- Represented a publicly traded network connectivity company on the $2.1 billion carve-out sale of its outdoor wireless networks business segment and related distributed antenna systems business unit.
- Represented a Fortune 500 beverage company with its stock declassification by its controlling stockholder.
- Counsel to the world’s largest specialty retailer in its acquisition of a direct-to-consumer women’s intimate apparel brand.
- Represented a U.S.-based payment processor in its $1.3 billion sale to a Canada-based payment processor.
- Represented a South-Korea-based internet conglomerate in its $1.2 billion acquisition of an online social commerce marketplace and its $600 million acquisition of a digital storytelling company.
- Represented a cybersecurity company in its $6.2 billion sale to a network monitoring software company.
- Counsel to the world’s largest fast food restaurant chain in its sale of a customer experience optimization platform to one of the world’s largest payment tech corporations.
- Represented a global strategic communications firm in its merger with a global PR consultancy.
- Represented a U.S.-based mobile food delivery platform in its $7.3 billion sale to a leading online food tech company.
- Represented a leading residential mortgage originator in its $324 million sale to a residential loan services company.
- Counsel to a leading private equity fund in multiple transactions, including:
- its $2 billion acquisition of a provider of health improvement solutions.
- its $6 billion acquisition of a leading global property information provider and an add-on acquisition of a real estate closing process service provider.
- its investment in a diversified real estate services company.
- Phone: +1 704 444 1244
- Email: peter.fritz@alston.com
Peter guides clients with a steady hand and a business-oriented approach to executing corporate deals. His experience working at a top-tier investment bank sharpened his business acumen and negotiation skills, which he uses to benefit his clients.
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in its $1.925 billion acquisition of a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.
- Represented a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in its $520 million business combination with an experiential dining and entertainment company.
- Represented an investment group, including a gaming industry investor, in the acquisition of a 34.9% ownership stake in a gaming industry leader from a diversified holding company.
- Represented a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in its $2.2 billion acquisition of a micro-investment and financial services software company.
- Represented an online used automotive retailer in its exclusive partnership and strategic equity investment in an online car insurance carrier.
- Counsel to a leading private equity investor in its investment in a fast-growing veterinary chain.
- Represented a leading producer of highly engineered cast and machined iron components in its acquisition of a casting solutions company’s commercial vehicle business, select portions of its industrial casting business, and its cast products business.
- Represented a technology-driven, off-site construction company in corporate aspects of its out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization.
- Represented a leading SaaS provider of investment accounting solutions in its new investment from a group of global investment firms, with a U.S. private equity firm remaining majority stockholder.
- Represented a beer-brewing company in its $320 million sale to the world’s largest brewer.
- Counseled a pharmaceutical company in its $83 billion acquisition by a publicly listed biomedical company.
- Represented a homebuilding and community development company in its $963 million sale to a leading national developer and homebuilder.
- Represented a Colorado-based gold mining company in its $10 billion stock-for-stock acquisition of a Vancouver-based gold production company and in its response to the $18 billion unsolicited proposal for all of its common shares by a gold and copper mining company.
- Represented a real estate investment trust in its $3.9 billion acquisition by a real estate investment trust with a focus on health care infrastructure.
- Represented a leading provider of technology and infrastructure for the energy industry in its $6 billion merger of equals with a global provider of energy engineering and construction solutions.
- Represented a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shipping company in its response to the $1.1 billion unsolicited proposal for all its outstanding common shares and associated proxy contest by the world’s largest fleet of LPG carriers.
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in its $7.5 billion modified Dutch auction tender offer to repurchase its common stock.
- Represented a bank holding company in its $400 million fixed-rate reset preferred stock offering.
- Represented a multinational consumer products company in its proposed $1.37 billion cash and stock acquisition of a personal care product company.
Peter Fritz is a partner in the Corporate & Business Transactions Group. He focuses his practice on M&A and private equity matters, for a range of strategic and private equity sponsorships clients, including public and private company acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions.
From 2008 to 2013, Peter worked at Goldman Sachs as an analyst and associate in New York and Hong Kong. Following law school, Peter was a law clerk to Chief Justice Leo E. Strine of the Delaware Supreme Court.
Bar Admissions
- New York
- North Carolina
Education
- Harvard University (J.D., 2016)
- Carleton College (B.A., 2008)