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Devon Pope is a partner in the Corporate department and based out of New York City. Devon has a broad range of experience representing public and private companies and investment management firms in connection with a variety of cross-border and domestic transactions, equity financings and general corporate matters. Representative transactions include mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and distressed transactions.

In 2025, Devon was recognized by the Legal 500 United States for M&A: middle-market and by Best Lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”

Devon was previously an associate at Cullen and Dykman from 2019 to 2022. Prior to returning to Cullen and Dykman, Devon was a senior associate in the New York City office of a global law firm with a top-ranked corporate practice.

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate Financial Mergers and Acquisitions Distressed M & A Commercial Contracts Corporate Finance Formations and Governance Loan Workout Private Equity and Financial Sponsors

Industries

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

Education

  • J.D., Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Business and Entrepreneurship Concentration, 2015
  • B.A., State University of New York at New Paltz, 2012

Representative Experience

  • Representation of PEAC Solutions, a portfolio company of global investment firm HPS Investment Partners, in its carve-out acquisition of the specialty financing business of ePlus, a technology solutions and services provider. 
  • Represented Munich-based condiment producer Develey Senf & Feinkost in the sale of its U.S. production facility to Chicago-based global food ingredients manufacturer Newly Weds Foods.
  • Represented Sphere, a live entertainment and media company, in its acquisition of Advanced Electronic Designs, an engineering product development firm.
  • Represented Geller & Company on the sale of its multifamily office business to Corient, one of the fastest growing national wealth advisors in the U.S.
  • Represented London-based Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange and the publisher of the Harry Potter series, in its acquisition of the academic imprints and associated titles of Rowman & Littlefield, its biggest acquisition to date.
  • Represented Knorr-Bremse AG in its approximately €630 million acquisition of the North American conventional rail signaling business of Alstom.
  • Represented alternative investment firm AURELIUS in a transaction by its portfolio company, ZIM Aircraft Seating, carving out HAECO Cabin Solutions from HAECO Group.
  • Represented Stanadyne and its subsidiary Pure Power on their section 363 asset sale to an entity formed by Cerberus, the prepetition agent and secured lender.
  • Represented Diversified Aero Services, a leading global aircraft inventory solutions provider based in Miami, FL, in its 50% sale to Marubeni Corporation, including an exit of minority investor Fortress Investment Group, and relating joint venture arrangements.
  • Represented HPS Investment Partners in a cross-border carve-out acquisition.
  • Represented Rheinmetall AG (RHM), a publicly listed company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in its $950 million acquisition of Loc Performance Products.
  • Represented MSG Sports in the combination of Counter Logic Gaming, of which MSG Sports previously owned a controlling interest, with NRG, a professional gaming and entertainment company. As a result of the transaction, MSG Sports now owns a noncontrolling equity interest in the larger, combined NRG/CLG company.
  • Represented of software service provider SETWorks, which creates software for disability service agencies, in its acquisition of EDoc, the leading electronic documentation platform for intellectual and developmental disability service agencies in Iowa.
  • Represented The LiRo Group (LiRo), a preeminent engineering, architecture, and construction management group of companies, in the acquisition of the LiRo Group by Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI).
  • Represented Capital District Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, LLC, an oral surgery practice based in Albany, in its sale of substantially all of its assets to Affinity Dental Management.
  • Represented Consolidated Carpet of New York, a floor covering contractor, in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Vortex Commercial Flooring of Chicago.
  • Represented N&S Supply of Fishkill, a plumbing, heating, HVAC and bathroom remodeling supply company, in its sale of substantially all of its assets to Watsco, Inc. (WSO), a publicly traded company headquartered in Florida.
  • Represented a National Outside Plant (OSP) telecommunications Contracting Firm in $15,000,000 reverse merger with a nationwide broadband engineering, construction and maintenance services company that partnered with a private equity firm focused in the telecommunications construction space.
  • Represented two New York private investment firms in a $17,000,000 joint stock acquisition of a Midwestern concrete waterproofing construction company.

Honors and Awards

  • 2025, Recognized by Legal 500 United States for M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
  • 2024-2025, Recognized by Best Lawyers as “Ones to Watch”, 

Publications

  • Co-lead “Ethics in Negotiation and Documenting Private Transactions,” Acquiring or Selling the Privately Held Company program, Practicing Law Institute, New York (2024)

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