Biography
Rex Hupy is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in New York. Rex advises private equity firms and public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity and minority investments, carve-outs, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate transactions. His work extends across a wide array of industries, including consumer products, energy and infrastructure, financial services, media and technology, healthcare, industrials and manufacturing.
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- KKR in connection with the merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global.
- KKR in its acquisition of PlayOn! Sports, a leading high school sports streaming media and technology company.
- Ares Management in its strategic investment in Awayday, a leading full-service U.S. vacation rental property manager.
- Blackstone in its consortium acquisition of Signature Aviation.
- Stone Point Capital in its acquisition of The Kessler Group, a leading services and consulting platform in the consumer lending and credit card sectors.
- Microsoft in its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media.
- KKR in its investment in Apexanalytix, a leading provider of supply chain risk management software and services.
- BayPine LP in its majority investment in Harbor Global, LLC, the preeminent provider of consulting and technology services to the legal industry.
- KKR in its investment in SkinSpirit, a provider of aesthetic skin and body care.
- Berkeley Research Group in its sale of a majority stake to TowerBrook Capital Partners.
- KKR-backed Bettcher Industries in its acquisition of Frontmatec, a leading provider of automation solutions and services for the food processing industry.
- American Securities in its acquisition of Hexion Holdings Corporation, a leading global producer of adhesives and performance materials.
- KKR-backed PlayOn! Sports in its acquisitions of rSchoolToday and GoFan.
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Promontory Interfinancial Network, a leading supplier of FDIC-insured deposit solutions.
- KKR-backed Cardenas Markets in its sale to Apollo.
- KKR in its sale of The Bountiful Company to Nestlé for $5.75 billion.
- KKR in its acquisition of BMC Software, a global leader in IT solutions for the digital enterprises.*
- KKR in its $9.9 billion acquisition of Envision Healthcare, a provider of physician-led services, post-acute care and ambulatory surgery services.
- EQT Partners in its sale of Press Ganey, EQT’s first direct equity investment in North America.
- EQT-backed IFS in its acquisition of WorkWave, a leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions.
- Clearlake Capital Group in its acquisition of WhiteStar Asset Management, a leading investor in the syndicated bank loan sector.
Prior to joining Weil, Rex was a partner at another international law firm.
Rex received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. from Northwestern University.
* Matters noted above include those handled prior to joining Weil.