Frederick W.P. de Albuquerque

Fred de Albuquerque is a Partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice based in the Firm’s Bay Area offices, where he represents financial sponsors and public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, investments, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other business transactions. He also regularly counsels clients in connection with general corporate governance and securities law matters.

Fred’s representations span a wide range of sectors, including technology, infrastructure, financial services, healthcare and consumer products. His financial sponsor clients have included, among others, Centerbridge Partners, EQT, Genstar Capital, Hellman & Friedman, KSL Capital Partners, Silver Lake, Technology Crossover Ventures, True Wind Capital and their respective portfolio companies. Fred was recently recognized as a Law360 “Rising Star” in Mergers and Acquisitions for 2025 and among Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers” for 2026. Fred currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Recruiting Committee and Inclusion Committee.

Fred’s experience includes the representation of:

• EQT in numerous transactions, including its acquisition together with GIP of AES in a $33.4 billion deal and its acquisitions of Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations, Copia Power, First Student and First Transit, Parexel, Storable and Zeus, its IPO of Certara, its sale of Clinical Innovations and multiple transactions involving EdgeConneX and the seeding of EQT’s AI infrastructure strategy
• KSL Capital Partners in numerous transactions, including its investment in Flexjet, formation of Alterra Mountain Company, its acquisitions of Hersha Hospitality Trust, Intrawest Resorts, Invited Clubs, Mammoth Resorts and Playa Hotels & Resorts and its sales of Atlantic Aviation and Outrigger Hotels’ APAC business
• Hellman & Friedman in numerous transactions, including its investment in Baker Tilly and subsequent merger of Baker Tilly and Moss Adams, its investment in Sprinklr, its acquisition of Edelman Financial Services, its sales of CarProof and Sheridan Healthcare and Snap One’s merger with Control4
• Silver Lake in numerous transactions, including its investments in Ancestry.com, Integrity Marketing Group and Oak View Group and its sale of Vantage Data Centers
• True Wind Capital in numerous transactions, including its investments in Transflo and Zix Corporation and acquisition of Microdea
• Cisco Systems in its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk
• Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in its $8.5 billion sale to Berkshire Hathaway
• CSG Systems in its $2.9 billion sale to NEC Corporation
• Technology Crossover Ventures in its acquisition of Oversight Systems
• Centerbridge Partners in its acquisition of IBM’s portfolio of marketing and advertising software products and INDUS Realty Trust
• Tortuga Resorts in its $2 billion acquisition of 14 all-inclusive resort assets located across Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica from Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Airbnb in its $1 billion investment by Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners
• Aspire Holdings in its equity investments in Verdence Capital Advisors and Crewe Advisors
• Certara in its acquisition of Pinnacle21
• Applied Systems in its acquisition of EZLynx

Fred received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Victor McQuistion Scholar, and a B.A., with honors, from the University of Illinois.