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(NASDAQ: DFBH), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Deerfield Management.{{ FIELD }}June 19, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness studio franchises from affiliates of Michigan OT Partnership.{{ FIELD }}April 11, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Principal Credit (\"BPC\") on a transaction which resulted in BPC acquiring 85% of the limited partnership interests of Cardone Industries, a leading aftermarket auto parts manufacturer of new and remanufactured auto parts.{{ FIELD }}March 15, 2019\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of Science Care to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.{{ FIELD }}February 27, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with its investment in common equity and subordinated debt of AdaptHealth Holdings.{{ FIELD }}January 28, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Coastal Sign and Wayfinding, Inc., a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage.{{ FIELD }}Ray represents private equity and hedge funds, and counsels corporations, in merger and acquisition transactions, financings and related matters. \nMr. Baltz is a senior partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investment Group and the former head of the Global Corporate Department.  Mr. Baltz has extensive experience representing private equity and hedge funds in a wide variety of matters. Mr. Baltz has handled private equity buyouts totaling over $30 billion in the past several years.  Mr. Baltz is an adept business lawyer who is especially skilled at structuring private equity acquisitions and investments involving middle-market companies and executing leveraged buyouts on behalf of institutional buy-side clients.  Mr. Baltz also is a member of the Southeast chapter of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a former member of the Boards of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters and Buckhead Baseball.  \nKey Clients:\nArcapita\nAssured Investment Management\nBrookfield Asset Management\nEagle Merchant Partners\nLevel 5 Capital Partners\nNorthlane Capital Partners\nPower Sustainable Lios\nRed Dog Equity\nRoark Capital\nSlate Asset Management\nSource Capital\n  Raymond E Baltz Partner Eastern Nazarene College  Boston University Boston University School of Law Boston College Boston College Law School Georgia State Bar of Georgia December 23, 2025\nAdvised Power Sustainable Lios on its acquisition of Crofters Food. December 12, 2025\nAdvised Slate Asset Management on its acquisition of Cold-Link Logistics. October 10, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners and Guidewell Education on their acquisition of MBA Mission USA. September 26, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners and Guidewell Education on their acquisition of Reach Cambridge. September 24, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisitions of EnviroSmart Sumter Solidification and High Pressure Investments. September 5, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Guidewell Education. September 2, 2025\nAdvised Red Dog Equity on its sale of Superio USA Waste to GFL Environmental. July 9, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of Empower Community Care to NexPhase Capital. July 1, 2025\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of C\u0026amp;K Paving Contractors. July 1, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of The Difference Card to Stone Point Capital. February 27, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Strategic Claim Consultants. January 16, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Plus Delta Partners. November 12, 2024\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Stellar Public Adjusting Services. October 11, 2024\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Sam the Concrete Man. July 5, 2024\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products on their acquisition of KidKraft in a Chapter 11 process. July 1, 2024\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of BrandMuscle Holdings to Truelink Capital Partners. April 27, 2024\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of VMG Health to Incline Partners. February 28, 2024\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of AYA Medical Spa. October 27, 2023\nAdvised Brookfield Capital Partners on its sale of Rotomaster to MidOcean Partners and Cloyes Gear \u0026amp; Products. 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The transaction was publicly announced on December 17, 2019 and consummated on January 31, 2020, and included an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.{{ FIELD }}Lucas Barta's practice focuses on counseling both early-stage and sophisticated clients in general corporate, technology, and transactional matters, including venture financings, private and public mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate governance. \nAdmitted in Virginia and Washington, D.C.\nLucas Barta is a Senior Associate in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Northern Virginia Office. Lucas' practice focuses on advising clients on a broad range of general corporate, technology, and transactional matters, including general corporate governance, negotiating debt and venture financings of small and large scale, private and public mergers and acquisitions, service arrangements, and other sophisticated transactions. 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II that resulted in USARE being listed on Nasdaq.{{ FIELD }}Gunvor Group Ltd, one of the world’s largest commodities trading houses, in multiple significant minority investments in the acquisition of oil and gas exploration companies.{{ FIELD }}EnergySource Minerals LLC: in its development of a lithium processing plant.{{ FIELD }}HOBO Renewable Diesel LLC: in its development of a renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production facility.{{ FIELD }}Homer City Redevelopment in its development of a 4.4GW natural gas power plant and 3200-acre data center campus.{{ FIELD }}A leading midstream energy company in its development of multiple co-located power plant and data centers in coordination with a large hyperscaler.{{ FIELD }}Numerous independent power producers and sponsors in the sale and acquisition of and investment in various energy assets, including power plants.{{ FIELD }}Multiple project developers and sponsors with the development of power generation facilities and other energy projects.{{ FIELD }}Sixth Street Partners, LLC in its acquisition of oil and gas assets from Laredo Petroleum Inc., for a total consideration of $715 million.{{ FIELD }}Sempra Energy on its sale of a 20% equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, an energy infrastructure company, to KKR for $3.37 billion.{{ FIELD }}BlackRock, Inc. in the divestiture by its infrastructure fund of its equity interests in certain natural gas pipelines in Mexico.{{ FIELD }}Sibanye Gold Limited, South Africa’s largest individual gold producer, in its $2.2 billion all-cash acquisition of Stillwater Mining Company, including related equity financing.{{ FIELD }}Waste Management, Inc. in its acquisition via merger of Advanced Disposal Inc., representing a $4.6 billion total enterprise value. Representation also included divestiture of more than $800 million in assets of Waste Management and Advanced Disposal, as required by the Department of Justice.{{ FIELD }}Elevance Health, Inc. in its acquisition of BioPlus, a specialty pharmacy company, from Carepath Rx, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners.{{ FIELD }}Nate Bascom advises clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including mergers \u0026amp; acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, financing matters and commercial transactions. Nate particularly focuses on advising clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors, particularly power and renewable energy but also including oil \u0026amp; gas, critical minerals and various infrastructure projects. Nate has represented project developers, private equity funds, private investors, investment banks, commercial banks as well as public and private strategic firms, giving him valuable perspective across a wide variety of market participants and types of transactions. \nBefore joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Nate graduated cum laude from the Duke University School of Law and worked at other distinguished international corporate law firms. Nathaniel Kent Bascom lawyer Senior Associate Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School Duke University Duke University School of Law New York Texas Relevant experience includes: USA Rare Earth, LLC in creating a vertically integrated supply chain for rare earth magnets in the United States, in its $870 million business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II that resulted in USARE being listed on Nasdaq. 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