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