Bathi Sheriffdeen is a counsel in the Private Equity M&A Group. Bathi specializes in advising private equity funds and their portfolio companies in large-scale and middle-market merger and acquisition transactions, including leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, divestitures, divisional carve-outs, auction processes, leveraged recapitalizations, capital restructurings and majority and minority investments.
Bathi has advised clients in various industries, including technology, healthcare, life sciences, industrials, energy, real estate and financial services. He has also counseled private equity funds and corporate clients on matters related to corporate governance, securities law compliance and equity arrangements.
Bathi has represented private equity clients such as Bain Capital, Berkshire Partners, General Atlantic, Golden Gate Capital, Greater Sum Ventures, Kohlberg & Co. and Roark Capital Group.
Some of his representative experience prior to and since joining Paul, Weiss includes:
- A&M Capital in its acquisitions and dispositions of, and investments in, various portfolio companies, including Approved Networks, Champion Optical Network Engineering, Classic Brands, Dutchland Plastics and US Critical
- Bain Capital in its acquisition of a 51% stake in the Milacron injection molding and extrusion business of Hillenbrand
- Berkshire Partners and its portfolio company Harvey Performance Company in the acquisition of ATA Group
- Bregal Sagemount in its acquisitions and dispositions of, and investments in, various portfolio companies including BuildingLink, Conductor, Procure Analytics and Transflo
- Covia Energy in its all-equity combination with Black Mountain Sand
- Frazier Healthcare Partners in its acquisitions and dispositions of, and investments in, various portfolio companies, including AirLife, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Eptam Precision, RevSpring, Southside Pharmacy and United Digestive
- Greater Sum Ventures, alongside Blackstone, in a preferred equity investment in Inhabit
- Homebridge Financial Services in connection with its planned merger with Figure Technologies and its acquisition of the residential mortgage banking operations of HomeStreet Bank
- Pamplona Capital in its acquisitions and dispositions of, and investments in, various portfolio companies, including BFG Supply and BFG Supply’s acquisition of Central Garden & Pet Company’s independent garden center distribution business
- Primus Capital and its portfolio company Top of Mind in connection with Top of Mind’s sale to Black Knight (NYSE: BKI)
- TA Associates in its acquisitions and dispositions of, and investments in, various portfolio companies, including CSI and Kinective
In law school, Bathi served as an associate managing editor of the Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion and as a research assistant to Rutgers Board of Governors Professor of Law Roger S. Clark.
