Aaron J. Rigby

AARON RIGBY’s practice focuses on complex corporate and transactional matters involving the representation of private equity and financial sponsors and corporate clients (both public and private companies) in connection with acquisitions, leveraged transactions, divestitures and investments, including in the healthcare and technology industries. Aaron also routinely advises clients in the formation of joint ventures and corporate governance matters.

Aaron has been recognized for his practice and was named a “Texas Rising Star” by Super Lawyers for multiple years. Prior to law school, Aaron served on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Navy, completing two deployments to the Middle East. In addition, he serves as co-chair of the firm’s Pro Bono and Interest Law Committee in Dallas. Aaron is also a board member of Carry The Load, a non-profit organization that honors the sacrifices made by members of the military, law enforcement, firefighters, first responders, and their families.

Representative Engagements:

• Darling Ingredients Inc. – (NYSE: DAR) – carveout divestiture of its collagen and gelatin manufacturing business, and formation of a joint venture with Tessenderlo Group, a Belgium public company, to form a multinational platform in the health, wellness, and nutrition sectors; represented Darling in multiple additional multi-billion dollar acquisitions and divestitures, and general M&A and corporate matters, including (among other transactions) the formation of a joint venture for the development and commercialization of products involving the bioconversion of black soldier flies.
• Access Healthcare – represented the leading revenue cycle management technology platform in its growth investment from affiliates of New Mountain Capital, LLC.
• Flip, Inc. – represented the social and live e-commerce platform in its acquisition of Curated, Inc., a developer of a collaborative shopping platform.
• Kuvare Asset Management/ Kuvare UK Holdings – US$1 billion sale of Kuvare Asset Management to Blue Owl Capital (including potential earnout), and US$250 million preferred equity investment by Blue Owl in Kuvare Holdings; represented Kuvare in a preferred equity issuance to GSO Capital Partners (the credit division of the Blackstone Group).
• Victory Live, Inc (Clearlake Capital Group) – an event management and ticketing technology platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of Ticket Evolution Inc., an end-to-end software provider for the event ticketing industry, and its acquisition of Logitix from private equity firm ZMC.
  
• DaVita Inc. – carveout acquisition from Medtronic (and subsequent joint venture) of its kidney care-focused medical device product line and related manufacturing facilities and assets across more than 30 countries; also represented DaVita in its carveout acquisitions from four separate businesses from Fresenius Medical Care in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador that included more than 270 clinics.
  
• Tenyx Inc. – a Palo-Alto based startup and developer of AI-powered voice agents that create natural and engaging conversational experiences, in its sale to Salesforce, a leading cloud-based CRM software.
• Fleming Insurance Holdings (a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners) – US$277 million acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Company (JRG Re).
• Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV) – US$2.7 billion acquisition of the Advanced Sterilization Products business from Ethicon, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson; acquisition of Censis Technologies Inc., a SaaS-based provider of inventory management in the surgical field, from The Riverside Company.
• Langhorne Holdings – formation and launch of the Bermuda-based global acquisition platform targeting life and annuity business, sponsored by RGA and RenaissanceRe, including Langhorne’s initial equity raise in excess of US$780 million; the Langhorne formation was named “Launch of the Year” at the 2018 Reactions North America Awards.
• Altamont Capital Partners – acquisition of Topa Insurance Group, a specialty P&C insurance carrier and producer.
• New Residential Investment Corp. (a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group LLC) – US$1.2 billion acquisition of residential mortgage servicing rights and related assets from Ditech Holding Corp. and Ditech Financial LLC. as part of Ditech’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan of reorganization, including the acquisition of forward Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae, and nonagency mortgage servicing rights that collectively had an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately US$62 billion.
• Roche Molecular Systems (a member of the Roche Group) – acquisition of Ariosa Diagnostics Inc., a molecular diagnostics company that manufactures prenatal tests for fetal health.
• Genentech Inc. (a member of the Roche Group) – US$1.725 billion acquisition of Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures next-generation oral selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDs) for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
• SAS Capital and Susie A. Smith – sale of a one-third interest in KSA Industries, Inc., the indirect owner of the Tennessee Titans NFL franchise, and other related entities.
• Dell Inc. – multiple acquisitions and divestitures, including acquisition of StatSoft, Inc., a developer of analytics software products and solutions; sale of the MessageOne software platform, an email management, archiving, and business continuity service.
• Ashmore Dental Group – multiple acquisitions of independently-owned dental offices and general corporate governance matters.
• IQBody LLC – general corporate matters, including formation and development and launch of physical fitness and related recovery products.
• Heritage Life Insurance Company – acquisition of Professional Life & Casualty Company.
• MHR Fund Management – multiple acquisitions and general corporate matters.
• Hunt Realty Investments (a subsidiary of Hunt Consolidated) – in its sale of the Akard Street Partners real estate portfolio to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• PRA Group (Nasdaq: PRAA) – multiple acquisitions, including companies engaged in payment processing, servicing and collecting proceeds from bankruptcy claims, secured or unsecured consumer credit card accounts, and consumer loans.
• Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (f/k/a Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc) – multiple acquisitions and general corporate matters; including the acquisition of a residential mortgage servicing platform (and related assets) from Seneca Mortgage Servicing LLC.
• Kinder Morgan Inc. – US$38 billion acquisition of El Paso Corporation, owner of North America’s most extensive interstate natural gas pipeline system, creating, when consummated, one of the largest energy companies in the world; acquisition from Crosstex Energy, L.P. of its oilfield services business.
• LIN TV Corp./ LIN Media LLC – conversion of a public corporation to a public limited liability company; disposition of a joint venture interest to NBCUniversal.
• Trimble Navigation Limited – multiple acquisitions, including acquisition of SketchUp software division from Google Inc., a computer-aided design software platform used in the architecture industry; acquisition of PeopleNet Communications Corporation, provider of Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems; acquisition of TMW Systems, a trucking fleet and transportation management software provider.
• Abraaj Capital Limited – acquisition through a newly-formed joint venture with Viking Services of an oilfield services company from TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.
• Texas Rangers Baseball Partners – disposition through bankruptcy of Major League Baseball team; restructuring of related assets.
• Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Hockey Club – acquisition and subsequent disposition of National Hockey League team.
• Multiple representations advising clients regarding joint ventures, intercompany services arrangements, and other corporate governance and structuring matters. 

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

• Carry the Load, Board of Directors member
• Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Committee, Dallas co-chair
• SMU Dedman School of Law, Community Fellow, and Emerging Leaders Board member