Biography
Jess Serviss is an associate in Weil’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and is based in New York. Jess participates in the representation of public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Jess has been part of the teams advising:
- The Barilla Group in its pending acquisition of GOODLES
- ChampionX Corporation in its sale to SLB
- Ember SPV I Purchaser Inc. (an entity controlled by funds managed by Ember Infrastructure Management, LP) in its acquisition, alongside IQ and CDPQ, of H2O Innovation Inc.
- First Brands Group, LLC, one of the world’s leading suppliers of aftermarket automotive parts, in connection with its Chapter 11 proceedings, including the sale of its Walbro North America business to Overdrive Capital, LLC and the sale of certain intellectual property and related assets pertaining to the Filters and Plugs, Wipers, and Strongarm business lines to PGI North Star LLC
- General Atlantic, as equity sponsor and lender in connection with the chapter 11 cases of beauty brand company FORMA Brands
- Glencore Canada Corporation (a subsidiary of Glencore plc) in its stalking horse bid for certain assets of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries
- Hologic, Inc. in its $350 million acquisition of Gynesonics, Inc.
- Lactalis on its $2.1 billion acquisition of the US yoghurt business of General Mills
- Sanofi in its approximately $2.2 billion acquisition of Inhibrx, Inc.
- Scandinavian Airlines, an airline holding company based in Sweden in connection with its restructuring efforts and in its $223 million issuance of contingent value right floating rate notes due 2033 as part of its emergence from Chapter 11 proceedings
Jess received her J.D., cum laude, from St John's University School of Law, where she served as a Staff Member of the St. John’s Law Review and she received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Wagner College.