Sheppard remains highly regarded for offering clients ‘outstanding engagement and expertise’, with the firm’s M&A team handling matters across the healthcare, finance and tech spaces for businesses in all stages of the lifecycle, from emerging growth companies to both private and public companies. The practice is led out of the Del Mar and New York offices, co-headed by Jeralin Cardoso, John Tishler and Adam Shipley, offering expertise in corporate matters. Zachary Turke handles some of the team's largest acquisitions in the tech space, from Los Angeles. Dallas-based Matthew McCalip is a key reference for joint ventures amongst other transactional matters.
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- ‘They are a large enough firm to handle pour various needs - from corp dev to real estate to employment issues to tax issues. Meanwhile the attention to us as a client is top notch. I feel like we have the benefits of a small boutique firm in the value they place on us as a client but they have the deep bench of attorneys to handle whatever our needs are.’
- ‘Outstanding engagement and expertise.’
- ‘They understand my issues, are partners in helping solve for those issues and are diligent in resolving what I need.’
Key clients
- Littlejohn & Co.
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
- Janus Henderson Group
- Paragonix Technologies
- Stellar Blu Solutions LLC
- Compassas
- Oxford Capital
- Aqua Expeditions
- Chicago Pacific Founders
- City of El Centro and El Centro Regional Medical Center
- The Regents of the University of California
- Molina Healthcare, Inc.
- University of California, San Diego Health (UC San Diego Health)
- OneOncology, a portfolio company of TPG Inc.
Work highlights
Represented private investment firm Littlejohn & Co in its acquisition of Sunbelt Modular, a leading designer and manufacturer of modular solutions.
Advised Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a technology company in defense, national security, and global markets, in its agreement to acquire 100 percent of the ordinary shares of Orbit Technologies Ltd (ORBI.TA) for $356.3 million
Advised global active asset manager Janus Henderson Group (NYSE: JHG) in its acquisition of a majority stake in Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC (VPC), a global private credit manager with a nearly two decade-long track record of providing customized private credit solutions to both established and emerging businesses.
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Practice head
Jeralin Cardoso; Adam Shipley; John Tishler; Zachary Turke; Matthew McCalip