproductive endocrinology, fertility, and urology in the sale of 100% of the equity in the company.
- Represented Granite Recovery Centers, a New Hampshire-based operator of residential treatment facilities and sober homes, in its sale to BayMark Health Services, an addiction treatment business.
- Represented our client, Creo Capital Partners, in its acquisition of La Tortilla Factory Inc., a California corporation.
- Represented a Boston real estate investment firm in closing a transaction in which a Tokyo, Japan-based international financial services company acquired 100% of the partnership interests from one of the seller’s affiliate companies.
- Represented a productivity and risk management software company for multi-family asset managers who entered into an agreement in which all of their intellectual property for a certain part of the platform was purchased by a product engineering and software development company.
- Represented American Laboratory Products Company, Ltd., a specialty in vitro diagnostics company, with its sale through an LBO, as part of a majority recapitalization of the company by Ampersand Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm dedicated to growth-oriented investments in the healthcare sector.
- Represented a wholesale food company with an internal corporate reorganization where certain operating assets of our client’s business were transferred and contributed to a new legal entity and an entity that is under common control with our client.
- Represented a fund in a secondary GP-led restructuring transaction for up to 100% of the limited partnership interests of a private equity firm.
- Represented our client in connection with the purchase of 70% of a New Jersey-based LLC distributer of Italian foods and Italy’s largest producer of cooked and sliced hams and Italian meats.
Looking ahead
I expect to see an increase in transformational mergers and acquisitions. As the economy continues to diversify, thanks to the influence of technology, more companies are looking to expand their reach. Transformational mergers and acquisitions have the potential to reshape industry landscapes, disrupt conventional business practices, and open up access to new markets previously inaccessible to a company.
In the news
- FoodNavigator-USA
Mars could acquire Kellanova as part of portfolio overhaul, potentially signaling larger industry rebound in M&A activity
Aug 5, 2024This article covers Mars Inc.’s potential acquisition of Kellanova, which could signal a return to M&A activity in the food & beverage industry following a post-pandemic slowdown in deal flow. Following her appearance on the publication’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast, New York City Corporate counsel Shaziah Singh is quoted in this article, discussing her outlook that the food & beverage industry could see a major increase in M&A activity in the coming year or two, and that there could be an uptick in interest by strategics and private equity investors for healthier and premium brands, as well as weight management solutions.
- FoodNavigator-USA
Soup-to-Nuts podcast: How is the M&A landscape evolving for food & beverage?
June 24, 2024New York City Corporate counsel Shaziah Singh joined this podcast to discuss how the M&A landscape in the food & beverage industry is evolving in 2024, the factors that are influencing it, who is active, and her advice for both buyers and sellers looking for the best deal.
- The Deal
Rising stars: Nixon Peabody names Adkins partner
Jan 25, 2024This article highlights the recent elevations of Chicago Corporate partner Conrad Adkins and New York City Corporate counsel Matt Bobrow and Shaziah Singh.
- The Deal
Resonetics to acquire two SAES units
Dec 9, 2022The following article covers Resonetics LLC’s $900 million agreement to acquire Memry Corp. and SAES Smart Materials Inc. from NP client SAES Getters SpA. The article mentions Manchester partner and Private Equity & Family Offices team leader Phil Taub and Boston partner Amy O’Keefe, both of the Corporate group, for leading the NP team representing SAES Getters on U.S. legal matters. The team also includes Chicago partner and Global Finance co-leader Rob Drobnak; Corporate partners Alexandra Lopez-Casero and Thomas McCord from Boston, Andrew Share from Manchester, and Sean Clancy from Washington, DC; Affordable Housing & Real Estate partners Mark Beaudoin from Manchester and Alison Torbitt from San Francisco; Boston Labor & Employment partner Jeff Gilbreth; Rochester Intellectual Property partner Kristen Walsh; Washington, DC Complex Disputes partner and Antitrust leader Gordon Lang; Manchester Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense partner Mark Knights; Rochester counsel and Cybersecurity & Privacy deputy leader Jenny Holmes; Boston Corporate counsel David Crosby; Washington, DC Complex Disputes counsel Brian Whittaker; Albany Affordable Housing & Finance counsel Dana Stanton; Corporate associates Shaziah Singh from New York, Anthony Bova from Boston, Corey Habib from Manchester, and Hrishikesh Shah from Chicago; and Manchester Corporate department attorney Dave Zimmermann.
- New Hampshire Union Leader
Granite Recovery Centers acquired by Texas company
This article on BayMark Health Services’ acquisition of Granite Recovery Centers mentions NP for the work by Manchester partner and Private Equity practice leader Phil Taub, Washington DC partner and Tax practice co-leader Sean Clancy, and New York City partner Rachel Pugliese and associate Shaziah Singh, all of the Corporate group, for advising Granite Recovery Centers.Jan 5, 2022 - Behavioral Health Business
BayMark Health expands SUD treatment footprint with purchase of Granite Recovery Centers
This article on BayMark Health Services’ acquisition of Granite Recovery Centers mentions NP for the work by Manchester partner and Private Equity practice leader Phil Taub, Washington DC partner and Tax practice co-leader Sean Clancy, and New York City partner Rachel Pugliese and associate Shaziah Singh, all of the Corporate group, for advising Granite Recovery Centers.Dec 23, 2021 - Affordable Housing Finance
Boston Financial Completes Boston Capital Acquisition
In this article on the acquisition of NP client Boston Capital’s low-income housing tax credit fund portfolio by Boston Financial Investment Management, the firm was mentioned for the work by New York City Corporate partner Dick Langan and associates Shaziah Singh and Vincent Tennant.Dec 29, 2020
Admitted to practice
New York
Ohio
Education
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
University of Michigan, B.S.
Recognition
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2025, through a peer-review survey, in Corporate Law and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2024
- Named to the Lawyers of Color “Hot List” for 2022
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