Rachel Alpert
Biography

Rachel Alpert is an associate in Weil’s Public Company Advisory Group and is based in New York. Rachel participates in advising U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers on securities law issues, disclosure, governance and compliance matters.
Rachel has been part of the teams advising:
- Advent International and Batak LLC, as selling shareholders, in a $201.3 million secondary offering of shares of Sovos Brands
- Cedar Fair in its $8 billion merger of equals with Six Flags
- Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, as sellers, in an approximately $152 million Rule 144 sale of 13.7 million shares of common stock of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital) to J.P. Morgan
- Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, as sellers, in an approximately $127 million Rule 144 sale of 13.4 million shares of common stock of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital) to Goldman Sachs
- Black Knight, Inc. in its acquisition of Optimal Blue LLC, in a transaction that implied an enterprise value of $1.8 billion and subsequently a Special Committee of Black Knight in the $1.2 billion acquisition of all of the equity interests Black Knight did not already own in Optimal Blue
- Cedar Fair in its pending $8 billion merger of equals with Six Flags
- Thomas H. Lee Partners, as selling shareholder, in a Rule 144 sale of Class A common stock of Alight, Inc.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Latest Thinking
- Quarterly Review of Corporate Governance and Public Company Disclosure Developments Publication — By Howard B. Dicker, Adé Heyliger and Rachel Alpert — PDF — April 15, 2024
- SEC Finalizes Tougher Rules for SPACs Blog Post — Weil Governance & Securities Watch — By Adé Heyliger, Steven Bentsianov and Rachel Alpert — February 17, 2024
- Heads Up for the 2024 Proxy Season: Key Corporate Governance, Disclosure and Engagement Topics Alert — Governance & Securities — By Lyuba Goltser, Kaitlin Descovich, Howard B. Dicker, Rebecca Grapsas, Adé Heyliger, P.J. Himelfarb, Steven Bentsianov, Rachel Alpert, Daniel Ruzi, Eleni Samara and Amanda Zoda — PDF — January 30, 2024
- Looking Ahead to the 2024 Proxy Season: ISS Annual Policy Survey – Continued Focus on Climate Change and Governance Blog Post — Weil Governance & Securities Watch — By Lyuba Goltser, Kaitlin Descovich and Rachel Alpert — September 14, 2023
- Officer Exculpation Charter Amendments: A 2023 Proxy Season Review Blog Post — Weil Governance & Securities Watch — By Lyuba Goltser, Kaitlin Descovich and Rachel Alpert — July 06, 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Cedar Fair in $8B Merger with Six Flags Deal Brief — November 02, 2023