• Arlene Ortiz-Leytte advises private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and public and private companies on corporate and investment transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising transactions, equity and debt investments, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, and other complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Arlene’s work spans a variety of industries, including chemicals, energy, entertainment, fashion, food and retail, health care, manufacturing, professional services, real estate, technology and transportation.

    Prior to joining Kramer Levin, Arlene was a partner in the corporate practice of a global law firm. She also served a seven-month secondment with Blackstone’s chief legal office. Prior to law school, Arlene was a paralegal in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s National Criminal Enforcement Section.

    Experience

    • Advised a leading growth equity firm that invests in high-growth consumer businesses on its controlling acquisition of an American luxury clothing and accessories brand.

    • Advised a global chemical manufacturer on the $718 million sale of its textile effects business to a Switzerland-based specialty chemicals company.

    • Advised a Zurich-based asset manager on the consortium acquisition of a designer of custom fiber networks.

    • Advised a middle-market global private equity firm on its acquisition of an Atlanta-based international fitness technology company.

    • Advised a U.S.-based digital services company on its $9.5 billion sale to a Japanese multinational conglomerate.

    • Advised one of the world’s leading global asset managers and a cloud-based human capital technology and services provider on the provider’s combination with a special purpose acquisition company.

    • Advised a manufacturer of specialty foods and a global private equity company on the sale of the manufacturer to a U.S.-headquartered private equity firm investing in consumer brands.

    • Advised one of the world’s leading global asset managers on the U.S. aspects of the U.K. take-private of a multinational aviation services company.

    • Advised a national physician-owned radiology practice on its $885 million acquisition of an integrated provider of radiology services from a national medical group.

    • Advised a commercial real estate finance company on its strategic investment by a private investment firm focused on global real estate.

    • Advised a global animal health company on its $250 million convertible preferred equity investment from a New York-based global private equity firm.

    • Advised a global chemical manufacturer on its $300 million acquisition of a North American specialty chemical manufacturer serving the industrial composites, adhesives and coatings markets.

    • Advised a global chemical manufacturer on its $350 million acquisition of a leading North American manufacturer of spray polyurethane foam insulation systems for residential and commercial use.

    • Advised an alternative investment firm specializing in technology, consumer and industrial companies on a $225 million convertible preferred equity investment round in a leading consumer food delivery service.

    • Advised a global chemical manufacturer on its $2.1 billion sale of its chemical intermediates and surfactants businesses to a global petrochemicals company.

    • Advised a cold storage warehouse company and one of the world’s leading global asset managers on the $1.24 billion sale of the warehouse company to an Atlanta-based American temperature-controlled warehousing and transportation company.

    • Advised a leading consumer food delivery service on its $150 million acquisition of a mobile ordering and payment platform on college campuses.

    • Advised a leading growth equity firm that invests in high-growth consumer businesses on its substantial minority investment in an upscale Los Angeles-based organic grocery chain.

    • Advised a digital product engineering company and a leading global private equity advisory firm in the sale of the firm’s ownership stake in the company to a Swiss-based private equity firm.

    • Advised an alternative investment firm specializing in technology, consumer and industrial companies on its preferred equity investment in a marketing technology platform.

    • Advised one of the largest private equity funds in the world on its acquisition of a network performance management software company from a Southern California-based private equity firm focused on technology.

    • Advised one of the largest private equity funds in the world and its portfolio company, a provider of educational student travel programs, on the sale of the company to two middle-market private equity firms.

    • Advised one of the largest private equity funds in the world and its portfolio company, a provider of educational student travel programs, on the company’s acquisition of a provider of university-level international educational programs.

    • Advised the parent company of one of the most prominent brands of sustainably raised meats on its sale to a U.S.-based food and agriculture company.

    • Advised a confidential private equity fund in connection with the formation of its first private equity fund dedicated to multifamily real estate in Mexico.

    • Advised a confidential private equity fund in connection with the formation of a programmatic joint venture with a governmental pension fund to develop industrial properties.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., Columbia Law School, 2014
      • Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review
      • Constitutional Law Teaching Fellow
      • National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court
    • B.A., Program of Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2008

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2015

    Professional Affiliations

    • Hispanic National Bar Association

    Languages

    • Spanish