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Products.{{ FIELD }}September 26, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Waste Harmonics to TPG and Keter Environmental Services.{{ FIELD }}June 30, 2023\nAdvised Brookfield Capital Partners on its sale of Cardone Industries to First Brands Group.{{ FIELD }}June 30, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita and Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services on their acquisition of Integrity Appraisal Management.{{ FIELD }}April 28, 2023\nAdvised Northland Capital Partners and VMG Health on their acquisition of the assets of BSM Financial.{{ FIELD }}April 28, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Impact Home Services.{{ FIELD }}March 31, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital.{{ FIELD }}October 21, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Eskola Roofing.{{ FIELD }}September 12, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of assets from Driven Brands.{{ FIELD }}December 1, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Atlantic Pipe Services.{{ FIELD }}March 29, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Enviro-Master International Franchise.{{ FIELD }}March 24, 2022\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products in its completion of a continuation fund involving Timber Bay Partners.{{ FIELD }}December 31, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Nationwide Property \u0026amp; 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March 29, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Enviro-Master International Franchise. March 24, 2022\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products in its completion of a continuation fund involving Timber Bay Partners. December 31, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services. December 24, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Caliber Car Wash to Percheon Capital. December 21, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Recreational Group to Sentinel Capital Partners. December 15, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Impact Auto. September 24, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Illinois. September 17, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Missouri. August 19, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Utah. July 19, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of One Plus Systems. June 30, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Stratus Unlimited to Vestar Capital Partners. June 1, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of The Difference Card. April 30, 2021\nAdvised Red Dog Equity on its acquisition of PureMagic Carwash. March 29, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Empower Community Care. January 28, 2021\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products on their acquisition of Yardistry Limited. November 24, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on is sale of Lone Star Overnight to WeDo Logistics. June 11, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Code Ninjas. March 17, 2020\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of VMG Health. 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acquisitions and private equity.\nHe advises domestic and foreign companies, private equity funds and investment banks on a broad range of corporate transactions (including LBOs, tender offers, PIPES and Public-to-Private deals).\nLaurent has developed a practice in a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, energy, financial services and new technologies. He has been recognized as a leading French M\u0026amp;A lawyer and rising star by various publications. Partner Recognised as a Leading Lawyer Best Lawyers in France, 2025 Recognised as Excellent - Large \u0026amp; upper mid-cap LBO transactions  Décideurs Leaders League | Private Equity 2025 Recognised as Excellent - Advising management teams Décideurs Leaders League | Private Equity 2025 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent - Large \u0026amp; upper mid-cap LBO Décideurs Magazine PE France, 2022 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent - Advising Management teams Décideurs Magazine PE France, 2022 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent - Development Capital Transactions Décideurs Magazine PE France, 2022 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent in PE - Mid-cap LBO transactions  Décideurs Magazine, PE 2021 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent in PE - Development capital transactions Décideurs Magazine, PE 2021 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent in PE - Advising Management Teams Décideurs Magazine, PE 2021 Laurent Bensaid is ranked excellent in M\u0026amp;A complex or high litigation potential stock-exchange transactions Décideurs Magazine Corporate/M\u0026amp;A, 2020-21 Laurent Bensaid is ranked leading lawyer in mergers \u0026amp; acquisitions transactions between €75 \u0026amp; €500 million  Décideurs Magazine Corporate/M\u0026amp;A, 2020-21 King \u0026amp; Spalding is ranked as a “highly recommended Firm” in M\u0026amp;A complex or high litigation transactions Décideurs Magazine, 2019 King \u0026amp; Spalding is ranked as a \"Leading Firm\" for M\u0026amp;A transactions bet ween €150 and €500 million Décideurs Magazine, 2019 Laurent Bensaid is ranked excellent in LBO Mid Cap, Capital Investment and Capital Innovation Décideurs Magazine, 2019 