Richard Rowe is an associate in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Global Corporate/M&A Group.
Primary Focus & Experience
Mr. Rowe advises public and private companies on domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers, other acquisition structures, minority investments, joint ventures and other complex transactions.
Representative transactions include:
- Transform Holdco LLC in the $1 billion sale of its Innovel distribution business to Costco Wholesale Corporation and $200 million sale of its DieHard brand to Advance Auto Parts, Inc.*
- Univar Inc. in its $1 billion acquisition of Nexeo Solutions, Inc. and its subsequent $640 million sale of Nexeo’s plastics business.*
- Constellium N.V. in its acquisition of UACJ Corporation’s interest in their auto body sheet joint venture.*
- Designer Brands Inc. in $375 million acquisition with a co-investor of the Camuto Group business.*
- Constellium SE in the movement of its corporate seat from the Netherlands to France.*
- United Technologies Corporation in its $1 billion sale of The Taylor Company to Middleby Corporation.*
- CardConnect Corp. in its $750 million acquisition by First Data Corporation.*
- CBS Corporation in the $1.5 billion sale of its CBS Radio business to Entercom Communications Corporation.*
- Presidio, Inc. in its initial public offering at a $1.3 billion valuation.*
*Matter completed prior to joining Milbank.
Recognition & Accomplishments
Mr. Rowe earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review, and a B.S. in Foreign Service and M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University. Prior to joining Milbank, Mr. Rowe served as a deputy director at the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Investment Security, where he led reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) of national security risk posed by foreign investments in the United States. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Rowe served as an armor officer in the United States Army.
