Francisco J. Morales Barrón
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Francisco advises public and private companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies in connection with domestic and cross-border strategic transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, divestitures and equity financing transactions. His work spans a variety of industries, including technology, software, media, real estate, industrials, life sciences, healthcare, retail and consumer goods. Francisco also counsels public and private companies on general corporate matters.
Experience Highlights
Sixth Street Partners in its majority investment in Caliche Development Partners, a company focused on the acquisition, development, and operation of natural gas and industrial gas storage assets and carbon sequestration, includes the company’s Golden Triangle Storage facilities and carbon sequestration development project in Beaumont, Texas, and its Central Valley Gas Storage facilities in Princeton, California (In Process)
The Houston Astros in a joint venture with the Houston Rockets to acquire AT&T SportsNet Southwest from Warner Bros
Daktronics, Inc. and its Strategy and Financing Review Committee in securing $100 million in additional capital
ABB in its $2.9 billion divestiture of its mechanical power transmission business to RBC Bearings
Accenture
- Acquisition of N3
- Acquisition of Adaptly
- Acquisition of Pillar Technology
Apollo Global Management
- Acquisition of CEC Entertainment (Chuck E. Cheese)
- Secondary offering of shares of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation
Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $1.6 billion divestiture of the UPSA consumer health business to Taisho Pharmaceutical
Corning in its $1.9 billion acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in Samsung Corning Precision Materials from Samsung Display and other minority shareholders
Danaher Corporation
- $9.6 billion acquisition of Aldevron
- Minority investment in Andelyn Biosciences
- $825 million sale of a collection of life sciences businesses to Sartorius AG
- $21.4 billion acquisition of the biopharma business of General Electric
Durational Capital Management in its acquisition of Casper Sleep Inc.
Expedia in its minority investment in Decolar.com
FMC Corporation in the acquisition of a significant portion of DuPont’s crop protection business and simultaneous sale to DuPont of FMC’s Health and Nutrition business
Footprint, Inc. in its $1.6 billion business combination with Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. (terminated)
Fox Corporation in its acquisition of Credible Labs
General Motors in its $2.25 billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund in GM Cruise Holdings LLC, GM’s autonomous vehicle business
HH Global Group Limited in its acquisition of InnerWorkings, Inc.
KKR
- Investment in apexanalytix
- Investment in PlayOn! Sports and GoFan
- Investment in Beacon Pointe
- Acquisition of Bettcher Industries and Frontmatec
- Investment in Charter Next Generation
- Sale of Calabrio
- Acquisition of the Flow Control Group
- Acquisition of Corel Corp.
Novo Holdings on its acquisition of Medical Knowledge Group
Publicis Groupe S.A. in its $3.7 billion acquisition of Sapient Corporation
Smucker’s in its acquisition of Big Heart Pet Brands
Tim Hortons Inc. in its $12.2 billion combination with Burger King Worldwide, Inc.
Vantiv in its $1.65 billion acquisition of Mercury Payment Systems
Ventas in its $2.6 billion acquisition of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust
Vitamin Shoppe
- Acquisition by Liberty Tax
- Defense against a full slate proxy contest by Vintage Capital and its agreements with Vintage Capital and Shah Capital regarding the composition of the Vitamin Shoppe board of directors
Credentials
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2013 (Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review)
- Yale University, B.A., Political Science & East Asian Studies, 2007
- Judicial clerk to Honorable Alex Kozinski, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2015–2016
- Selected to the New York Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2018–2024
- New York City Bar Association; Member of the Diversity Pipeline Initiatives Committee
- American Bar Association
- New York
- Mandarin (conversational)
- Spanish (native)
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2024
- InsightOctober 10, 2023
V&E+ Values
- Deals & CasesOctober 2, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 22, 2023
- Deals & CasesMay 11, 2023
- Deals & CasesDecember 13, 2022
- Press ReleaseNovember 7, 2022