Sheldon S. Hughes focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions.
During law school, Sheldon was a senior notes and comments editor for the Howard Law Journal and was the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Karla N. Smith of the Montgomery County Circuit Court. Sheldon was also selected from a group of the law school’s highest performing third-year students to serve as a Henry Ramsey Dean’s fellow.
RESULTS
- Represented Merck KGaA in its acquisition of Exelead for $780 million.
- Represented Baker Hughes in its acquisition of Quest Integrity, a subsidiary of Team, Inc., for $280 million.
- Represented NationsBenefits®, in a $275 million issuance and sale of Series B Preferred securities to General Atlantic.
- Represented NationsBenefits®, in its acquisition of DeliverLean™ for an aggregate consideration of up to $90 million.
- Represented Outokumpu Oyj in the divestment of a majority of its Long Products business operations to Marcegaglia Steel Group, for EUR $228 million.
- Represented The Coca-Cola Company in connection with the sale of certain US production facilities to Refresco Beverages US Inc.
- Represented Fidelis Cybersecurity, Inc., a portfolio company of Skyview Capital, LLC, in its acquisition of CloudPassage, Inc.
- Represented Skyview Capital, LLC, in its acquisition of Digital Lumens Incorporated and Digital Lumens Holdings Ltd.
- Represented Skyview Capital, LLC in a sale by its portfolio company, Digital Lumens, of its Encelium business.
- Represented Datacore Software Holdings in its acquisition of Mayadata Holdings.
- Pro Bono: Successfully secured asylum in the United States for a client facing persecution in his home country of the Central African Republic.
- Represented América Móvil in its $6.9 billion sale of TracFone Wireless to Verizon Communications Inc.*
- Represented Allied Universal, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus LLC and Wendel SE, in connection with its acquisition of U.S. Security Associates (USSA) for $1 billion.*
- Represented Carlyle Global Partners in its $169.5 million investment in TAMKO Building Products.*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
RECOGNITIONS
- National Black Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, Atlanta, 2023
COMMUNITY
- National Bar Association
- Caribbean Bar Association
- Gate City Bar Association
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
CREDENTIALS
Education
Howard University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude, 2018
Florida Atlantic University, BA, 2012
Admissions
Georgia
New York
