Arthur E. Adler

ARTHUR ADLER focuses his practice on representing clients in corporate matters, including public mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance, leadership transitions, and shareholder activism matters.

Arthur holds an LL.M., magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law; a master’s degree from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University; an LL.M. and Graduate Diploma in Law from The University of Law; and a BSc in economics from University College London. While attending Duke University School of Law, Arthur served as an editor of the Duke Law Journal of Comparative and International Law.

Arthur is fluent in French.

While many matters remain private, past representative engagements include:

Shareholder Activism

• lululemon in connection with its cooperation agreement with Chip Wilson.
• Quanterix in connection with its cooperation agreement with Kent Lake.
• National Vision in connection with its cooperation agreement with Engine Capital.
• nCino in connection with its cooperation agreement with HMI Capital.
• Oportun Financial in connection with its cooperation agreement with Findell Capital.
• BJ’s Restaurants in connection with its cooperation agreements with Fund 1 Investments and PW Partners.
• Medallion Financial in its proxy contest defense against ZimCal.
• Alkermes in its proxy contest defense against Sarissa.

Mergers and Acquisitions and Hostile Takeovers

• Genco Shipping & Trading in defense of an unsolicited tender offer and proxy contest by Diana Shipping.
• Beacon Roofing Supply in defense of an unsolicited tender offer and proxy contest by QXO.
• The special committee of the board of directors of Purple in defense of an unsolicited takeover proposal and proxy contest by Coliseum Capital.
• Archimed Group in its $1.1 billion take-private acquisition of Esperion Therapeutics.
• Garage Beer in its strategic growth investment from Durational Capital Management.
• Lineage in the $247 million acquisition of multiple, existing cold storage warehouses and related assets from Tyson Foods.
• The special committee of the board of directors of Nordstrom in its $6.25 billion acquisition by certain members of the Nordstrom family and El Puerto de Liverpool.
• TowerBrook in the acquisition of CBTS from altafiber.
• A number of financial institutions in connection with buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments.

Governance

• Advice to boards and companies on board structure, governance, leadership transitions, shareholder proposals, reincorporations, and other topics.