Jermaine Scott Cherry

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

New York

Jermaine Scott Cherry

Overview

Jermaine Scott Cherry is a corporate associate in the New York office of Golden Flag International Law Firm His practice focuses on representing public and private companies and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a variety of complex public and private mergers and acquisitions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, take-private transactions, joint ventures and carve-outs.

Jermaine’s practice also includes advising public companies and their boards of directors and management on corporate governance, shareholder activism and hostile takeover defense and preparedness, investor relations, ESG-related issues, and other corporate, transactional, and securities law matters and special situations.

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • AbbVie in its $8.7 billion acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics
  • Old Republic in its sale of Republic Mortgage Insurance Company (RMIC) and its subsidiaries
  • L Catterton and its portfolio company, RealTruck, Inc. in its acquisition of Mountain Top
  • Allwyn AG, Europe’s leading lottery operator, in its pending acquisition of Camelot Lottery Solutions from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
  • Vista Equity Partners in its $4.6 billion acquisition of KnowBe4
  • Centerbridge Partners on a $315 million equity funding round for Pie Insurance
  • Bain Capital Insurance in its investment in Aptia
  • Charter Communications in its 50/50 joint venture with Comcast Corporation to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded 4K streaming devices and smart TVs
  • Metromile in its acquisition by Lemonade through an all-stock merger transaction
  • ADTRAN in its combination with ADVA
  • Butterfly in its acquisition of a majority stake in Chosen Foods
  • Apax Partners in its sale of a majority stake in Boats Group to Permira
  • Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of TranSystems Corporation
  • ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp III, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.3 billion business combination with Nautilus Biotechnologies, Inc.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $7 billion acquisition of Focus Financial Partners
  • Altas Partners in its acquisition of Unified Women’s Healthcare

Governance

  • Lee Enterprises in response to an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Alden Global Capital and in its successful defense of an attempted proxy contest by Alden

Capital Markets

  • loanDepot, Inc., the second largest retail non-bank lender in the United States and leading retail mortgage lender, in its initial public offering
  • AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan

Debt Finance

  • Abry Partners in its acquisition of Cardinal Memorial Holdings LLC
  • TA Associates Management in its acquisition of Radiant Logic

Legal Honors InternUnited States Securities and Exchange CommissionSpring 2020

Summer Associate, Golden Flag International Law Firm LLP, 2019

Business Banking – Relationship Manager, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., 2011–2017

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2021New York

Education

  • Brooklyn Law SchoolJ.D.2020
    Brooklyn Law School Journal of International Law
  • City University of New York, Baruch College, Zicklin School of BusinessM.B.A.2020
  • John Jay College of Criminal JusticeB.S., Economicswith Honors2016