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Lavelle Simmons

Associate

Email

lavelle.simmons@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 212 848 5382

Offices

New York

V-CARD
Lavelle has experience representing clients in a broad range of public and private transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, minority investments, spinoffs and carveouts, and has advised clients across a variety of industries, including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, technology, media & telecommunications and financial services, among others.

Experience

Representative matters

CVS Health Corp. in its $10.6 billion acquisition of Oak Street Health.

CVS Health Ventures in its $100 million Series D investment in Carbon Health.

A multinational telecommunications company in its pending spin-off of Sunrise, its Swiss telecommunications business.

Mubadala Capital, established as the financial investment arm of Mubadala Development Company, in its acquisition of Canada Cartage Corporation.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in its $740 million acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, of AmeriTrust Group, Inc. from Fosun International Limited.

Paramount Global (f/k/a ViacomCBS Inc.) in its $500 million sale of CNET Media Group to Red Ventures.

Glatfelter Corporation in its $308 million acquisition of the Jacob Holm group.

Boston Scientific’s in its $800 million divestiture of BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals to portfolio companies of Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Pro bono

Mentoring college students through CUNY’s City Tutor prpgram.

Brooklyn Prospect Charter School in its merger with The International Charter School of New York.

Supporting Our Youth & Adults Network, Inc. in preparing its application for federal tax exemption.

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2021

Academic

BS, Sociology, Florida State University, 2013

MS, Education, CUNY- Hunter College, 2015

JD, Law, Howard University School of Law, 2019

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.