HCSC’s $3.3 Billion Acquisition of Cigna’s Medicare Businesses and CareAllies

On February 24, 2025, Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. (“Bridge”), a leading alternative investment manager diversified across specialized asset classes, and Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“Apollo”) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo to acquire Bridge in an all‑stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. Under the terms of the transaction, Bridge stockholders and Bridge OpCo unitholders will receive 0.07081 shares of Apollo stock for each share of Bridge Class A common stock and each Bridge OpCo Class A common unit, respectively, valued by the parties at $11.50 per each share of Bridge Class A common stock and Bridge OpCo Class A common unit, respectively. Cravath is representing the special committee of the Bridge Board of Directors in connection with the transaction.

On February 10, 2025, FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, announced the acquisition of LiquidityBook, a leading provider of cloud‑native buy- and sell‑side trading solutions, for a gross purchase price of $246.5 million in cash. Cravath is representing FactSet in connection with the transaction.

On January 22, 2025, CardWorks, Inc. (“CardWorks”), a leader in credit and payments, and Ally Financial Inc. (“Ally”), a financial services company with the nation’s largest all‑digital bank and an industry‑leading auto financing business, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for CardWorks, and its wholly‑owned bank subsidiary, Merrick Bank, to acquire Ally’s credit card business, including a portfolio of $2.3 billion in credit card receivables with 1.3 million active cardholders as of December 31, 2024. Cravath is representing CardWorks in connection with the transaction.

On January 13, 2025, Johnson & Johnson and Intra‑Cellular Therapies, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Johnson & Johnson will acquire all outstanding shares of Intra‑Cellular Therapies, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, for $132 per share in cash for a total equity value of approximately $14.6 billion. Cravath is representing Johnson & Johnson in connection with the transaction.