Adrienne Bradley advises companies, investors, and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, corporate governance, and other strategic business matters. Her experience includes domestic and cross-border transactions across a range of industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, technology, media and entertainment, apparel, and insurance.

Before founding Williams Bradley Partners Limited, Adrienne spent the majority of her legal career at Sullivan & Cromwell, where she advised on public and private M&A transactions, capital markets offerings, and corporate governance matters for leading domestic and international clients.

Clients value Adrienne's practical judgment, meticulous preparation, and ability to navigate complex transactions with clarity and confidence.

  • Energy & Infrastructure

    • Sempra Energy $5.8B combined sale of Peruvian and Chilean energy businesses to affiliates of China Yangtze Power and State Grid International.

    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) $1.3B sale of its interest in ETC Transmission Holdings S.L., parent company of Transelec S.A., to China Southern Power Grid International.

    • Baker Hughes International combination with General Electric’s oil and gas business.

    • Sapura Energy Berhad $540M upstream oil and gas joint venture with OMV AG.

    • Energy Future Holdings: Governance advice arising in connection with bankruptcy proceedings.

    Strategic Mergers & Acquisitions

    • Ingersoll Rand $15B Reverse Morris Trust transaction combining its industrial segment with Gardner Denver.

    • Bristol Myers Squibb $13.1B acquisition of MyoKardia.

    • Merck $11.5B acquisition of Acceleron Pharma.

    • Ultimate Software $11B acquisition by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman.

    • Grubhub $7.3B acquisition by Just Eat Takeaway.com.

    • New York Life Insurance Company $6.3B acquisition of Cigna’s group life and disability insurance business.

    • Cision $2.74B acquisition by an affiliate of Platinum Equity.

    • Dell Technologies / VMware $2.7B acquisition of Pivotal Software.

    • Multi-Color Corporation $2.5B acquisition by an affiliate of Platinum Equity.

    • NASCAR Holdings $2B acquisition of International Speedway Corporation.

    • QUALCOMM proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors.

    Capital Markets & Securities

    • AIG: multiple offerings of senior notes and junior subordinated bonds totaling more than $10B.

    • SoftBank $10B issuance of exchangeable securities.

    • Silicon Valley Bank: $500M senior notes offering and $350M preferred stock offering.

    • Pershing Square $500M public offering of shares in Nomad Foods.

    • Bayer exchange offer for senior notes issued in connection with its $60B acquisition of Monsanto.

    • Public Company Advisory: Exchange Act reporting and securities compliance matters.

    Corporate Governance & Strategic Advisory

    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB): governance advice relating to Transelec S.A., including bylaws, governance policies, and restructuring of the holding company ownership structure.

    • Kodak: governance advisory matters relating to corporate structure and board oversight.

    • Entertainment industry organization (confidential client): transition from a non-profit entity to a for-profit corporate structure, including redesign of governance framework and organizational policies.

    • Nonprofit organizations: advice on governance structures, board policies, and organizational compliance, including pro bono matters.

    Investigations & Special Situations

    • 1MDB: assisted in matters relating to the international investigation of 1MDB.

  • Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY
    Associate 2013-2021
    Summer Associate 2011

    Covington & Burling, New York, NY
    Special Counsel 2021-2023

Adrienne R. W. Bradley

Founding and Managing Attorney

abradley@williamsbradley.com
(646) 809-7226
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Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School – Executive Editor, Harvard International Law Journal

  • MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management – Exchange program, HEC Paris, France

  • MPP, Harvard University – Business & Government and International Trade & Finance; Internship, Executive Office of the President

  • AB, Harvard University – Economics, Harvard Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility

Clerkships

  • Hon. Lavenski R. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Bar Admissions

  • New York

  • Minnesota

  • Arkansas

Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States

  • U.S. District Court (MN)

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