Sean Fitzpatrick is a partner in the firm’s Private Equity M&A and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. Sean advises public and private companies, including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in a variety of significant transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, recapitalizations and corporate restructurings. Sean regularly assists companies and sponsors with a broad range of other general corporate, securities laws and governance matters.

Sean was recognized in New York’s Best Lawyers as “One to Watch” in 2024 and 2025 for his work in M&A.

Sean’s notable representations have included:

American Securities and its portfolio companies, including in its sale of a majority stake in Aspen Dental Management and Metaldyne Performance Group in its sale to American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings*
Antin Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of FirstLight Fiber*
AppHarvest in its business combination with Novus Capital Corporation*
Ares Management in connection with its investment transaction in Virgin Voyages
Axel Springer in its acquisition of Morning Brew*
Blackstone in the acquisition of Concert Golf Properties by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities*
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its approximately $843 million (C$1.2 billion) investment in Tallgrass Energy
Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio companies, including in its sale of P.F. Chang's China Bistro, its sale of Pei Wei Asian Diner and True Food Kitchen’s receipt of a minority investment by Ms.Oprah Winfrey*
Datalogue in its sale to Nike*
EQT Infrastructure in its acquisition of Eagle Railcar Services and Lazer Logistics; and in Lazer Logistics’ acquisition of Hirschbach Motor Lines’ spotting operations
Estée Lauder Companies in its acquisition of the Tom Ford brand
Function of Beauty in its minority investment from L Catterton*
General Atlantic in its investment in Gusto
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in its sale of Drayer Physical Therapy Institute to Upstream Rehabilitation*
Hecate Holdings in connection with a high-stakes litigation against Repsol Renewables North America in the Delaware Court of Chancery regarding Repsol’s failure to consummate a put transaction and the resolution thereof
IBM in its acquisitions of Dialexa, Neudesic and NS1
Julia Koch and her family in their acquisition of a minority, non-controlling interest in the NFL’s New York Giants; and in their minority investment in BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and Barclays Center
Kohlberg & Company in its acquisition of Myers EPS
Lee Equity Partners and its portfolio companies, including in its acquisition of K-MAC Holdings Corp.*
Newport Global Advisors and Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation in the sale of Uno Foods, its frozen foods manufacturing business, to Great Kitchens Food Company
Novolex, supported by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, its majority shareholder, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, in its $6.7 billion agreement to combine with Pactiv Evergreen
Oak Hill Capital in its acquisition of US Oral Surgery Management
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in its acquisition of APCO*
Restaurant Brands International in its acquisition of Firehouse Restaurant Group
Roark Capital Group and its portfolio companies, including in its acquisition of Asset Living
Rocket Companies in its strategic partnership with Sierra AI
SDC Capital Partners in its investment in Effectual
Simon Property Group in its acquisition of the outstanding minority ownership interests in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership, the operating partnership of Taubman Centers
Snow Phipps Group (n/k/a TruArc Partners) and its portfolio companies, including in its portfolio company Teasdale Foods’s acquisitions of Rudy’s Food Products, Mesa Foods and the "Casa Fiesta" brands*
Thomas H. Lee Partners and its portfolio companies, including in its sale of a majority stake of 1-800 CONTACTS to AEA Investors and its sale of a 50% interest in inVentiv Health to Advent International*
TPG Capital in its investment in G&A Partners
Warby Parker in its partnership with Google to develop AI-powered glasses
ZT Systems in its $4.9 billion sale to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

*Matters worked on prior to joining Paul, Weiss