Scott Golenbock

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Golenbock’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate and securities law matters, and he has been involved in negotiated and hostile acquisitions, cross-border transactions, divestitures, joint ventures, spin-offs, corporate restructurings and corporate governance matters. He has advised public and private companies in a variety of industries, including energy, health care, technology, financial services, retail, hospitality and gaming, as well as financial sponsors.

Some of his notable representations include:

• AMSURG, a leader in ambulatory surgery center services, operating a network of more than 250 surgery centers nationwide, in its $3.9 billion sale to Ascension Health
• LS Power in its $12 billion sale of its portfolio of natural gas generation facilities and a commercial and industrial virtual power plant platform to NRG Energy
• Pzena Investment Management in the successful completion of its going-private transaction
• SEACOR Holdings in its $1 billion sale to an affiliate of American Industrial Partners and numerous other transactions, including the successful formation and launch of Fairwater Holdings, a joint venture between SEACOR and Crowley
• Molina Healthcare in its $600 million acquisition of Brand New Day and Central Health Plan from Bright Health Group, as well as its acquisitions of Affinity Health Plan, MyChoice Wisconsin and AgeWell New York
• Vantage Drilling International Ltd. in its merger with Eldorado Drilling AS
• Skyloom Global in its sale to IonQ
• Knighthead Capital Management in the strategic partnership between LEGACY MOTOR CLUB, a NASCAR racing team, and Knighthead
• Susquehanna International Group in connection with its new joint venture with Robinhood Markets to acquire MIAX Derivatives Exchange
• ORBCOMM, a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, in its $1.1 billion sale to GI Partners
• PENN Entertainment in the $1 billion acquisition of the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit with VICI Properties and its $360 million acquisition of Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
• Mercuria Energy Group in its $340 million acquisition of the North America gas and power business of Noble Group and its acquisition of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network
• Era Group in its all-stock combination with Bristow Group
• Revlon in its $870 million acquisition of Elizabeth Arden
• Nabors in the $1.4 billion spin-off and merger of its completion and production services business with C&J Energy Services and its $216 million acquisition of Tesco Corporation
• Hudson Executive Investment Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Hudson Executive Capital LP, in connection with its $1.4 billion combination with Talkspace, a digital and virtual behavioral healthcare company
• Affinitas, which operates premium dating platforms such as EliteSingles, in its cross-border, all-stock combination with Spark Networks, owner of specialized online communities such as JDate and ChristianMingle
• The special committee of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited in Genco’s acquisition of Baltic Trading Limited
• Magazina Luiza in its acquisition of online retailer Netshoes, in the face of hostile bids from third parties following an agreed transaction
• HudBay Minerals in its $510 million hostile acquisition of Augusta Resources
• PENN Entertainment in the separation and spin-off of its real property assets as a REIT
• Kering in its $600 million acquisition of Volcom and the $740 million sale of its Redcats USA businesses
• Alibaba Group in a transaction with Yahoo! and SoftBank to restructure control of Alibaba Group’s former Alipay.com subsidiary
• Ventas in its $7.4 billion acquisition of Nationwide Health Properties, its $3.1 billion acquisition of Atria Senior Living’s senior housing portfolio and the formation of a joint venture that later acquired the rest of Atria Senior Living
• Morgan Stanley in the formation of its Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture with Citigroup and its subsequent acquisition of Citigroup’s stake

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Golenbock graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2005, where he served as a senior editor of The Yale Law Journal.

Mr. Golenbock has been recognized by The Legal 500, IFLR Notable Practitioner, and Super Lawyers. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School, where he teaches a course on Mergers and Acquisitions.