Morgan Lewis

Sheryl L. Orr

Partner

Sheryl L. Orr represents clients in the structuring and negotiation of US and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, complex internal investigations, and other strategic business transactions. Sheryl has significant experience representing both strategic and financial acquirers in the financial services and life sciences industries. Her clients include broker-dealers, investment advisers, asset managers, trust companies, and other financial institutions, as well as both branded and generic pharmaceutical companies. She co-chairs the firm’s Fintech Initiative.

selected representations

  • Harvest Fund Advisors and its shareholders in connection with the sale of Harvest Fund Advisors to Blackstone
  • Perrigo Company in the sale of its active pharmaceutical ingredient business to SK Capital
  • Jackson National Life Insurance Co.’s sale of the National Planning Holdings independent broker-dealer network, consisting of INVEST Financial Corporation, Investment Centers of America, Inc., National Planning Corporation and SII Investments, Inc., to LPL Financial LLC
  • Ares Capital and Golub Capital, and their portfolio company, Champion Parent Corp., in the sale of Champion Parent’s subsidiary, Competitor Group Inc.
  • Jefferies in its investment in a consortium entity alongside three other private equity funds, and in its purchase, through the consortium entity, of up to $5 billion in loans from Prosper Marketplace
  • Mitsui in its 20% investment in CIM, a full-service U.S. urban real estate and investment fund management firm
  • Leucadia National Corp. in its investment in Gerchen Keller Capital and its subsequent sale of its interest in Gerchen Keller Capital LLC as part of the sale of Gerchen Keller Capital to Buford Capital Ltd.
  • Leucadia National Corp. in the sale of its subsidiary, Conwed Plastics, to Schweitzer-Manduit International Inc.
  • Merck in the sale of its ophthalmics business
  • Merck in Merck Animal Health's acquisition of Harrisvaccines
  • Jefferies in its $10 billion merger of equals with Leucadia National Corporation
  • Perrigo in its $380 million acquisition of US rights of Entocort from AstraZeneca
  • Leucadia in a real estate joint venture with entrepreneur and private equity investor Henry Silverman
  • Leucadia in its agreement to acquire ITG Investment Research LLC from Investment Technology Group
  • Perrigo Company in its acquisition of a portfolio of generic dosage forms and strengths of Retin-A from Matawan Pharmaceuticals
  • MetLife in its sale of independent broker-dealer affiliates Tower Square Securities and Walnut Street Securities to Cetera Financial Group
  • Perrigo Company in its $160 million acquisition of leading companion pet health product company Velcera
  • Pearson plc in its $650 million acquisition of EmbanetCompass, a provider of online learning services for nonprofit academic institutions
  • Perrigo Company in its approximately $285 million acquisition of Sergeant's Pet Care Products Inc.
  • Wells Fargo Securities in its acquisition of Merlin Securities, LLC
  • Apollo Management and portfolio company Sprouts Farmers Market in its acquisition of Sunflower Farmers Market
  • Perrigo Company in its $540 million acquisition of Paddock Laboratories
  • Jefferies in its $438 million acquisition of Prudential Bache's Global Commodities Group
  • Apollo Management in its acquisition of Sprouts Farmers Market
  • Perrigo Company in its $808 million acquisition of PBM Products
  • Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company in its acquisition of certain retirement accounts for which Union Bank of California, N.A. performed trustee, recordkeeping, and other back-office services
  • Primus Guaranty, Ltd. in its acquisition of the $25B CDO/CLO fund management business of CypressTree Investment Management, LLP
  • Jefferies in its acquisition of Depfa Albany Securities
  • Fincantieri-Cantieri Italiani S.p.A. in its joint venture with Lockheed Martin Corporation and the acquisition of Manitowac Marine Group
  • Deutsche Börse AG in its $2.8 billion acquisition of the International Securities Exchange
  • TD Ameritrade in its $325 million acquisition of Fiserv's Investment Support Services (ISS) business.

Education

  • College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 2001, J.D.
  • Hood College, 1994, B.A.
  • Cottey College, 1992, A.A.

Admissions

  • New York

Awards and Affiliations

Editor-in-chief, College of William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law

Member, Financial Women’s Association

Publications

6/13/2017 - Tenth Annual Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices, Part 11: Basics of M&A Transactions Involving Hedge Fund Managers (Micro Session)

6/9/2016 - Ninth Annual Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices, Part 4: Current M&A Issues in Transactions Involving Hedge Fund Managers

11/11/2015 - Pro Bono: Omena El

4/21/2015 - Eighth Annual Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices, Part 4: Current M&A Issues in Transactions Involving Hedge Fund Managers

5/1/2014 - Seventh Annual Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices, Part 4: Current M&A Issues in Transactions Involving the Advisors Act

October 2011 - M&A Transactions in the Investment Management and Securities Industry - Key Issues and Considerations, Practical Law Company

News

12/14/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises Leucadia National Corporation in Sale of Conwed Plastics to Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc

12/18/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Perrigo Company plc in Acquisition of Generic Retin-A® Portfolio

11/12/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Merck in Merck Animal Health's Acquisition of Harrisvaccines

8/6/2013 - Morgan Lewis Advises Sprouts Farmers Market on IPO

4/5/2013 - Morgan Lewis Advises MetLife on Sale of Tower Square Securities and Walnut Securities to Cetera

2/1/2013 - Morgan Lewis Advises Perrigo in Acquisition of Pet Health Product Company Velcera

10/16/2012 - Morgan Lewis Advises Pearson on $650M Acquisition of EmbanetCompass

9/13/2012 - Morgan Lewis Advises Perrigo on Acquisition of Sergeant’s Pet Care Assets

4/27/2012 - Morgan Lewis Advises Wells Fargo on Purchase of Merlin Securities

3/9/2012 - Morgan Lewis Advises Sprouts Farmers Market on Merger with Sunflower

6/27/2011 - Morgan Lewis Promotes Twelve Lawyers to Partnership

4/7/2011 - Morgan Lewis Advises Jefferies on $430 Million Acquisition of Prudential Bache

1/20/2011 - Morgan Lewis Advises Perrigo on $540 Million Acquisition of Paddock Assets

9/16/2010 - Morgan Lewis Advises United Business Media on $287 Million Acquisition of Canon Communications

3/23/2010 - Morgan Lewis Advises Perrigo on $808 Million Acquisition of Infant Formula Manufacturer PBM Products

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Events

6/13/2017 - 2017 Morgan Lewis Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices Conference: Manager and Investor Perspectives

9/21/2016 - 2016 Annual Private Fund Investors Roundtable

6/21/2016 - 2015–2016 Morgan Lewis M&A Academy

6/9/2016 - Ninth Annual Advanced Topics in Hedge Fund Practices: Manager and Investor Perspectives