Biography
Claudia Lai is counsel, elected partner effective January 1, 2025, in Weil’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and is based in Dallas. Claudia participates in the representation of public and private companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Claudia has been part of the teams advising:
- Advent International in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Maxar Technologies
- Advent International in the $2.7 billion sale of SovosBrands, Inc. to Campbell Soup Company
- ATI Physical Therapy Holdings, LLC (a portfolio company of Advent International) in its $2.5 billion business combination with Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC sponsored by Fortress Investment Group
- Brookfield Business Partners in its $8 billion sale of Westinghouse Electric Company
- ChampionX Corporation in its pending sale to SLB
- Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. in its $2.5 billion sale to Performance Food Group
- Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, in its $20 billion business combination with Polestar Performance AB
- Gores Holdings III, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its $1.55 billion business combination with Pacific Architects and Engineers, Inc. (a portfolio company of Platinum Equity)
- Gores Holdings IV, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, in its $16.1 billion business combination with United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC (UWM)
- Gores Metropoulos, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Metropoulos & Co., in its $3.4 billion merger with Luminar Technologies, Inc.
- Sunoco LP in its approximately $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.
- Topgolf International, Inc. (a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners, Dundon Capital Partners and WestRiver Group) in its $2.5 billion merger of equals with Callaway Golf Company
- TPG Inc. in its approximately $2.7 billion acquisition of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P.
- TPG in the acquisition by TPG Pace Holdings Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Pace Group, of the stock of Accel Entertainment, Inc., for an enterprise value of approximately $884 million
Prior to joining Weil, Claudia was an associate in the New York and Tokyo offices of another international law firm.
Claudia received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and her B.S., cum laude, from Duke University.