Michael Arnold Speaks at Northwestern’s 2022 Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate & Securities Law and Corporate Counsel Institute

On August 4, 2022, Atlas Air, a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo together with investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital in an all‑cash transaction with an enterprise valuation of approximately $5.2 billion. Cravath is representing Atlas Air in connection with the transaction.

Cravath represented Vaxxinity, Inc. in connection with its initial public offering. Vaxxinity is a U.S.‑based global biotechnology company pioneering a new class of immunotherapeutic vaccines to democratize health. Shares began trading on November 11, 2021 on The Nasdaq Global Market.

Cravath represented IsoPlexis Corporation in connection with its $125 million initial public offering of common stock. IsoPlexis Corporation is a life sciences company building solutions to accelerate the development of curative medicines and personalized therapeutics. The shares were listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. The transaction closed on October 12, 2021.

On March 18, 2021, National Grid plc (“National Grid”) announced that it has agreed to acquire Western Power Distribution, the UK’s largest electricity distribution business, from PPL Corporation (“PPL”) for an equity value of £7.8 billion, and that National Grid has agreed to sell The Narragansett Electric Company, Rhode Island’s largest electricity transmission and distribution service provider, to PPL for an equity value of $3.8 billion. Cravath is representing National Grid in connection with the transactions.