Aaron J. Meyers
Partner
“Aaron is extremely approachable and friendly, with an exceptional ability to problem-solve.”
Chambers USA
"Aaron is commercially driven; he wisely protects the client from risk and exposures and has deep technical knowledge."
Chambers USA
Aaron J. Meyers is Co-Leader of Cleary’s Energy, Industrials & Mining Group.
His practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions, particularly public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, cross-border deals, carve-outs, joint ventures, and other transformative transactions.
Aaron holds significant experience representing companies across regions worldwide within a variety of sectors, including mining and metals, energy and renewables, industrials and manufacturing, chemicals, and technology.
He has been recognized as a leading advisor by numerous industry publications and directories, such as Chambers Global, Chambers USA, IFLR 1000, Law360, and BTI Consulting Group.
Aaron joined the firm in 2009 and became a partner in 2017.
Notable Experience
Energy, Mining, Metals, and Infrastructure
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Alphabet in its $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect Power.
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Vale in numerous transactions, including:
- its $26 billion strategic partnership with Manara Minerals, a joint venture between Ma’aden and PIF, pursuant to which Manara Minerals invested in Vale’s energy transition metals business.
- the $2.5 billion sale of its fertilizer business and acquisition of a minority interest in The Mosaic Company.
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ENGIE in the sale of ENGIE Impact, the utility expense and data management, energy procurement, and sustainability advising arm of ENGIE, to Arcadia.
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Critical Metals in its pending $835 million acquisition of European Lithium via two interdependent schemes of arrangement.
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Eni in numerous renewable energy transactions, including:
- its $70 million minority equity investment in Nouveau Monde Graphite.
- its strategic agreement with Falck Renewables for the joint development of renewable energy projects.
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Wafra in its $115 million acquisition of Hawthorne, alongside its co-acquirer, NOVA Infrastructure.
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Asahi Kasei in its $2.2 billion acquisition of the energy storage business of Polypore International, and $1 billion sale of Polypore’s separations media to 3M.
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Coastal Energy Co. in its C$2.3 billion sale to Compañia Española de Petroleos (CEPSA).
Industrials, Manufacturing, and Chemicals
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Solventum in the $4 billion sale of its purification and filtration business to Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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3M in numerous transactions, including:
- its $6.7 billion acquisition of Acelity.
- its $2 billion acquisition of Scott Safety.
- its $1 billion acquisition of M*Modal’s technology business.
- the $900 million sale of its Communication Markets Division to Corning.
- the $650 million sale of its drug delivery business to Altaris Capital Partners.
- the $230 million sale of its gas and flame detection business to Teledyne.
- the sale of its dental local anesthetics business to Pierrel.
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Apogee Enterprises in its $240 million acquisition of UW Solutions, a Heartwood Partners portfolio company.
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ABB in its cable tray joint venture with Niedax and its acquisition of Siemens’ low voltage NEMA motor business.
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Komatsu in its acquisition of American Battery Solutions.
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Pacific Woodtech, a subsidiary of ITOCHU, in its acquisition of Louisiana-Pacific’s engineered wood products business.
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Langan in the sale of a minority interest to TowerBrook Capital Partners.
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ITOCHU International in its acquisition of the fence design and manufacturing business of Midwest Tube Mills.
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Clariant in its proposed all-stock merger-of-equals with Huntsman to create a combined company with an enterprise value of approximately $20 billion.
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OCI in its proposed $8 billion combination with CF Industries.
Technology And Other Select Transactions
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Alphabet and Google in numerous transactions, including:
- Google in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit.
- Google in its $1.1 billion smartphone-related agreement with HTC.
- Google in its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility and subsequent $2.9 billion sale of Motorola Mobility’s mobile devices business to Lenovo.
- Google in its acquisitions of Waze, Raxium, and bebop.
- Google in its investment in Univision.
- Alphabet in connection with minority investments in Waymo and Verily Life Sciences.
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OpenText in numerous transactions, including:
- its $1.62 billion acquisition of Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division.
- its tender offer to acquire Zix Corporation.
- its tender offer to acquire Guidance Software.
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NetScout in its acquisition of the distributed denial of service (DDoS) business of DigiCert.
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Gameloft in its acquisition of FreshPlanet.
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Western Digital in its $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk.
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Warburg Pincus in numerous transactions, including:
- the sale of Hygiena to EW Group.
- its acquisitions of TRC Companies, FlexXray, G.A. Foods, Wencor Group, Electronic Funds Source, Crossmark, and Endurance International Group.
- the acquisition by its portfolio company, Endurance International Group, of Intuit’s website business.
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TRAC Intermodal, a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group, in the sale of its domestic chassis fleet to Direct ChassisLink.
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Groupe Acticall in its $830 million acquisition of SITEL Worldwide.
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Family Dollar Stores in the sale to Dollar Tree for a combination of cash and stock worth $9.3 billion, and the successful rejection of Dollar General’s hostile tender offer and Elliott Management’s threatened proxy contest.
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TPG in its acquisition and subsequent $2 billion sale to Rite Aid of Envision Pharmaceutical.
Publications
- “The Lithium Triangle: Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America,” Cleary Gottlieb Alert Memorandum, September 25, 2023
- “Communicating Policy to Manage Risks More Effectively,” Risk & Compliance, January-March 2020
- “More Reminders that ‘Boilerplate’ Matters,” Deal Lawyers, March-April 2016.
- “Rights Plans and Proxy Contests: Chancery Court Denies Activist’s Motion to Enjoin Sotheby’s Shareholder Meeting,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 5, 2014.
Events
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September 18, 2025
Transaction Advisors M&A Conference at Cornell Tech New York