About
Zizi advises public and private companies on U.S. and cross-border corporate matters, including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, carve-outs, strategic investments, joint ventures, spin-offs, stockholder activism and corporate governance matters. Zizi has represented clients across a variety of industries, including consumer products, health care and life sciences, aerospace, entertainment and technology.
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- Triumph Group Inc. on a variety of transactions, including its:
- $3 billion sale to Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners,
- $725 million sale of its Product Support business to AAR CORP.,
- settlement with activist stockholder Vision One Management Partners, LP and
- sale of operations and assets relating to its Global 7500 wing manufacturing program to Bombardier.
- The special committee of R1 RCM Inc. on its $8.9 billion sale to investment funds affiliated with TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
- Reliance Industries Limited on its $8.5 billion joint venture with The Walt Disney Company and Viacom 18 Media Private Limited to merge their respective digital streaming and television assets in India.
- Kaman Corporation on a variety of transactions, including its:
- $1.8 billion sale to Arcline Investment Management,
- strategic business partnership with PHI Aviation LLC,
- investment in, and strategic business partnership with, Near Earth Autonomy, Inc. and
- $330 million acquisition of Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
- TriRx Pharmaceuticals, LLC on its sale of its manufacturing site and operations in Shawnee, Kansas to Argenta Pharmaceutical Services.
- The special committee of P&F Industries Inc. on its sale to ShoreView Industries LLC.
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with its relationship with Visa Inc. in the restructuring of Visa’s capital structure.
- GX Acquisition Corp. II on its $313.5 million initial business combination with NioCorp Developments Ltd.
- Mars, Incorporated on its:
- acquisition of Champion Petfoods, and
- reorganization to combine its chocolate and Wrigley segments to create Mars Wrigley Confectionery.
- Openlane, Inc. on its:
- $2.2 billion sale of its ADESA U.S. physical auction business to Carvana, and
- spin-off of IAA, Inc., its salvage auction vehicle business.
- Danaher Corporation on its:
- acquisition of Nature Technology Corporation, and
- acquisition of Intabio, Inc.
- VYNE Therapeutics, Inc. on the sale of its Molecule Stabilizing Technology franchise to Journey Medical Corporation.
- Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. on its $1.1 billion initial business combination with BlackSky Holdings, Inc.
- Perella Weinberg Partners on its $975 million business combination with FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV (sponsored by Betsy and Daniel Cohen).
- Kelso & Company in its investment in Foundation Consumer Brands in connection with the acquisition of seven brands, including Breathe Right Nasal Strips, from GSK Consumer Healthcare.
- Norwest Equity Partners on its acquisition of Clover Imaging Group.
- Coty Inc. on its $600 million acquisition of a controlling stake in Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics business.
- Quadion LLC (d/b/a Minnesota Rubber and Plastics), a portfolio company of Norwest Equity Partners, on its acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP.
- Veritas Capital on its $700 million acquisition of the capital services business of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
*This list includes work that Zizi completed while at a prior firm.

Zizi Petkova
Counsel
T +1 212 277 4000
new york Office
3 World Trade Center 175 Greenwich Street, 51st Floor
10007 new york