Amanda Gill

Partner
Amanda Gill
New York
+1 212 459 7181
Amanda Gill is a partner in Goodwin’s Public M&A / Corporate Governance practice and Life Sciences group. She advises clients on public and private company mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, carve-outs, and other significant transactions, including private equity and venture capital transactions. She also advises clients on activist defense and corporate governance matters. Amanda represents a wide range of clients from a number of industries, including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, technology, healthcare, financial services and consumer and retail.

Experience

  • Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its pending sale to AstraZeneca
  • Harpoon Therapeutics in its sale to Merck
  • Amedisys, Inc. in its combination with Optum*
  • The special committee of Duck Creek Technologies’ board of directors in connection with Duck Creek’s take-private sale to Vista Equity Partners*
  • Resolute Forest Products in its sale to The Paper Excellence Group through the Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Domtar Corporation*
  • CDK Global in its sale to Brookfield Business Partners*
  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of CyrusOne*
  • QTS Realty in its sale to Blackstone*
  • Impax Laboratories, Inc. in its business combination with Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC to form Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the fifth largest generics business in the United States*
  • Kraft Foods Group Inc. in its merger with H.J. Heinz Company to create The Kraft Heinz Company* 
  • LSC Communications, Inc. in its merger with Quad/Graphics, Inc.*
  • Terumo Corporation (Japan) in its acquisition of certain vascular closure product lines and access technologies from Abbott Laboratories and St. Jude Medical*
  • United Rentals, Inc. in its acquisition of Neff Corporation*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

  • IBM in its acquisition of Apptio, Inc. from Vista Equity Partners*
  • Aptiv PLC in its acquisition of Wind River from TPG Capital* 
  • The Kraft Heinz Company in its sale of its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to Groupe Lactalis*
  • Baker Hughes in its formation of its global offshore drilling joint venture to Akastor*
  • American Express in its:
    • Sale of its Costco co-branded credit card portfolio to Citibank N.A.*
    • Acquisition of Citibank N.A.’s Hilton co-branded credit card portfolio*
  • ASGN Incorporated in its acquisition of Skyris, LLC*
  • Axel Springer in its acquisition of Business Insider* 
  • Bank of Nova Scotia in its sale of Scotiabank de Puerto Rico and its Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands operations to Oriental Bank*
  • Booking Holdings, Inc. in its million private investment together with GIC in Yanolja, the largest online travel platform in South Korea*
  • CNH Industrial N.V. in its European joint venture with Nikola Corporation to develop and distribute cab-over hydrogen fuel-cell and battery-electric heavy-duty trucks*
  • HSBC in its referral arrangement with UBS AG related to relationship managers and clients in HSBC’s Latin America Private Banking business* 
  • Impax Laboratories, Inc. in its acquisition of a broad portfolio of generic products from Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. And certain affiliates of Allergan plc*
  • LSC Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of the Print Logistics component of RRD’s Logistics business*
  • Sprout Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International*
  • United Rentals, Inc. in its:
    • Acquisition of NES Rentals Holdings II, Inc.*
    • Acquisition of BakerCorp International Holdings, Inc.*
    • Acquisition of BlueLine Rental from Platinum Equity*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

Professional Activities

Amanda is a member of the American Bar Association.

During law school, Amanda was the Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining Goodwin, Amanda was a counsel in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Paul, Weiss.

Credentials

Education

JD2014

University of Virginia School of Law

BA2011

Duke University

(summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions

Bars

  • New York