Tyler is a Partner in Centerview's New York office. He is an advisor to companies on strategic matters including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and takeover & activism defense. Prior to joining Centerview in 2019, Tyler was a Managing Director in the TMT M&A Group at Goldman Sachs where he also led the firm’s Takeover Defense and Activism practice.
Recent experience includes: Represented ADP on its proxy contest vs. Pershing Square; Cornerstone on its $1.3bn acquisition of Saba; Deltic on its $1.4bn sale to Potlatch; EQR on its $70bn merger with AvalonBay; E.I. du Pont de Nemours on its $67.5bn merger with Dow Chemical Co and proxy contest vs. Trian; Exxon on its proxy contest vs. Engine #1; Forest City on its $9.6bn sale to Brookfield; Fundtech on its $1.3bn sale to DH Corp; Gannett on its $1.9bn sale to New Media; Grubhub on its $7.5bn merger with Just Eat Takeaway; Illumina on its proxy contest vs. Carl Icahn; IGT on its $6.5bn sale to GTECH; ILG on its $5.2bn sale to Marriott Vacations; KCG Holdings on its $1.4bn sale to Virtu; Lifelock on its $2.1bn sale to Symantec; Media General on its $5.1bn sale to Nexstar Broadcasting; LaSalle on its $4.3bn sale to Pebblebrook; Penguin Solutions on its $200mm PIPE from SK Telecom; Qorvo on its $22bn merger with Skyworks; Qualcomm on its $4.5bn acquisition of Veoneer; Samsung on its $7.7bn merger of Cheil Industries and proxy contest with Elliott; Semrush on its $1.9bn sale to Adobe; Starwood on its $14.8bn sale to Marriott International; Trimble on its $3.0bn Precision Ag combination with AGCO, its €1.9bn acquisition of Transporeon from Hg, and it’s sale of telematics businesses to Platform Science; Twilio on its $750mm investment into Syniverse; Ventas on its proxy contest with L&B; Zendesk on defense of its $4.2bn bid for Momentive.
Other special committee, hostile M&A, and activism defense assignments include: Adverum Biotechnology vs. Sonic Fund; AT&T vs. Elliott; Bank of East Asia vs. Elliott; Chipotle vs. Pershing Square; Commvault vs. Starboard; ComScore vs. Starboard; Constellation Brands on its declassification (special committee); Credit Suisse; Emerson Electric vs. D.E. Shaw; Exelixis vs. Farallon; IFF vs. Icahn; Janus Henderson vs. Trian; Macerich takeover defense vs. Simon Properties; McDonalds vs. Icahn; RPM International vs. Elliott; Symantec vs. Starboard; The Trade Desk on its dual class amendment (special committee); Tribune bid defense vs. Gannett; W. P. Carey Special Committee; Tiffany & Co vs. JANA; Taubman vs. L&B; Verint vs. Neuberger Berman; Xerox vs. Icahn.
Tyler began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, attended Boston College, UC Boulder, and the Taft School in Watertown, CT.