John M.
Anderson

Infrastructure, Real Estate and Energy

Transocean (NYSE: RIG) in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Ocean Rig UDW (NASDAQ: ORIG)

Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) in its $1.1 billion acquisition of AT&T's (NYSE: T) colocation business

Post Properties (NYSE: PPS) in its $4 billion all-stock merger with Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: MAA)

Americold (NYSE: COLD) in its $1.24 billion acquisition of Cloverleaf from Cloverleaf management and an investor group led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX) 

Cortland Partners in its $1.2 billion take-private acquisition of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP (TSX: RUF.U)

Americold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of Lanier Cold Storage

Americold (NYSE:COLD) in its acquisition of PortFresh Holdings from an affiliate of Tengelmann Group

Prologis (NYSE: PLD) in its $890 million 20/80 joint venture with Ivanhoé Cambridge in Brazil

BrightView Landscapes (NYSE: BV) in its acquisitions of Marina Landscape Maintenance, Inc., Urban Tree Care, Girard Environmental Services and The Groundskeeper

Activism, Governance and Special Committees

Darwin Deason in Xerox's (NYSE: XRX) settlement with Deason and Carl Icahn

Darwin Deason in his shareholders agreement with Conduent (NYSE: CNDT)

comScore's Special Committee (NASDAQ: SCOR) in its settlement with Starboard Value

Books-A-Million's Special Committee (NASDAQ: BAMM) in a going private 13e-3 transaction

Ormat Technologies' Special Committee (NYSE: ORA) on its merger with its parent entity

Industrials

Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) in its acquisition of an 85% controlling interest in Cardone Industries

HD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the $2.5 billion sale of its Waterworks business to CD&R, the $825 million sale of its Power Solutions business to Anixter International Inc. (NYSE: AXE) and the sale of its Interior Solutions business to Littlejohn & Co.

Zep Inc. (NYSE: ZEP) in its $692 million going-private sale to New Mountain Capital

BlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) in its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek from Charlesbank

Georgia-Pacific in the $325 million sale of its pine chemicals business to Ingevity (NYSE: NGVT), and the sale of its paper chemicals business to Nalco

Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA) in its $140 million acquisition of Krausz Industries 

Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of Avitru from Alpine Investors

HIG Capital in its acquisition of LANSCO Colors

Apollo Industries in its sale to an affiliate of The Pritzker Group

Suprajit Engineering in its acquisition of Wescon Controls from Nova Capital

Healthcare

Advised Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP) in its definitive agreement to divest its transmission electron microscope business to Ametek Inc. (NYSE: AME) for $925 million.

Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in the now-terminated $925 million sale of its Gatan business to Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO)

Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in the $225 million sale of its scientific imaging business to Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY)

Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisitions of PCI Medical, Inc., UNIConnect LC and GeneInsight

EndoChoice (NYSE: GI) in its $210 million sale to Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX)

Highland Capital Management in its sale of American HomePatient, Inc. to an affiliate of The Linde Group

Retail and Consumer

Northlane Capital in its sale of SMG to Onex

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI) in its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR)

Roark Capital  in its $730 million sale of Atkins Nutritionals to Conyers Park Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company

Under Armour (NYSE: UAA) in its $475 million purchase of MyFitnessPal

Carter’s (NYSE: CRI) in its $140 million acquisition of Skip Hop, a portfolio company of Fireman Capital Partners, and the acquisitions of its Mexican licensees, Industrias Bunny Baby and Operación Eficaz

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) in its $63 million acquisition of ID Watchdog (TSX: IDW)

Prime Risk Partners in its acquisitions of Cook Maran and Roblin Insurance Agency

Sharp Details in its acquisition by PrimeFlight Aviation Services, a portfolio company of Carlyle

Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC in stadium development and sponsorship matters.

Technology, Media and Communications

Carmike Cinemas (NASDAQ: CKEC) in its $1.1 billion cash-stock sale to AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), and in its acquisition of Sundance Cinemas

Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $675 million acquisition of Aderant Holdings from Madison Dearborn, and its acquisition of OnCenter Software from Accel-KKR