Jermaine Scott Cherry

Mergers and Acquisitions

• AbbVie in its proposed $8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics
• Old Republic in its proposed sale of Republic Mortgage Insurance Company (RMIC) and its subsidiaries
• L Catterton and its portfolio company, RealTruck, Inc. in its acquisition of Mountain Top
• Allwyn AG, Europe’s leading lottery operator, in its pending acquisition of Camelot Lottery Solutions from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
• Vista Equity Partners in its $4.6 billion acquisition of KnowBe4
• Centerbridge Partners on a $315 million equity funding round for Pie Insurance
• Bain Capital Insurance in its investment in Aptia
• Charter Communications in its 50/50 joint venture with Comcast Corporation to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded 4K streaming devices and smart TVs
• Metromile in its acquisition by Lemonade through an all-stock merger transaction
• ADTRAN in its combination with ADVA
• Butterfly in its acquisition of a majority stake in Chosen Foods
• Apax Partners in its sale of a majority stake in Boats Group to Permira
• Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of TranSystems Corporation
• ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp III, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.3 billion business combination with Nautilus Biotechnologies, Inc.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $7 billion acquisition of Focus Financial Partners
• Altas Partners in its acquisition of Unified Women’s Healthcare

Governance

• Lee Enterprises in response to an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Alden Global Capital and in its successful defense of an attempted proxy contest by Alden

Capital Markets

• loanDepot, Inc., the second largest retail non-bank lender in the United States and leading retail mortgage lender, in its initial public offering
• AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan

Debt Finance

• Abry Partners in its acquisition of Cardinal Memorial Holdings LLC
• TA Associates Management in its acquisition of Radiant Logic

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2019

Business Banking – Relationship Manager, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., 2011–2017