Experts & Advisors
Jonathan Berger
General Counsel
Jonathan E. Berger is General Counsel and a Senior Managing Director at Ankura, based in New York. As General Counsel, Jonathan leads Ankura’s global legal function, supporting Ankura’s worldwide business operations. Jonathan advises on strategic initiatives, risk mitigation, regulatory and governance matters, corporate transactions and commercial contracting as well as manages litigation and the conflicts and client intake functions at Ankura.
Experience
Prior to joining Ankura, Jonathan practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, advising and partnering with public and private company clients on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, strategic investments, joint ventures, carve outs, financings, and other commercial transactions and corporate law matters. Jonathan has advised on U.S. and cross-border transactions with an aggregate value of over $100 billion in announced deals across a variety of industries, including sports and entertainment, infrastructure, aerospace and defense, fintech, hospitality, data and analytics, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. In recognition for his work, Jonathan was repeatedly named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
A selection of Jonathan’s representations prior to joining Ankura include:
- Lionel Messi, in his agreement to play for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF;
- Red Hat, in its $34 billion acquisition by IBM;
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in its proposed joint venture with GATX Corporation to acquire Wells Fargo & Company’s railcar leasing business for $4.4 billion;
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in its sale of SMBC Rail Services to ITE;
- Veritas Capital in several representations, including (i) its disposition of Anaren, Inc. to TTM Technologies, Inc. and (ii) disposition of StandardAero to The Carlyle Group;
- Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II in its $2.5 billion business combination with ATI Physical Therapy;
- Kaman Corporation in its $1.8 billion take private by Arcline Investment Management.
- S&P Global in its $975 million sale of its Engineering Solutions business to funds managed by KKR
- The PGA Tour in the creation of EZLinks Golf Holdings, a joint venture operating TeeOff.com and the subsequent sale to NBC Sports Group, a subsidiary of Comcast;
- The PGA of America in its strategic partnership agreement with Legends;
- Rode Microphones LLC in its acquisition of Mackie, a portfolio company of Transom Capital;
- Zip Co Limited in its acquisition of QuadPay Inc. and its announced acquisition of Sezzle Inc.;
- SDC Capital Partners in its sale of a significant minority stake in its portfolio company Summit Infrastructure Group Inc.;
- Keurig Dr Pepper in its partnership with Adrenaline Shoc.
- Education
- JD, Cornell Law School
- BA, The University of Vermont
- Honors & Awards
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
- Certifications
- New York State Bar Association
