A Blank Rome team represented Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) in closing its previously announced acquisition of Alexander Mann Solutions (“AMS”) on September 1, 2026, based on an agreed upon enterprise value for AMS of £850 million (approx. $1.1 billion). Pursuant to the acquisition agreement entered into between the parties on June 29, 2026, the transaction was structured as a typical UK lockbox transaction. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement and in the context of the lock-box structure of the transaction, at the closing, Korn Ferry (i) paid a combination of approximately £473 million and $326 million in cash (as consideration to the sellers, in repayment of AMS’s indebtedness, and in satisfaction of other AMS transaction obligations) and (ii) issued 3,118,628 shares of Korn Ferry common stock to the sellers. The combined firm has nearly 17,000 colleagues in more than 130 offices across the globe.
The Blank Rome team was led by Michael Cohen and Jonathan Keen, with Rachel Smaler from our Los Angeles Office. The total Blank Rome team consisted of 20 people throughout the firm who coordinated seamlessly to get this job done, including John Winton, Cory Jacobs, Jacob Brownstein, Sharon Klein, Karen Shin, Mark Blondman, Rachel Gale, David Perry, Jillian Taylor, Samar Aryani, Yelena Barychev, Nora Tidey, Michael Kadlec, Stephen Pennartz, Katherine Hollenbeck, Mary Anne Kowalczyk, and Carol Buckalew.