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Samuel E. Worth

Associate

Samuel E. Worth counsels both private and publicly held companies on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters. Sam focuses on US and multijurisdictional corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, private equity transactions, carve-outs, spinoffs, strategic investments, and minority investments. Sam represents clients across a range of industries, including retail, manufacturing/consumer goods, and life sciences, and also advises clients on general corporate and governance matters.

Sam has been recognized for his work by The Best Lawyers in America® (Corporate Law) since 2023.

Within the firm, Sam serves on the Recruiting Committee for the New York office. 

Pro bono work is also an integral part of Sam’s practice. Sam counsels a number of nonprofit clients, including charitable foundations and emerging businesses, on a variety of corporate issues.

While in law school, Sam was a judicial intern for Judge Mark G. Mastroianni of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts and served as executive articles editor for the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review.

Public Companies

  • Hostess Brands Inc. in its sale to The J.M. Smucker Co. in a cash and stock tender/exchange offer valued at approximately $5.6 billion; recognized as 2023 Deal of the Year by The M&A Advisor
  • Zurn Water Solutions Corp., formerly known as Rexnord Corp., in its $1.7 billion stock-for-stock merger with Elkay Manufacturing Co., a market leader in the growing commercial drinking water solutions business
  • Rexnord Corp., a multiplatform industrial leader, in its definitive agreement with Regal Beloit Corp., under which Rexnord separated its Process & Motion Control segment by way of a tax-free spinoff to Rexnord shareholders and then combined it with Regal in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction creating a $10 billion PMC business
  • Dr Pepper Snapple Group in its $18.7 billion merger with Keurig Green Mountain

Life Sciences

  • Bruker Corp. in its $392.6 million acquisition of NanoString Technologies Inc. in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction pursuant to Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code
  • Bruker Corp. it is acquisition of PhenomeX Inc. in a cash tender offer
  • MEI Pharma Inc. in its definitive merger agreement with Infinity Pharmaceuticals
  • Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its sale to Immunome Inc.
  • Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its merger with BioSight Ltd.
  • Advaxis Inc. in its merger with Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Zoetis Inc. in its acquisition of Performance Livestock Analytics

Manufacturing

  • Cypress Performance Group in the sale of IPS Corp., a global manufacturer of solvent cements, plumbing and roofing products, and adhesives for residential, commercial, and industrial use, to Centerbridge Partners LP
  • Cypress Performance Group in the sale of its subsidiary Encapsys, a company that specializes in microencapsulation technology used in production and manufacturing in the food, pharmaceuticals, home care, construction materials, textiles, bedding, and agriculture sectors, to Milliken & Co.
  • Brickworks North America Corp. in its acquisition of Glen-Gary Corp.
  • Itochu Corp. in its acquisition of Alta Forest Products

Financial Services/Fintech

  • IHS Markit in its acquisition of Cappitech Regulation (Israel), a provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions for the financial services industry
  • SpotOn Transact in its $415 million acquisition of Appetize Technologies, a provider of cloud-based point of sale, digital ordering, and related enterprise management solutions to large-scale businesses.
  • Clearpool Group in its sale to BMO Financial Group
  • BIDS Trading Inc. in its sale to CBOE Global Markets Inc.

Energy and Natural Resources

  • Jefferies Financial Group and its portfolio company Golden Queen Mining Co. LLC, operator of the Soledad Mountain mine and heap leach operation located in Kern County, California, in the sale of Golden Queen to Andean Precious Metals Corp.
  • Oaktree Capital Management and its portfolio company Black Bear Midstream Holding LLC, a Texas-based midstream energy business, in the sale of Black Bear to an affiliate of Diversified Energy Co.

Other Selected Representations

  • Freeman Spogli & Co. in its investment in EverVet Partners
  • Traxall Technologies Inc. in its sale to Jet Support Services Inc.
  • Lifetime Brands Inc. in its acquisition of Year & Day Co., a design-focused provider of ceramics, flatware, and glassware
  • Nation Safe Drivers in its sale to BDT Capital
  • Pearson plc in the sale of its US K-12 courseware business to Nexus Capital Management
  • Boston College Law School, 2016, J.D.
  • Colgate University, 2011, B.A., Political Science, Linguistics
  • New York

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, New York (2023–2025)

Member, Colgate University President’s Club

Member, New York City Bar Association

Member, Armenian Bar Association