ProfessionalsAlex Zapalowski
Tel: +44-20-7367-1697
Alex Zapalowski is a counsel in the Intellectual Property & Technology Transaction group. He assists clients with their intellectual property, technology and data-driven commercial contracts, both on standalone transactions (including IP transfers and licensing, brand co-existence, IP securitization, development agreements, services and supply agreements, and data sharing arrangements) and in the context of corporate transactions (including carve-outs, separations, joint ventures and mergers).
Alex also advises clients on their approach to a range of technology- and data-centric European regulatory matters (including the EU AI Act, Digital Services Act and GDPR, and the UK Online Safety Act and Data Protection Act).
With prior in-house and litigation experience, Alex provides strategic and commercial advice to clients across a range of sectors, notably in the technology, life sciences, retail and manufacturing spaces.
EXPERIENCE
Representative matters at Paul, Weiss include:
Technology, AI, Software and Data
- General Atlantic聽in its co-investment with Bridgepoint in Kyriba, a provider of liquidity performance software and data services
- Vitruvian Partners on the separation and sale of a majority stake in the Accountor Software business
- Apax Partners in various matters including:
- the recommended cash offer for EcoOnline, an EHS and ESG software provider
- along with EcoOnline, on the purchase of the Environmental, Health & Safety Software Division of Alcumus Group
- Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company聽 Veriforce in the acquisition of CHAS, a supply chain risk and compliance management solutions provider
- Brighton Park Capital聽on its investment in Portswigger, an application security software provider
- Pango Group, a holding company that acquires and operates a portfolio of cybersecurity brands, on its merger with Total Security
Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
- Bain Capital on the acquisition and rebranding of Mercer鈥檚 US health and benefits and UK pensions administration services businesses.
Retail, Fashion and Luxury
- WHP Global in:
- its acquisitions of a majority interests in G-Star RAW
- numerous licensing arrangements for the Toys 鈥淩鈥� Us, RAG + BONE, and Lotto brands
- General Atlantic聽in its investment in performance lifestyle brand Vuori
- TDR Capital on licensing advice and drafting in relation to its investments in Popeyes UK and France
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and its portfolio company Westbury Street Holdings, in its acquisition of The Genuine Dining Co.
- G-III Apparel in its strategic partnership with AWWG
Industrials, Manufacturing and Agriculture
- KPS Capital Partners in:
- its carve-out acquisition of the Innomotics business from Siemens AG for an enterprise value of 鈧�3.5 billion
- sale of Eviosys, a global supplier of metal packaging, to Sonoco for 鈧�3.615 billion
- its agreement to acquire the INEOS Composites business from INEOS Enterprises H for an estimated consideration of approximately 鈧�1.7 billion
- Triton Partners in the sale of Ewellix, a developer and manufacturer of linear motion and actuation solutions
- TDR Capital in its investment in CorpAcq, a business acquisition compounder with a large portfolio of manufacturing and construction businesses