Demetrius A. Warrick

DEMETRIUS WARRICK focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, and general corporate law. He provides comprehensive legal counsel to both public and private clients on a wide array of corporate matters, including strategic acquisitions, divestitures, auctions, strategic investments, reorganizations, financial advisor engagements, and joint ventures. Demetrius also represents private equity sponsors and other private capital investors, as well as their portfolio companies, in connection with complex transactions including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and general corporate matters.

In addition, Demetrius has extensive experience representing companies in matters related to shareholder activism, takeover preparedness, unsolicited proposals, contested proxy solicitations, and other contests for corporate control.

His work has gained him recognition in various industry publications. Demetrius has been ranked in Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in New York Corporate M&A: Takeover Defense (2024–2025) and was named one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers” for M&A – Sports (2025). He was listed as a “Notable Black Leader” by Crain’s New York Business (2024), a “Rising Star” by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (2023), and a “Diversity Initiative Winner” by the New York Law Journal (2023).

• Revance Therapeutics in connection with several transactions, including its:
  
  • Merger with Crown Laboratories.
  • Amendment to its commercial agreement with Teoxane S.A.
• Dentsply Sirona in connection with several transactions and corporate matters, including its:
  • Acquisition of Byte.
  • Acquisition of Propel Orthodontics.
  • Strategic investment in a dental supply company.
• Mars, Incorporated in connection with numerous transactions and corporate matters, including its:
  • Acquisition Champion Petfoods.
  • Acquisition of Pet Partners.
  • Disposition of its private label pet food business.
• IAC in its acquisition of Care.com.
• OceanSound Partners and its portfolio companies in connection with several transactions, including:
  • OceanSound’s acquisition of a majority stake in Lynx Software Technologies.
  • Lynx’s acquisitions of Timesys, CoreAVI and Thompson Software Solutions.
• Waldencast Acquisition Corp. in connection with its business combination transaction with Obagi Cosmeceuticals and Milk Makeup.
• NextGen Acquisition Corp. II in connection with its business combination transaction with Virgin Orbit.
• NextGen Acquisition Corp. in connection with its business combination transaction with Xos Inc.
• Hg in connection with numerous transactions, including its:
  • Acquisition of Litera Microsystems.
  • Investment in Insight Software (alongside TA Associates).
• ECI Software Solutions, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Shoptech Industrial Software Corp.
• Intel Corporation in connection with its joint venture with TPG Capital, L.P. to form an independent cybersecurity company called McAfee.
• Social Finance (SoFi) in connection with various transactions, including its acquisition of a U.S. technology company.
• Freyr Battery in connection with its cooperation agreement with Teknovekst Invest AS.
• A major logistics company in connection with various corporate governance matters and shareholder activism defense.
• CoreLogic Inc. in connection with its acquisition by funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners.
• An education loan management and business processing solutions company in its proxy fight and settlement.
• Pier 1 Imports, Inc. in connection with various matters.
• PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab in connection with its participation in a consortium to acquire owner/operator of parking real estate.
• The Howard Gilman Foundation in connection with its sale of the Gilman Companies.
• Aurinia Pharmaceuticals in connection with its successful proxy contest against dissident ILJIN SNT.
• Lumber Liquidators in connection with various matters, including its response to an unsolicited proposal and proxy contest.
• Fox Sports Network in connection with various matters, including:
  • Joint venture arrangements between Major League Baseball and regional sports networks.
  • Its acquisition of a U.S. sports technology platform.
• Harland Clarke Holding Corp. in connection with various matters, including its sale of Faneuil, Inc.
• Dean Foods Company in connection with its sale of Morningstar Foods.
• Thomas Properties Group Inc. in connection with its merger with Parkway Properties Inc.

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