Profile
Quentin Ayukesong is an associate in the New York office of Greenberg Traurig.
Quentin advises private equity funds, public and private companies, and strategic investors on a wide range of matters in the entertainment, sports and media, finance, technology, retail and hospitality, gaming and leisure industries. Quentin represents domestic and international buyers and sellers in private and public domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and private investments.
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Quentin practiced at another international law firm and held roles at several prominent sports and entertainment firms and organizations.
Capabilities
Experience
- Two investors in the (NFL) Washington Commanders acquisition for $6.05 billion.°
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company in its US$69.1 billion acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) from the Public Investment Fund.°
- Endeavor in its strategic investment in Los Angeles-based, Asylum Entertainment Group.°
- Endeavor and IMG in the sale of The Miss Universe Organization.°
- Silver Lake and Diamond Baseball Holdings in sports acquisitions and investments.°
- Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in a capital raise for a telecommunications portfolio company.°
- Macquarie Asset Management and Aligned Data Centers in a major financing of a Quebec-based company.°
- Palo Alto Networks in its acquisition of Israel-based technology company.°
- Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) in an equity co-investment.°
- Lunate Capital Limited in a minority investment.°
- Bridgepoint Group Plc in its sale of a subsidiary.°
- The Sonnenberg Family, the controlling equity holder of Hunter Douglas N.V., in its sale to 3G Capital, and related rollover investment.°
- Avon Protection p.l.c. in its acquisition of Team Wendy.°
- HgCapital in its acquisition of Intelerad Medical Systems.°
- Harvest Partners in its acquisition of PeopleTicker.°
- Summa Equity in its acquisition of Axion BioSystems.°
- Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. in the US$7.22 billion reorganization and recapitalization of the company in the context of the company's Chapter 11 proceedings.°
- Airhead Sports Group on its sale to a subsidiary of Aqua-Leisure Recreation.°
- CVC Capital Partners in various buy-side and sell-side transactions.°
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. in its acquisition of Seven Seas Water Corp., AquaVenture Holdings Inc. and AquaVenture Holdings Curacao N.V. from AI Aqua (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l, a company owned by Advent International Corporation.°
- The Special Committee of Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. in its sale to a consortium of certain members of CBMG management, shareholders and financial sponsors.°
- Anthem, Inc. in multiple transactions.°
- Sandglass Capital Management and its formation of Sandglass Opportunity Feeder Fund (US) L.P. and Sandglass Opportunity Feeder Fund (Cayman) Ltd.°
- Boy Scouts of America in its chapter 11 proceedings.°
- Several National Basketball Association (NBA) players in their free agent contract analysis.°
- Several NBA and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) coaches and front office executives in their contract analysis.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Ayukesong prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
- Young Professional Advisory Committee, Business of Sports School
- Old Boys Alumni Association, St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy
- Sports Lawyers Association
Credentials
- J.D., Washington University School of Law, 2019
- M.S., Columbia University, 2016
- B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
- New York