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Shaun Levor is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s New York office. His practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of transactions, including buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, minority investments, restructurings, joint ventures and other complex strategic transactions and investments. Shaun has experience counseling clients in a wide variety of industries, with particular emphasis on technology, health care, business services, consumer goods, industrials, hospitality and infrastructure.

Capabilities

Experience

  • Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC and GCM Grosvenor, as joint sponsors, in connection with their acquisition of Hallcon Corporation from Canadian private equity firm Novacap. Hallcon is the leading North American provider of mission-critical transportation services and infrastructure for a broad range of customers including railroads, universities, airports, hospitals and health care systems, public transit, technology and industrial companies, and other large employers seeking custom transportation solutions.
  • Represented Vista Equity Partners on the sale of its portfolio company, Mediaocean, a leading global omnichannel advertising platform that provides software to connect brands, agencies, media, technology, and data.
  • Represented Crestview Partners in connection with the acquisition of Emerald EMS, an electronics manufacturing services provider specializing in high-mix, low-volume engineering, design, prototyping, testing, assembly and lifecycle support services for blue-chip original equipment manufacturers across a range of end markets.
  • Represented Blackstone on its $14.6 billion sale of BioMed Realty Trust, the second largest U.S. owner of life-science buildings.°
  • Represented Blackstone on its acquisition of PSAV, a leading global audiovisual, event and technology services companies.°
  • Represented Blackstone on its acquisition of secondary interests in a global private equity fund.°
  • Represented KKR on its investment in Resolution Life, a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies.°
  • Represented KKR on its internal reorganization and its related acquisition of KKR Capstone Americas LLC and its affiliates.°
  • Represented Carlyle on its $650 million sale of MBS Group, a leading US film and TV studio real estate and production services company.°
  • Represented Apax Partners on its $500 million PIPE transaction in KAR Auction Services, Inc., a NYSE listed company and global vehicle remarketing and technology solutions provider.°
  • Represented Blackrock on its sale of a major U.S. energy production facility, including a central utility plant and distribution network.°
  • Represented Calera Capital on its acquisition of several U.S. third party logistics and brokerage companies.°
  • Represented Harsco Corporation, a NYSE-listed global industrial company, on its approximately $450 million carve-out acquisition of Stericycle Inc.’s Environmental Solutions Business.°
  • Represented Hotel Urbano, one of Brazil’s largest online travel companies, in connection with its strategic partnership with and investment in the Priceline Group.°
  • Represented Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world’s largest provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing services, in connection with its cross-border hostile tender offer for 25% of the common shares issued by Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. for approximately $1 billion.°
  • Represented the EBX Group, one of Brazil’s largest oil, gas and mining companies, in its restructuring of approximately $2.8 billion of obligations to certain private equity sponsors.°
  • Represented Solvay SA, one of the largest international chemical companies, in connection with the $890 million sale of its sulfuric acid virgin production and regeneration business, Eco Services, to affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC.°
  • Represented Aetna, one of America’s largest health care companies, in connection with its approximately $400 million acquisition of bswift, a software and services provider for employers and exchanges across America.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Levor prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Credentials

Education
  • LL.B., magna cum laude, University of Cape Town
    • Member, Golden Key International Honor Society
    • Recipient, Law Faculty Scholarship
    • Dean’s Merit List
  • Bachelor of Business Science, first class honors, University of Cape Town
    • Member, Golden Key International Honor Society
    • Recipient, Commerce Faculty Scholarship
    • Dean’s Merit List
Admissions
  • New York
  • South Africa