K\u0026amp;S ranked as highly reputed for large cap operations and complicated public M\u0026amp;A deals involving high risk litigation  Décideurs Magazine King \u0026amp; Spalding ranked as a front line firm for French mid-cap private equity transactions  Décideurs Magazine Laurent Bensaid is named as one of the \"50 Remarkable Business Lawyers in 2018\" and “Rising Star” Décideurs Magazine University Paris II Panthéon-Assas  Columbia University Columbia University School of Law Paris Dauphine University  Chequers Capital on the majority leveraged buyout of Aserti Group (2026) Air France-KLM on its acquisition of a minority stake in Canadian airline WestJet (2025) The controlling shareholders of Apside on its sale to CGI (2025) Generix Group and its shareholders (Montefiore Investment and Pleiade Investissement) in connection with the leverage recapitalization of the group arranged by Bain Capital. (2025) The founders and main Shareholders of Forsk group in connection with the leverage buy-out transaction of the group arranged by l’IDI. (2025) The founders and main shareholders of Spartes group in connection with Andera Acto’s flex equity investment. (2025) EMZ in connection with the merger of Axdis Group in Powr Group. (2024) Acto / Andera Partners in connection with the leveraged buyout transaction of CDS. (2024) Axway Software in connection with its acquisition and financing of Sopra Banking Software, a division of Sopra Steria and a global financial technology company. (2024) Spie batignolles on its acquisition of listed company ETPO. (2024) Centre Azuréen de Cancérologie in connection with Andera Acto’s flex equity investment. (2024) EMZ Partners in connection with the leverage buy-out transaction of Axdis Group. (2024) Ardian in connection with the divestment of its stake in Argon \u0026amp; Co and related reinvestment in a new holding vehicle jointly controlled by the Managers of the Group and private equity house Bridgepoint. (2024) Generix Group (via its holding named New Gen Holding) in connection with the acquisition of Keyneo. (2024) Andera Partners in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in Groupe ADF. (2024) Sidetrade S.A, in connection with the acquisition of SHS Viveon AG, in Germany. (2024) Id Verde, in connection with its acquisition of Montaut Group. (2024) Id Verde, in connection with the acquisition of SB Paysage. (2024) The founding shareholders of ESI Group in connection with the sale of the group to Keysight Technologies. (2023) Almerys (Heka Group) on its acquisition of GFP Technologies. (2023) Bridgepoint in connection with the LBO of Laboratoire Vivacy (acquisition from TA Associates). (2023) Adionics in connection with its acquisition by Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile. (SQM) (2023) Bonni France (UPS Group) in connection with its acquisition of Transport Chabas Santé’s main assets. (2023) Sidetrade S.A on its acquisition of CreditPoint Software LLC in the US. (2023) Spie Batignolles in connection with its acquisition of Oïkos. (2023) Brainwave GRC in its acquistion by Radiant Logic (2023) L Catterton on its strategic partnership with A.P.C. 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billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. and multiple acquisitions{{ FIELD }}Represented United Parcel Service in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling over $20 billion{{ FIELD }}Represented BOA Acquisition Corp. in its initial public offering and subsequent merger with Selina Hospitality{{ FIELD }}Represented Wingstop in connection with its $125 million IPO and multiple follow on offerings{{ FIELD }}Represented EVO Payments in connection with its $258 million “Up-C” IPO and $190 million follow-on offering{{ FIELD }}Represented Americold Realty Trust in connection with its $942 million IPO (the IPO was the largest up-sized IPO of REIT shares in history), as well as multiple equity and debt financing transactions and acquisitions, including its $1.74 billion acquisition of Agro Merchants{{ FIELD }}Represented Genuine Parts on multiple senior notes offerings{{ FIELD }}Represented General Motors in multi-tranche $4 billion notes offering{{ FIELD 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solicitation for $325 million of outstanding senior notes and related support agreement{{ FIELD }}Represented Jack Cooper in connection with the issuance of $227.5 million of senior secured notes{{ FIELD }}Represented Jack Cooper in connection with multiple liability management transactions, including private exchange offer transactions for an aggregate of approximately $525 million of outstanding senior secured notes and PIK Toggle notes{{ FIELD }}Advised underwriters Raymond James, Citigroup, Stifel, RBC Capital Markets and other underwriters in multiple follow on offerings for CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., raising proceeds in excess of $250 million{{ FIELD }}Represented Nivalis Therapeutics in connection with its $88.5 million IPO{{ FIELD }}Advised BlueLinx in connection with its s $300 million senior secured notes offering and its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek{{ FIELD }}Zack Davis specializes in representing issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital markets activities in the U.S. and abroad, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, share repurchases and public and private debt offerings, as well as tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and other corporate reorganization and liability management transactions. He also advises a number of public companies in connection with governance issues, SEC reporting and disclosure requirements and other corporate and securities matters.