Ann Beth Stebbins
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPMergers & Acquisitions
ABOUT
Ann Beth Stebbins is a partner in Skadden’s New York office, concentrating on M&A. Ann Beth has been involved in a variety of transactions representing strategic acquirers, financial sponsors, targets and financial advisors. For example, she represented Foot Locker in its sale to Dick’s Sporting Goods; Tom Ford International and its licensing affiliates in their sale to Estee Lauder; Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. in its sale to Vista Equity Partners; and Crane Holdings in a spin-off transaction to separate the company into two independent public companies. She has represented Apax Partners in numerous transactions, including the acquisitions of Nulo, Inc., Cyber Grants Holdings, LLC, EveryAction, Inc., Social Solutions Group, and ECi Software. Other representative engagements include: Honeywell International in the divestiture of certain legacy asbestos liabilities; the Special Committee of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation in connection with a proposal by its controlling shareholder; Zenimax in its sale to Microsoft; WABCO Holdings, Inc. in its sale to ZF Friedrichshafen; and the independent directors of Time Warner Cable, Inc. in Time Warner Cable’s acquisition by Charter Communications.
Ann Beth is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches a class on public company M&A. She is a Co-Chair of the Public Company Subcommittee of the ABA M&A Committee, and an active member of the Steering Committee for the Women in M&A (WIMA). Ann Beth graduated from Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center, and earned her MBA at NYU’s Stern School of Business.
