Morgan D. McDevitt
Partner, Corporate & Financial Services
Morgan D. McDevitt is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. Morgan’s practice spans a variety of industries and includes advising private equity firms and public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and other business combinations (both domestic and cross-border), venture financings, joint ventures and general corporate matters.
Morgan was recognized in The Deal’s “Top Rising Stars: Class of 2021.”
Experience
- Alleghany Corporation in its $11.6 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
- Genstar and ISS in the sale of ISS to Deutsche Börse AG
- NXMH BV in its acquisition of Whitebridge Pet Brands from Frontenac
- AlixPartners in its acquisitions of Freeh Group International Solutions, Zolfo Cooper, Matrix Economics and Galt & Company
- FIS in its merger with Worldpay
Private Equity*
- Garnett Station Partners in its acquisition of Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming
- PAI Partners in connection with its $3.3 billion acquisition of Tropicana, Naked and other select juice brands across North America from PepsiCo, Inc.
- Insight Partners in its minority investments in Calm.com, TradingView, Inc. and Seated
- Insight Partners in its control investment in 6sense Insights
- Court Square Capital Partners in the acquisition of Medical Knowledge Group, J. Knipper & Company, and Data Axle (f/k/a Infogroup Inc.)
- Court Square Capital Partners in the merger of Research Now and Survey Sampling International, global providers of data solutions and technology for online market research, to form Dynata
- Dynata, a portfolio company of Court Square Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Reimagine Holdings Group
- A family office in the acquisition of a premium watch and accessories brand
Asset Management*
- AIG in the sale of its retail mutual funds business to Touchstone Investments
- MetLife, Inc. in its acquisition of Logan Circle Partners from Fortress Investment Group
- Tiedemann Wealth Management in its merger with Presidio Capital Partners
- Tiedemann Wealth Management in its acquisition of Threshold Group
Energy*
- Buckeye Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of 20 liquids storage marine terminals from Hess
- Buckeye Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of 33 refined petroleum products terminals from BP
- D.E. Shaw’s renewable energy fund in its acquisition of a 20 MW solar-power electric generating facility in development
Pharma and Biotech*
- Actin Biomed in the sale of Foresight Biotherapeutics to Shire plc
- Perrigo Company in the sale of its active pharmaceutical ingredient business to SK Capital
Media and Technology*
- Warner Media in its acquisition of Legendary Analytics
- Pearson plc in its sale of PowerSchool to Vista Equity Partners
*Morgan advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
Cornell Law School, J.D., 2009 Colby College, B.A., 2000