\nZack also has experience representing both target and acquiring companies in private and public mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Zack has been recognized as a leading key lawyer in Legal 500’s 2025 USA guide for his expertise in Capital Markets law. Partner Pepperdine University Pepperdine University School of Law Emory University Emory University School of Law Georgia Represented Dude Perfect in its strategic partnership with Highmount Capital Represented Satellogic Inc. in its offering of floating rate convertible secured notes Represented Shimmick Corporation in its initial public offering Represented Sharecare in $3.8 billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp. and multiple acquisitions Represented United Parcel Service in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling over $20 billion Represented BOA Acquisition Corp. in its initial public offering and subsequent merger with Selina Hospitality Represented Wingstop in connection with its $125 million IPO and multiple follow on offerings Represented EVO Payments in connection with its $258 million “Up-C” IPO and $190 million follow-on offering Represented Americold Realty Trust in connection with its $942 million IPO (the IPO was the largest up-sized IPO of REIT shares in history), as well as multiple equity and debt financing transactions and acquisitions, including its $1.74 billion acquisition of Agro Merchants Represented Genuine Parts on multiple senior notes offerings Represented General Motors in multi-tranche $4 billion notes offering Represented Carter’s in multiple offerings of notes in excess of $1 billion Represented the underwriters in connection with HEICO Corporation’s $600 million senior notes offering Represented Preferred Apartment Communities in its $5.8 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Represented CatchMark Timber Trust in its $5 billion all-stock merger with PotlatchDetic Corporation Represented SiteOne Landscape Supply in its follow-on equity offering Represented of Genuine Parts in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group. Represented Lightning eMotors in $800 million SPAC merger with Gig Capital 3 Represented Trane Technologies in multiple offerings of senior notes Represented Beazer Homes in connection with multiple offerings of over $2.0 billion of senior notes and related tender offers and liability management transactions Represented Mastercraft in its sale of Nauticstar Represented IFM Investors in its $275 million senior secured notes offering Represented multiple REITs, including Americold Realty Trust and Whitestone REIT, and placement agents in “at the market” sales programs and forward purchase arrangements Represented Endochoice in connection with its $100 million IPO and its $210 million sale to Boston Scientific Represented Roark Capital in connection with its sale of Atkins Nutritionals to a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for $730 million Advised Energizer in connection with its $2.0 billion acquisition of Spectrum Brands’ global battery and portable lighting business Represented ConocoPhillips on cash tender offer for multiple tranches of debt aggregating over $2.0 billion Represented ConocoPhillips in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes raising proceeds in excess of $3.0 billion Represented Total System Services in multiple offerings of service notes raising proceeds in excess of $2.5 billion Represented Hanesbrands in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling $1.8 million and €500 million Represented SunTrust Banks in connection with the issuance of $1.0 billion of senior notes Represented Equifax in connection with the issuance of $775 million of senior notes Represented Colonial Pipeline in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes totaling $1.2 billion Represented Novelis Corporation in connection with multiple offerings of over $3.5 billion of senior notes and related tender offers and liability management transactions Represented Mueller Water Products in connection with the issuance of $450 million of senior notes Represented JW Aluminum in connection with the issuance of $285 million of senior secured notes Advised Brigade Capital in connection with Guitar Center’s exchange offer and consent solicitation for $325 million of outstanding senior notes and related support agreement Represented Jack Cooper in connection with the issuance of $227.5 million of senior secured notes Represented Jack Cooper in connection with multiple liability management transactions, including private exchange offer transactions for an aggregate of approximately $525 million of outstanding senior secured notes and PIK Toggle notes Advised underwriters Raymond James, Citigroup, Stifel, RBC Capital Markets and other underwriters in multiple follow on offerings for CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc., raising proceeds in excess of $250 million Represented Nivalis Therapeutics in connection with its $88.5 million IPO Advised BlueLinx in connection with its s $300 million senior secured notes offering and its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek","searchable_name":"Zachary J. 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