Peter B. Wolf

Pete has been ranked on multiple occasions as an “Up & Coming” leading Corporate/M&A lawyer in Chambers USA.

Pete joined Mayer Brown in 2013 and is a partner in the Northern California office. Pete is the US leader of Mayer Brown’s Global Chemical Industry Group and is an active member in the Firm’s Agri, Food & Beverage Industry Group. He is also a member of the Firm’s Recruiting Committee.

• Synthomer in the sale of the OMNOVA Solutions’ laminates and films business to Surteco North America USA.
• Specialty Granules LLC, an operating subsidiary of Standard Industries Inc. and a producer of mineral-based granules and aggregate products, in a strategic alliance with Monty's Plant Food Co., Inc. and OrganoCat, LLC to develop multiple lines of mineral-rich soil amendments and plant fortifiers.
• LANXESS Corporation in the sale of its polymer additives production site in Greensboro, NC to a subsidiary of The Hallstar Company.
• Balchem Corporation in the acquisition of Bergstrom Nutrition, a leading science-based manufacturer of methylsulfonylmethane (MSM).
• Syngenta Crop Protection AG in various matters, including the:
  – Negotiation of a research partnership with AgBiome.
  – Sale of Dulcinea Farms, LLC, a leading producer of mini-watermelon and specialty melons, to Pacific Trellis Fruit LLC.

Energy, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure

• TransCanada Corporation in various transactions, including multiple wind and solar renewable energy projects and the sale of:
  – a 40% interest in Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC natural gas pipeline systems to Global Infrastructure Partners for $3.9 billion.
  – its 575 MW Coolidge Generating Station natural gas facility (Coolidge, Arizona).
  – its U.S. retail power marketing business to EDF Energy Services, LLC.
  – its 3,950 MW U.S. Northeast power generation portfolio consisting of the Ravenswood (Queens, New York), Ironwood (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) and Ocean State Power (Burrillville, Rhode Island) natural gas facilities and Kibby (Franklin County, Maine) wind farm to an affiliate of LS Power Equity Advisors LLC.
  – its 584 MW New England hydroelectric generation assets to Great River Hydro, LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC.
• Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in the acquisition of Tuscany International Drilling Inc., an oil rig owner and operator that provides onshore drilling and support services to companies involved in oil and gas exploration, development and production, by virtue of a debt for equity swap pursuant to a restructuring plan approved under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, as well as the sale of Tuscany International Drilling Inc.’s Brazilian assets to an affiliate of Grupo Indalo.
• Represented a consortium of lenders in the sale to Castleton Commodities International of the New Salem Harbor combined cycle power plant in Salem, Massachusetts.

Automotive, Steel and Industrial Manufacturing

• General Motors in its $650,000,000 investment in Lithium Americas Corporation to develop the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, which was announced on January 31, 2023, which represented the largest-ever investment by an automaker to produce battery raw materials.
• National Material in the sale of:
  – National Material of Mexico, a leading independent service center and materials supplier serving automotive and industrial end markets in North America with ten facilities throughout Mexico, to Klöckner & Co’s U.S. subsidiary, Kloeckner Metals Corporation).
  – Astro Shapes LLC, a leading manufacturer of custom-finished aluminum extrusions in the Midwest and Northeast United States, on its acquisition by Monomoy Capital Partners.
• Selling shareholders of Bolttech Mannings, Inc., a leading provider of technical bolting, heat treating, leak sealing, and non-destructive testing services to the North American power generation, downstream, and industrial markets, in connection with its acquisition by Taurus Industrial Group, LLC, a portfolio company of SCF Partners.
• A worldwide steel company in the divestiture of its LaPlace and Vinton Long Carbon facilities in the United States to an affiliate of Black Diamond Capital Management, LLC.
• Two worldwide steel and mining companies in the sale of their respective 50 percent interests in Gallatin Steel Company, a manufacturer of hot rolled steel coils, to Nucor Corporation for $770 million.

Fintech and Financial Institutions M&A

• American Express Company in the sale of its prepaid reloadable and gift card products business in the United States to InComm, and in its appointment of InComm as its program manager, issuer processor and exclusive distributor for its reloadable and gift card products.
• Envestnet, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness, in the acquisition of FolioDynamix, which provides financial institutions and registered investment advisors with an end-to-end technology solution to assist advisors in creating model portfolios and delivering overlay management services, from Actua Corp.
• Ally Financial Inc. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of BlueYield, Inc., a provider of online automobile loan aggregation services.
• The venture capital arm of a bank holding company in numerous investments in emerging fintech companies at various fundraising stages, including an online direct mortgage lender.
• Diversified financial services holding company in entering into a royalty-free, perpetual license agreement to use a fintech company’s auto data aggregator software.

E-Commerce, Technology and Media

• Leading online international platform for buing and selling fine wines in its acquisition of a U.S. online wine and storage business.
• Leading online wine retailer in the sale of its business to a portfolio company of a private equity fund.
• Several private equity, private credit, venture capital and growth equity funds in various early-, mid- and late-stage investments in software, e-commerce and life sciences emerging companies.
• Global leader in connected access solutions and products in its acquisition of an AI startup specializing in developing facial recognition software.
• Wolters Kluwer in the sale of Corsearch, its trademark solutions business, to Audax Private Equity.
• A worldwide professional services company in various minority investments, including in a start-up specializing in cybersecurity solutions.
• Software company that provides a talent communication platform in connection with a recapitalization and preferred stock issuance.