About
Samantha is Counsel in our Corporate/M&A practice and is based in San Francisco. She focuses on mergers and acquisitions, financings, debt and equity offerings, fund formations, leveraged finance and general corporate matters spanning numerous industries.
Additional Information
Strategic Investments:
- Weights & Biases, Inc. (backed by leading investors, including Coatue, Felicis Ventures, BOND, Insight Partners, Bloomberg Beta and NVIDIA), on its acquisition by CoreWeave
- Coda, Inc. on its acquisition, by Grammarly in an all-stock deal valuing the combined company at over $14bn
- SAP SE on its acquisition of WalkMe, in an all-cash transaction valued at approx. $1.5bn
- Workday, Inc. on its acquisition of Evisort
- Together Software, Inc. on its acquisition by Absorb Software
- Ooma Inc. on its acquisition of 2600Hz, Inc.
- Clever Inc. on its acquisition by Kahoot!
- VINCI Airports, the VINCI Group’s airport subsidiary, in signing an agreement with investment fund Advent International to acquire Dominican airport company Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI, SA (Aerodom)
- Starbucks on various transactions, including a carve-out asset sale of one of its subsidiaries to a leading competitor in the juice and beverage category, and the sale of one of its coffee brands and associated rights to a Swiss multinational food and drink company
Private Equity Transactions:
- The Rise Fund (TPG Rise) on its majority investment in Trustwell
- Genstar Capital on the sale of a majority stake in OEConnection to Francisco Partners
- Monomoy Capital Partners on its acquisition of McKenzie Creative Brands
- EQT in connection with internal restructurings, portfolio company governance matters and strategic transactions
- Davidson Kempner Capital Management in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investment transactions
- New Mountain Capital in connection with sponsor-side acquisitions, investment opportunities and related transaction matters
- GI Partners and its portfolio companies, in connection with potential M&A transactions and corporate governance matters
- Metalmark Capital Management in connection with portfolio company acquisitions, add-on investments and internal governance matters
- Sunstone Partners in connection with sponsor-side auction processes and acquisition opportunities
- A leading technology-focused San Francisco private equity firm on the sale of its portfolio company to a strategic buyer, including a complex earnout structure, seller financing and cross-border components
- A leading global growth investment firm in connection with its $170M investment into a tech-enabled brand of veterinary care clinics
*This deal list includes work that Samantha completed while at a prior firm.
Samantha Caluori
Counsel
San Francisco Office
One Bush Street
17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104