Erik Belenky

CONSUMER AND RETAIL

• Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) in its pending $2.2 billion sale to Dream Finders Homes (NYSE: DFH)
• Nouria Energy Corporation, in its acquisition of Enmarket, a leading convenience store retailer in the Southeast, from Colonial Group, Inc.
• Newell Brands Inc. in numerous transactions, including:
• its $16 billion acquisition of Jarden Corporation
• the sale of its Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners for approximately $1.3 billion
• its sale of The Waddington Group to Novolex Holdings, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, for approximately $2.3 billion
• the $1.95 billion sale of its Tools business, including the Irwin®, Lenox®, and Hilmor® brands, to Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
• the sale of The United States Playing Card Company to Cartamundi Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of playing cards and board games
• the sale of its Process Solutions business to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC for $500 million
• the $395 million sale of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. to Seidler Equity Partners and Major League Baseball - The Daily Deal's Most Innovative Middle Market Deal of the Year (2018)
• the sale of its Winter Sports businesses to Kohlberg & Company for $240 million
• the sale of its Pine Mountain® fire starters and fire logs business, and Diamond® matches, fire starters, lighters, toothpicks, and laundry business, to Royal Oak Enterprises, a leading manufacturer of charcoal and grilling products
• Genuine Parts Company, in its announced plan to separate its automotive parts and industrial parts segments into two independent, publicly traded companies.
• Genuine Parts Company, in its acquisition of Motor Parts & Equipment Corporation, the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S.
• The Home Depot in multiple transactions, including:
• its acquisition of The Litemore group of companies
• its acquisition of Landmark Interiors
• its acquisition of the Brafasco group of companies
• the sale of Chem-Dry carpet cleaning franchise chain
• IQVentures Holdings, in its pending $504 million acquisition of The Aaron's Company (NYSE: AAN), a leading lease-to-own retailer of appliances, electronics, furniture and home goods
• Georgia-Pacific in the sale of its joint venture interest in Vania and Polive (feminine products) to Johnson & Johnson
• Sweetwater Sound, the nation's largest e-commerce retailer of musical instruments and pro audio equipment, in its growth equity investment by Providence Equity Partners
• Les Enterprises Barrette Ltee in the sale of Barrette Outdoor Living (North America's leading manufacturer of wood-alternative fence and railing products) to TorQuest Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

INDUSTRIALS

• Genuine Parts Company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group, a leading distributor of power transmission, automation and fluid power products
• Baker Hughes Company in multiple transactions, including:
• the pending $1.45 billion sale of its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon
• its $540 million acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation, a leading provider of safety-critical pressure management solutions, from investment partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated
• its acquisition of AccessESP, a provider of advanced technology for artificial lift solutions
• the sale of its specialty polymers business to SK Capital
• the sale of its A-C Compressor service and repair business to Rotating Machinery Services, Inc.
• the sale of its Rotoflow™ turboexpander business to Air Products
• General Electric Company in a variety of transactions, including:
• the sale of the small industrial motors business of its Power Conversion division to Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd.
• the sale of the Electric Machinery unit of its Converteam business to WEG
• Georgia-Pacific in in acquisition of Excel Displays & Packaging, a designer and manufacturer of point-of-purchase displays and industrial packaging
• Monstanto Company in its feed and processing joint venture with Cargill Inc.
• The Vincit Group, a leading provider of food safety and pathogen control services for the protein industry, in its investment by Harvest Capital Partners
• 3M in multiple transactions, including:
• its pending $1.95 billion acquisition, in partnership with Bain Capital, of Madison Fire & Rescue from Madison Industries; in connection with the closing, 3M will contribute its Scott Safety business to the partnership
• the sale of its fused silica manufacturing business to Christy Minerals
• the sale to SIAT Group of 3M's 50% equity stake in Combi Packaging Systems (a producer and distributor of packaging machinery and spare parts)
• Superior Essex, in the formation of its global joint venture with Nexans, creating the world's largest manufacturer or magnet wire

TECHNOLOGY

• Mailchimp, a leading email marketing company to small and mid-market businesses, in its $12 billion sale to Intuit. The transaction was the largest sale of a privately held software company in U.S. history
• Xerox Holdings Corporation in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP Inc.
• RELX Group plc in numerous transactions, including:
• its acquisitions of SST Software, a precision agriculture information solutions company, and CDMS, a leading provider of compliance data and solutions to support agronomic recommendations and decisions
• the sale of a 51 percent stake in Reed Construction Data (RCD) to Warburg Pincus, and the sale of 100 percent of RSMeans to The Gordian Group, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company
• the acquisition of Chemical Data, a leading provider of US petrochemical price benchmarks and predictive analytics
• the acquisition of FlightStats, a leading flight status tracker
• its acquisition of Intelligize, a leading provider of Securities and Exchange Commission intelligence and data solutions
• Monitise plc, a provider of mobile banking technology services, in its acquisition of ClairMail

ENERGY

• Baker Hughes Company in the sale of its global Natural Gas Solutions (NGS) business to First Reserve
• General Electric Company in multiple transactions, including:
• the acquisition of the Salof group of companies, designers of mini LNG and CO2 technologies and facilities
• the sale of its Industrial Air & Gas Technologies business to Colfax Corporation

FINANCIAL SERVICES

• General Electric Company in the sale of its Commercial Distribution Finance, Vendor Finance, and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo & Co.
• American First Finance, a leading virtual lease-to-own and retail finance provider, in its sale to FirstCash, Inc. for up to $1.47 billion in cash and stock

CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING

• Georgia Pacific, in its acquisition of the Temple-Inland building products business from International Paper Company for $750 million
• Kamco Supply, a leading supplier of ceilings, wallboard, steel, lumber, and related construction products, in its $317 million sale to GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS)

AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

• U.S. Xpress Enterprises (NYSE: USX) in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX)
• ARINC Incorporated and its shareholders, including multiple major airlines, in the sale of the company to The Carlyle Group
• United Parcel Service, in its acquisition of HTML Logistics
• Koch Industries, in its acquisition of The Chicago Fuels Terminal from DTE Energy

HEALTHCARE

• EDG Partners, a private equity firm focused on small and middle market healthcare companies, in numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and growth equity investments
• Gemino Healthcare Finance, a nationwide provider of asset based and term loans to small and mid-size healthcare service providers, in the company's sale to Solar Senior Capital Ltd.

Erik Belenky's practice focuses on advising clients and their boards on mergers and acquisitions and other significant corporate matters. Erik also has substantial experience counseling companies on takeover defense, proxy contests, shareholder activism and corporate governance.

Erik has numerous leading public and private companies on substantial M&A matters, such as Newell Brands, General Electric Company, Baker Hughes Company, Georgia-Pacific, RELX Group (formerly, Reed Elsevier), The Home Depot, United Parcel Service, Xerox Holdings Corporation, 3M Company and Genuine Parts Company. Recent representative transactions including acting for Newell Brands in its acquisition of Jarden Corporation; 3M in its acquisition of Madison Fire & Rescue from Madison Industries, in partnership with Bain Capital; Baker Hughes Company in the pending sale of its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon; Genuine Parts Company in its acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group; Mailchimp in its sale to Intuit; Xerox in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP; and U.S. Xpress in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation.

For the last 18 consecutive years, Erik has been listed as a top M&A attorney in Chambers USA. He is also listed in M&A by The Legal 500 US and Best Lawyers in America and has been recognized as a \"Client Service All Star MVP\" by BTI Consulting Group.

Erik was formerly a member of the board of trustees of the Schenck School (an independent school in Atlanta, GA for children with dyslexia).