Nick DiStefano’s practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and other transformative transactions.

Nick has significant experience with acquisitions and divestitures of public and private entities, joint ventures, carve-out transactions, minority investments, and other complex corporate transactions.

Nick joined the firm in 2022. Prior to joining Cleary, he worked at another international law firm.

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Notable Experience

Select M&A Transactions

  • Critical Metals Corp. in its proposed all-stock acquisition of European Lithium. 

  • Synopsys in the sale of its Software Integrity business to Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners.

  • FullBeauty Brands Inc. in various transactions, including its pending merger of equals with Destination XL Group Inc., and a number of other acquisitions, including its acquisition of certain assets of Eloquii from Walmart.

  • Lowe’s Companies Inc. in the sale of its Canadian retail business to Sycamore Partners.

  • American Express Company in its sale of Accertify Inc. to Accel-KKR.

  • The Clorox Company in the sale of certain wholly owned subsidiaries, with operations in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, to Apex Capital.

  • GlaxoSmithKline plc in its acquisition of Sierra Oncology Inc.

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