Overview
Vanessa Tarpos is Of Counsel in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Vanessa advises public and private companies, private equity firms, and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and other complex corporate transactions. In addition, she regularly advises clients in other corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance, SEC reporting obligations and disclosure issues, corporate preparedness, and general corporate and commercial matters.
Vanessa has substantial transactional involvement across numerous industries, including industrials, healthcare, media and entertainment, technology, insurance, and retail.
Vanessa has also regularly counseled companies on issuances of investment-grade and high-yield indebtedness, financing of M&A transactions, negotiation and execution of rights, and liquidity transactions for public stakes and other capital markets-related transactions.
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2015
- Auburn University, B.A., (summa cum laude), 2012
Representations
- Artemis Real Estate Partners, an $11 billion-plus diversified real estate investment firm, in its pending acquisition by Barings LLC
- Express Scripts in its $67 billion acquisition by Cigna
- WABCO Holdings Inc. in its $7 billion acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
- Leidos Holdings, Inc. in its $1.65 billion acquisition of DYHC, Inc., the parent company of Dynetics, Inc.
- CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. in its $665 million sale of certain assets in Kosmos Cement Company, a joint venture, to Eagle Materials Inc.
- Permira Funds in its sale of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments to Berkshire Partners
- HPS Investment Partners LLC in its acquisition of Citadel Servicing Corporation
- Veritas Capital and its portfolio companies in a variety of acquisitions
- BuzzFeed, Inc. in its acquisition of the HuffPost business from Verizon Media
- Wenner Media in various transactions and corporate matters, including in Penske Media Corporation’s strategic investment in the company
- Pfizer Inc. in its $1 billion sale of Hospira Infusion Systems to ICU Medical, Inc.
- Google, Inc.’s $625 million acquisition of Apigee software company
- Elon Musk in connection with financing matters related to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as well as Twitter in connection with certain financing matters
- Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte. Ltd. in its $31 billion offering of notes in eight tranches
- BlackRock, Inc. in connection with financing matters related to its $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
- JAB Holding Company and Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. in its secondary offering of shares of common stock
- Cardinal Health in its offerings of $650 million 5.125% notes due 2029 and $500 million 5.450% notes due 2034
- Affiliated Managers Group in its offering of $400 million 6.750% junior subordinated notes due 2064
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings