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He has represented developers, REITs, commercial and investment banks, private equity fund sponsors, family offices and institutional investors in a variety of real estate and corporate transactions and regulatory matters across the GCC.[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalek\u0026rsquo;s transactional experience includes direct and indirect real estate acquisitions across all types of property (including hospitality, industrial, educational and healthcare assets), development transactions, hotel acquisition and management transactions, capital market and financing transactions involving real estate, representation of institutional investors and real estate funds in connection with the formation of real estate joint ventures, and turnaround of distressed off-plan projects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalek is recognized in both \u003cem\u003eChambers Global Guide\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLegal 500 EMEA\u003c/em\u003e. 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The transaction was structured as a $100m mezzanine private credit facility which was primarily intended to finance the equity recapitalization of the borrower’s affiliates.{{ FIELD }}Acquisitions and Dispositions\nNBK Capital Partners Real Estate Fund and Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Private Investments on the sale of the real estate leased to Hartland International School in Dubai to Elevate, a portfolio company backed by Rava Partners in collaboration with Alta Capital.{{ FIELD }}Sweid \u0026amp; Sweid, a leading real estate private equity and development firm, on its acquisition of Aurora Tower, a prominent office building located in the heart of Dubai Media City.{{ FIELD }}Bureau Lamar SPV, an affiliate of Lamar Development, in connection with the purchase from Shamal Estates LLC of a strategic plot of land in Business Bay for development purposes.{{ FIELD }}SICO Capital Company, the manager of Flow MENA Residential Real Estate Fund 1, in connection with the purchase and operation of a portfolio of c. 687 residential units in Saudi Arabia. The transaction marks the first significant international expansion of the co-living community startup backed by Adam Neumann, the co-founder of WeWork.{{ FIELD }}Affiliates of Driven Properties, in connection with the purchase of the iconic Emaar Square Building No. 3 in Downtown Dubai. The building was the former HQ of Emaar Properties and comprises almost 230,000 sq ft of leasable area. The acquisition stands as the largest real estate deal in Downtown Dubai in 2024.{{ FIELD }}Peninsula Real Estate Management Limited in connection with its AED 555 million purchase of 17 income generating warehouse assets in Al Markaz industrial development in Abu Dhabi.{{ FIELD }}Apollo Global Management in connection with its US$ 500 million strategic equity stake in Adar Investment Properties (AIP), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-listed Aldar Properties PJSC and the region’s largest institutional-class real estate platform with assets across retail, residential, commercial, and logistics segments.{{ FIELD }}A Kuwaiti Shareholding Company K.S.C. (closed), in connection with a Sharia compliant sale and leaseback of a workers’ accommodation.{{ FIELD }}Real Estate Aspects of Structured Finance\nApollo Global Management in connection with its US$ 500 million real estate structured finance investment in the landbank of Aldar Properties PJSC.{{ FIELD }}Apollo Global Management and its consortium of institutional investors in connection with its US$2.7 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Abu Dhabi Property Leasing Holding Company RSC Ltd from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). This structured finance transaction allowed ADNOC to maintain full ownership and control over its real estate portfolio while leveraging the rental income streams from the same (valued at US$ 5.5 billion) pursuant to a 24-year Master Lease Agreement.{{ FIELD }}Development Work\nMuraba Properties LLC in connection with their ultra luxury Muraba Veil off-plan development in Dubai, including title structuring advice and preparation of bespoke off plan sales and strata documents.{{ FIELD }}A leading developer in Dubai in connection with various hospitality projects in the UAE, including assistance in the drafting of the standard sale and purchase agreements, fractional ownership and rental guarantee documentation.{{ FIELD }}A leading developer in Ras Al Khaimah, in connection with the drafting of its standard sale and purchase agreements with sub-developers.{{ FIELD }}Property Funds and Listed Companies\nEmaar Development PJSC, the development arm of Emaar Group, in connection with its US$1.5 billion initial public offering of ordinary shares and listing on the DFM.{{ FIELD }}Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in connection with the real estate restructuring exercise required as part of the readiness phase of its US$ 851 million initial public offering.{{ FIELD }}Leasing and Management\nA Saudi family office in connection with the appointment of an international hotel operator for three hotels in Riyadh and Khobar.{{ FIELD }}A school operator in connection with a build-to-suit lease of a school in Dubai.{{ FIELD }}A Saudi institutional investor in connection with a built-to-suit transaction with a leading operator relating to an orthopedic healthcare facility in Jeddah.{{ FIELD }}A multinational bank in connection with the leasing of various assets comprising its portfolio in the GCC{{ FIELD }}Pacha Group in the negotiation of hospitality management services with Five Hotel.{{ FIELD }}A Real Estate Investment Company in connection with its proposed initial public offering of shares (primary offering) on ADX.{{ FIELD }}A private owner in connection with the lease of its hotel in Dubai.{{ FIELD }}Softbank in connection with its lease of offices in ICD Brookfield.{{ FIELD }}Dogus Group, in relation to the lease of various commercial and retail premises in the UAE.{{ FIELD }}Distressed Assets and Special Situations\nHayfin Capital Management, a hedge fund, in connection with its financing of Imperial Avenue project in Downtown Dubai under development by Shapoorji Pallonji International Property Developers, the development arm of Shapoorji Pallonji.{{ FIELD }}Hospitality\nPalladium Group, as operator, in connection with the hotel and branded residences project known as The Al Marjan Island Hotel and Residences in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Tasks included the preparation and negotiation of the full range of branded residences and off-plan sales and strata documents.{{ FIELD }}IHHR Hospitality Ananda Private Limited in connection with its appointment as the manager of a luxury wellness resort in Triple Bay, Amaala, Saudi Arabia.{{ FIELD }}Malek Al Rifai is a real estate partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investments Group based in the Dubai office. Malek has a diverse multidisciplinary practice focused on owners and operators in the real estate industry. He has represented developers, REITs, commercial and investment banks, private equity fund sponsors, family offices and institutional investors in a variety of real estate and corporate transactions and regulatory matters across the GCC.\nMalek’s transactional experience includes direct and indirect real estate acquisitions across all types of property (including hospitality, industrial, educational and healthcare assets), development transactions, hotel acquisition and management transactions, capital market and financing transactions involving real estate, representation of institutional investors and real estate funds in connection with the formation of real estate joint ventures, and turnaround of distressed off-plan projects.\nMalek is recognized in both Chambers Global Guide and Legal 500 EMEA. Clients describe him as a “standout lawyer” who “thinks outside the box” and is “business minded, very responsive and very knowledgeable”.\nMalek received his LLB from Saint Joseph University. He also holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from Bayes Business School (City, University of London).\nMalek is fluent in Arabic, English and French. Malek Al Rifai lawyer Partner \"Malek is particularly active on matters relating to mixed-use development projects...\" Chambers Global 2026 “Malek is an outstanding professional with solid expertise in real estate.” Chambers Global 2026 “He combines a great deal of experience and knowledge with a highly commercial approach.”  Chambers Global 2026 “Malek Al Rifai is incredibly sharp and always a few steps ahead.” Chambers Global 2026 “Malek is an excellent lawyer and very knowledgeable. He has both the expertise and the experience.” Chambers Global 2026 Rising Star Partner (Project Development and Real Estate), UAE IFLR1000 EMEA 2025 “I am always dealing with Malek Al Rifai – he is very responsive and very knowledgeable, thinks outside of the box, can co-ordinate the team and always comes up with an answer or solution”  Chambers Global 2023 “Malek Al Rifai is an absolute force in real estate, he is very smart and responsive. He is always aware of the larger commercial picture and focused on solutions to difficult issues. There is never a moment of doubt in Malek’s ability to provide a superior work product” Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Malek Al Rifai is an exceptionally skilled lawyer. He is a sharp negotiator who understands the regional aspects but also the civil law concerns, which is a big help\" Chambers Global 2025 \"Impressive, consistently providing clear and practical advice with a sharp focus on detail\". Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Recommended Lawyer – Real Estate, United Arab Emirates Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Up and Coming Partner Chambers Global 2023, 2024, 2025 Bayes Business School, City University of London  Faculty of Law, Saint Joseph University  Beirut Beirut Bar Association, 2008 Real Estate Private Credit\nAdvised Cerberus in connection with a USD loan made to a UAE property developer secured against receivables from completed projects. Nomura Singapore Limited, as lead arranger and lender, together with TOR Asia Credit Opportunity Master Fund III LP, as co-lender, in connection with the development financing of an ultra-luxury residential development and beach resort in Dubai. The transaction was structured as a $100m mezzanine private credit facility which was primarily intended to finance the equity recapitalization of the borrower’s affiliates. Acquisitions and Dispositions\nNBK Capital Partners Real Estate Fund and Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Private Investments on the sale of the real estate leased to Hartland International School in Dubai to Elevate, a portfolio company backed by Rava Partners in collaboration with Alta Capital. Sweid \u0026amp; Sweid, a leading real estate private equity and development firm, on its acquisition of Aurora Tower, a prominent office building located in the heart of Dubai Media City. Bureau Lamar SPV, an affiliate of Lamar Development, in connection with the purchase from Shamal Estates LLC of a strategic plot of land in Business Bay for development purposes. SICO Capital Company, the manager of Flow MENA Residential Real Estate Fund 1, in connection with the purchase and operation of a portfolio of c. 687 residential units in Saudi Arabia. The transaction marks the first significant international expansion of the co-living community startup backed by Adam Neumann, the co-founder of WeWork. Affiliates of Driven Properties, in connection with the purchase of the iconic Emaar Square Building No. 3 in Downtown Dubai. The building was the former HQ of Emaar Properties and comprises almost 230,000 sq ft of leasable area. The acquisition stands as the largest real estate deal in Downtown Dubai in 2024. Peninsula Real Estate Management Limited in connection with its AED 555 million purchase of 17 income generating warehouse assets in Al Markaz industrial development in Abu Dhabi. Apollo Global Management in connection with its US$ 500 million strategic equity stake in Adar Investment Properties (AIP), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-listed Aldar Properties PJSC and the region’s largest institutional-class real estate platform with assets across retail, residential, commercial, and logistics segments. A Kuwaiti Shareholding Company K.S.C. (closed), in connection with a Sharia compliant sale and leaseback of a workers’ accommodation. Real Estate Aspects of Structured Finance\nApollo Global Management in connection with its US$ 500 million real estate structured finance investment in the landbank of Aldar Properties PJSC. Apollo Global Management and its consortium of institutional investors in connection with its US$2.7 billion acquisition of a 49% stake in Abu Dhabi Property Leasing Holding Company RSC Ltd from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). This structured finance transaction allowed ADNOC to maintain full ownership and control over its real estate portfolio while leveraging the rental income streams from the same (valued at US$ 5.5 billion) pursuant to a 24-year Master Lease Agreement. Development Work\nMuraba Properties LLC in connection with their ultra luxury Muraba Veil off-plan development in Dubai, including title structuring advice and preparation of bespoke off plan sales and strata documents. A leading developer in Dubai in connection with various hospitality projects in the UAE, including assistance in the drafting of the standard sale and purchase agreements, fractional ownership and rental guarantee documentation. A leading developer in Ras Al Khaimah, in connection with the drafting of its standard sale and purchase agreements with sub-developers. Property Funds and Listed Companies\nEmaar Development PJSC, the development arm of Emaar Group, in connection with its US$1.5 billion initial public offering of ordinary shares and listing on the DFM. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in connection with the real estate restructuring exercise required as part of the readiness phase of its US$ 851 million initial public offering. Leasing and Management\nA Saudi family office in connection with the appointment of an international hotel operator for three hotels in Riyadh and Khobar. A school operator in connection with a build-to-suit lease of a school in Dubai. A Saudi institutional investor in connection with a built-to-suit transaction with a leading operator relating to an orthopedic healthcare facility in Jeddah. A multinational bank in connection with the leasing of various assets comprising its portfolio in the GCC Pacha Group in the negotiation of hospitality management services with Five Hotel. A Real Estate Investment Company in connection with its proposed initial public offering of shares (primary offering) on ADX. A private owner in connection with the lease of its hotel in Dubai. Softbank in connection with its lease of offices in ICD Brookfield. Dogus Group, in relation to the lease of various commercial and retail premises in the UAE. Distressed Assets and Special Situations\nHayfin Capital Management, a hedge fund, in connection with its financing of Imperial Avenue project in Downtown Dubai under development by Shapoorji Pallonji International Property Developers, the development arm of Shapoorji Pallonji. Hospitality\nPalladium Group, as operator, in connection with the hotel and branded residences project known as The Al Marjan Island Hotel and Residences in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Tasks included the preparation and negotiation of the full range of branded residences and off-plan sales and strata documents. IHHR Hospitality Ananda Private Limited in connection with its appointment as the manager of a luxury wellness resort in Triple Bay, Amaala, Saudi Arabia.","searchable_name":"Malek Al Rifai","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":447296,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":3797,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Anderson represents strategic companies and financial sponsors in a variety of complex business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures,\u0026nbsp;carveouts and joint ventures, and has advised on well over $100 billion in transactions. 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(NYSE: AXE)\nHD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the sale of its Interior Solutions business to Littlejohn \u0026amp; Co.\nZep Inc. (NYSE: ZEP) in its $692 million going-private sale to New Mountain Capital\nBlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) in its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek from Charlesbank\nGeorgia-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\nMueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA) in its $140 million acquisition of Krausz Industries\nACON Investments in its acquisition of Pine Environmental Services\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Tesco Controls\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Altivia Chemicals\nH.I.G. Capital in the merger of its portfolio company USALCO with G2O Technologies, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of MISCOwater\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of The Henry P. Thompson Company\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of a controlling stake in USALCO, LLC\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisitions of Al Chem Specialties and CalCHEM\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of LANSCO Colors\nApollo Industries in its sale to an affiliate of The Pritzker Group\nSuprajit Engineering in its acquisition of Wescon Controls from Nova Capital\nBrighton Partners in its sale of US Tarp to Shur-Co\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Eskola Roofing{{ FIELD }}Healthcare\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its pending $550 million going-private sale to Altaris\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its $3.9 billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its acquisition of doc.ai\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its acquisition of CareLinx from Generali Global Assistance\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of AYA Medical Spa\nArbor Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company of KKR, in its $700 million sale to Azurity Pharmaceuticals\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $350 million sale of ZETEC, its nondestructive testing (NDT) solutions business, to Eddyfi/NDT\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $120 million sale of its CIVCO Radiotherapy to Blue Wolf Capital\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $925 million sale of its Gatan business to Thermo Ametek (NYSE: AME)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in the now-terminated $925 million sale of its Gatan business to Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $365 million acquisition of the EPSi business from Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in the $225 million sale of its scientific imaging business to Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of PCI Medical, Inc.\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of GeneInsight\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of UNIConnect\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of Team TSI\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of Horizon Lab Systems, LLC from The F. Dohmen Co.\nEndoChoice (NYSE: GI) in its $210 million sale to Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX)\nChange Healthcare (NASDAQ: CHNG) in its acquisition of Nucleus.io, the technology business of NucleusHealth\nChange Healthcare (NASDAQ) in its acquisition of Prometheus Analytics and Payformance Solutions TrustHub\nHighland Capital Management in its sale of American HomePatient, Inc. to an affiliate of The Linde Group\nTellus in its acquisition by Netsmart Technologies\nSharp Details in its acquisition by PrimeFlight Aviation Services, a portfolio company of Carlyle{{ FIELD }}Retail and Consumer\nIQV Ventures in its pending $504 million take-private acquisition of The Aaron's Company\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Impact, a Neighborly franchisee of Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter and Precision Garage Door\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital\nCCF Holdings in its acquisition of TitleMax\nPopeyes Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI) in its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR)\nRoark Capital in its $730 million sale of Atkins Nutritionals to Conyers Park Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company\nCarter’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\n {{ FIELD }}John M. Anderson represents strategic companies and financial sponsors in a variety of complex business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts and joint ventures, and has advised on well over $100 billion in transactions. His deal experience spans the range of M\u0026amp;A activity, including LBOs, strategic mergers, cross-border deals, activist investors and other special situations, SPAC transactions and REIT M\u0026amp;A.  John began his career as an associate at Davis Polk \u0026amp; Wardwell LLP in New York.\nJohn counsels clients in a wide variety of industries, including in the infrastructure, real estate, chemicals, healthcare and technology sectors. John also advises private equity funds in growth capital investments and in the management of their portfolio companies, including debt and equity financings, follow-on acquisitions and liquidity events.\nSelected transactions include representing:\nXerox in its $35 billion takeover bid for rival HP\nDarwin Deason and Carl Icahn on their litigation to block Xerox's $6.1 Billion sale to FujiFilm, which resulted in a settlement and takeover of Xerox by stockholders\nAmericold 20+ M\u0026amp;A transactions, with in excess of $4 billion in capital deployed\nRoper Technologies in 20+ M\u0026amp;A transactions, including in $2.44 billion in divestitures of legacy business lines\nSharecare in its $3.9 billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital\nBrookfield in its $1.1 billion acquisition of AT\u0026amp;T’s colocation business\ncomScore in its settlement with activist investor Starboard Value\nRepresentative PE clients include:\nACON\nBlackstone\nBrookfield\nCerberus\nEagle Merchant Partners\nH.I.G. Capital\nPlatform Ventures Partner Editorial Board- M\u0026amp;A Law360, 2026 Client Service All-Star BTI - 2022 Ones to Watch (M\u0026amp;A)  Best Lawyers, 2022 Rising Star  The Deal, 2021 Emerging Leader (M\u0026amp;A), Award Winner  The M\u0026amp;A Advisor, 9th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards Infrastructure Deal of the Year Brookfield Acquires Data Centers from AT\u0026amp;T - M\u0026amp;A Atlas Awards Acquisition of the Year BlueLinx Acquires Cedar Creek - Association for Corporate Growth Davidson College  Georgetown University Georgetown University Law Center Georgia New York Software\nRoper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its $1.85 billion acquisition of Central Reach from Insight Partners\nRoper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its $800 million acquisition of Subsplash from K1\nRoper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its $175 million acquisition of Orchard Software from Francisco Partners\nRoper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of SpectrumAI\nRoper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of Outgo\nRoper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP) in its acquisition of Virtual Pricing Director\nAuxo Solutions in its sale to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting\nArkade AI in its acquisition of Loop Marketers Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy\nCortland Partners in its $1.6 billion acquisition of certain assets of Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME)\nSlate Asset Management in its acquisition of Cold-Link Logistics\nJamestown, an investment firm with $13 billion in AUM, in its 50/50 strategic partnership with Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG)\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of EnviroSmart\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Atlantic Pipe Services Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS) in its $5.8 billion sale to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust CatchMark Timber Trust (NYSE: CTT) in its $5 billion all-stock merger with PotlatchDetic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH) Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) in its $1.1 billion acquisition of AT\u0026amp;T's (NYSE: T) colocation business\nTransocean (NYSE: RIG) in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Ocean Rig UDW (NASDAQ: ORIG)\nPost Properties (NYSE: PPS) in its $4 billion all-stock merger with Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: MAA)\nCortland Partners in its $1.2 billion take-private acquisition of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP (TSX: RUF.U)\nVertical Cold Storage on its acquisition of the cold storage business of Dothan Warehouse\nVertical Cold Storage in its acquisition of MWCold Holdings\nVertical Cold Storage in its acquisition of cold storage facilities from United States Cold Storage\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its $1.74 billion acquisition of Agro Merchants from Oaktree Capital (NYSE: OAK-A)\nAmericold (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)\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its $480 million acquisition of Hall's Warehouse\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its $376.5 million acquisition of Forem Facilities Management\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its CAD$337 million acquisition of Nova Cold Logistics from Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE: BBU)\nAmericold (NYSE:COLD) in its acquisition of PortFresh Holdings from an affiliate of Tengelmann Group\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of Lanier Cold Storage\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of MHW Group's cold storage business\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of Newport Cold Storage\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of AM-C Warehouses\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of Caspers Distribution\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of KMT Brrr\nAmericold (NYSE: COLD) in its acquisition of ColdCo\nMMA Capital (NASDAQ: MMAC) in its $161.7 million going-private sale to Fundamental Advisors\nJernigan Capital (NYSE: JCAP) in its $900 million going-private sale to NexPoint Advisors\nPrologis (NYSE: PLD) in its $890 million 20/80 joint venture with Ivanhoé Cambridge in Brazil\nVirtus Real Estate in its minority sale to Almanac Realty Investors, the PE-real estate arm of Neuberger Berman\nBrightView Landscapes (NYSE: BV) in its acquisitions of Marina Landscape Maintenance, Inc., Urban Tree Care, Girard Environmental Services, The Groundskeeper, Signature Coast Holdings, Cutting Edge Property Maintenance, Baytree Maintenance and Intermountain Plantings, Special Situations\nXerox (NYSE: XRX) in its abandoned $35 billion tender offer and proxy fight for HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ)\nDarwin Deason in Xerox's (NYSE: XRX) settlement with Deason and Carl Icahn\nDarwin Deason in his shareholders agreement with Conduent (NYSE: CNDT)\ncomScore's Special Committee (NASDAQ: SCOR) in its settlement with Starboard Value\nBooks-A-Million's Special Committee (NASDAQ: BAMM) in a going private 13e-3 transaction\nOrmat Technologies' Special Committee (NYSE: ORA) on its merger with its parent entity Industrials and Chemicals\nH.I.G. Capital in its pending sale of USALCO to TJC (formerly The Jordan Company)\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of American Rental Company\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of a specialty chemicals business of Brenntag Southwest\nBrookfield (NYSE: BAM) in its acquisition of an 85% controlling interest in Cardone Industries\nHD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the $2.5 billion sale of its Waterworks business to CD\u0026amp;R\nHD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the $825 million sale of its Power Solutions business to Anixter International Inc. (NYSE: AXE)\nHD Supply (NASDAQ: HDS) in the sale of its Interior Solutions business to Littlejohn \u0026amp; Co.\nZep Inc. (NYSE: ZEP) in its $692 million going-private sale to New Mountain Capital\nBlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) in its $413 million acquisition of Cedar Creek from Charlesbank\nGeorgia-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\nMueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA) in its $140 million acquisition of Krausz Industries\nACON Investments in its acquisition of Pine Environmental Services\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Tesco Controls\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Altivia Chemicals\nH.I.G. Capital in the merger of its portfolio company USALCO with G2O Technologies, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of MISCOwater\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of The Henry P. Thompson Company\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of a controlling stake in USALCO, LLC\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisitions of Al Chem Specialties and CalCHEM\nH.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of LANSCO Colors\nApollo Industries in its sale to an affiliate of The Pritzker Group\nSuprajit Engineering in its acquisition of Wescon Controls from Nova Capital\nBrighton Partners in its sale of US Tarp to Shur-Co\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Eskola Roofing Healthcare\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its pending $550 million going-private sale to Altaris\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its $3.9 billion SPAC merger with Falcon Capital\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its acquisition of doc.ai\nSharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) in its acquisition of CareLinx from Generali Global Assistance\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of AYA Medical Spa\nArbor Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company of KKR, in its $700 million sale to Azurity Pharmaceuticals\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $350 million sale of ZETEC, its nondestructive testing (NDT) solutions business, to Eddyfi/NDT\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $120 million sale of its CIVCO Radiotherapy to Blue Wolf Capital\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $925 million sale of its Gatan business to Thermo Ametek (NYSE: AME)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in the now-terminated $925 million sale of its Gatan business to Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its $365 million acquisition of the EPSi business from Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in the $225 million sale of its scientific imaging business to Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY)\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of PCI Medical, Inc.\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of GeneInsight\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of UNIConnect\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of Team TSI\nRoper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) in its acquisition of Horizon Lab Systems, LLC from The F. Dohmen Co.\nEndoChoice (NYSE: GI) in its $210 million sale to Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX)\nChange Healthcare (NASDAQ: CHNG) in its acquisition of Nucleus.io, the technology business of NucleusHealth\nChange Healthcare (NASDAQ) in its acquisition of Prometheus Analytics and Payformance Solutions TrustHub\nHighland Capital Management in its sale of American HomePatient, Inc. to an affiliate of The Linde Group\nTellus in its acquisition by Netsmart Technologies\nSharp Details in its acquisition by PrimeFlight Aviation Services, a portfolio company of Carlyle Retail and Consumer\nIQV Ventures in its pending $504 million take-private acquisition of The Aaron's Company\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of Impact, a Neighborly franchisee of Mr. Electric, Mr. Rooter and Precision Garage Door\nEagle Merchant Partners in its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital\nCCF Holdings in its acquisition of TitleMax\nPopeyes Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI) in its $1.8 billion sale to Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR)\nRoark Capital in its $730 million sale of Atkins Nutritionals to Conyers Park Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company\nCarter’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\n ","searchable_name":"John M. 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Olivier focuses primarily on antitrust counseling for \u0026ldquo;bet the company\u0026rdquo; transactional matters, as well as high-stakes antitrust litigation and government investigations.[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivier has extensive experience representing merging parties, or merger opponents, in transactions raising significant antitrust scrutiny before U.S. Antitrust agencies as well as foreign competition authorities.\u0026nbsp; Olivier has successfully obtained merger clearances in highly contested transactions, and successfully represented merger opponents in some of the most high-profile abandoned transactions and joint ventures.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivier often provides \u0026ldquo;one-stop-shop\u0026rdquo; counseling on international antitrust questions requiring a bespoke analysis globally. Olivier's practice also includes civil and criminal antitrust enforcement matters and antitrust audit counseling.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivier's work has covered a broad range of industries, including financial institutions, telecommunications, video distribution, satellite radio, recorded music and music publishing, fixed satellites, oil and gas, paper and forestry products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, healthcare, food products and food service, bread, spirits, beer, vitamins, textiles, chemicals, fertilizers, sports goods, airlines, automotive and automotive parts, semiconductors, media buying, and advertising.\u003c/p\u003e","slug":"olivier-antoine","email":"oantoine@kslaw.com","phone":null,"matters":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepresentative M\u0026amp;A and Joint Venture Experience\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepresent DIRECTV in many transactions including the proposed acquisition of the DISH video distribution business from EchoStar, and Standard General\u0026rsquo;s abandoned acquisition of TEGNA, as well as Disney, Fox, and Warner Brother Discovery\u0026rsquo;s abandoned \u0026ldquo;Venu\u0026rdquo; streaming Joint Venture, and the proposed Nexstar/TEGNA transaction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAT\u0026amp;T Inc. in many transactions including its recent $5.75 billion acquisition of Lumen Technologies\u0026rsquo; Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-home business, and its recent acquisition of wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $23 billion, the $43 billion spin off Warner Media to Discovery, the $7.8 billion sale of an interest in DIRECTV to TPG, the $1.175 billion sale of the Crunchyroll business to Sony, the $108.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc., its $67 billion acquisition of DIRECTV, its $1.19 billion acquisition of Leap Wireless, its $944 million acquisition of Centennial Communications, and its attempted $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSiemens AG in many transactions including the $1.3 billion sale of its Healthcare IT business to Cerner, the sale of its microbiology business to Danaher, and its global collaboration with Varian Medical Systems, and Siemens Healthineers in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Corindus Vascular Robotics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA third-party foodservice divestiture acquirer in connection with U.S. Foods\u0026rsquo;s $1.8 billion acquisition of Service Group of America, Inc. and several other matters including Sysco\u0026rsquo;s proposed acquisition of U.S. Foods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnited Technologies in connection with its $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins, and its $15.5 billion acquisition of Goodrich.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransCanada in its $13 billion acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlcoa in its $2.85 billion acquisition of Firth Rixson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoldman Sachs \u0026amp; Co. in its spinoff of the REDI business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlowers Foods in its $355 million acquisition of the Hostess bread assets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuPont in the $4.9 billion sale of DuPont Paint and Coating business to the Carlyle Group.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVeolia in the $1.9 billion sale of its waste assets to Highstar Capital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReed Elsevier PLC in its $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSirius Satellite Radio in its $13 billion merger with XM Satellite Radio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravelport in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Worldspan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmithfield Foods in its $810 million acquisition of Premium Standard Foods, and its $367 million acquisition of Farmland Foods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePanAmSat in its $3.2 billion sale to Intelsat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdidas AG in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Reebok.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVNU in the attempted $7 billion acquisition of IMS Health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCelanese before the European Commission in its $492 million acquisition of Acetex. (Phase II investigation)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrey Global in its $1.7 billion sale to WPP.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCSL in its $925 million acquisition of the Aventis Behring plasma business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVivendi Universal in its $8.1 billion sale of the Seagram Spirits and Wine business to Diageo and Pernod Ricard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTotal before the European Commission in its \u0026euro;50 billion acquisition of Elf. (Phase II investigation)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepresentative Litigation Experience\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRECTV LLC v. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. et al\u003c/em\u003e, No 1:2023cv02221 \u0026ndash; Represent DIRECTV in antitrust litigation against Nexstar Media Group, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuboTV Inc. et al v. 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Kolon Industries, Inc\u003c/em\u003e., No. 3.09cv58 (E.D.VA) \u0026ndash; Represented E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in trade secret infringement litigation against Kolon Industries, Inc., and related monopolization counterclaim (ED Va). DuPont won a $919.9 million verdict, and the antitrust counterclaim was dismissed with prejudice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn re Air Cargo Antitrust Litigation\u003c/em\u003e, MDL-1715 (E.D.N.Y.) \u0026ndash; Represented a European airline in defending class action claims that air cargo rates were fixed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn re Digital Music Antitrust Litigation\u003c/em\u003e, No. 06 MD 1780 (S.D.N.Y) \u0026ndash; Represented Warner Music Group in connection with DOJ and NYAG investigations regarding the pricing of digital music and in class action claims filed against music companies alleging collusion in digital music pricing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn re Methyl-Methacrylate Antitrust Litigation\u003c/em\u003e, MDL-1768 (E.D. 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(Phase II investigation){{ FIELD }}Grey Global in its $1.7 billion sale to WPP.{{ FIELD }}CSL in its $925 million acquisition of the Aventis Behring plasma business.{{ FIELD }}Vivendi Universal in its $8.1 billion sale of the Seagram Spirits and Wine business to Diageo and Pernod Ricard.{{ FIELD }}Total before the European Commission in its €50 billion acquisition of Elf. (Phase II investigation){{ FIELD }}Representative Litigation Experience\nDIRECTV LLC v. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. et al, No 1:2023cv02221 – Represent DIRECTV in antitrust litigation against Nexstar Media Group, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcast.{{ FIELD }}FuboTV Inc. et al v. The Walt Disney Company et al, 1:24-cv-01363-MMG (S.D.N.Y) – Represented DIRECTV in connection with the proposed “Venu” streaming joint venture by Disney, Fox and Warner Brothers Discovery. The parties eventually abandoned the joint venture following opposition from non-parties EchoStar and DIRECTV.{{ FIELD }}State of New York et al. v. Deutsche Telekom et al, No 1:19-cv-05434 (S.D.N.Y) – Represented AT\u0026amp;T Inc. in connection with the New York Attorney General et al. challenge of T-Mobile USA’s proposed $56 billion acquisition of Sprint.{{ FIELD }}E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc., No. 3.09cv58 (E.D.VA) – Represented E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in trade secret infringement litigation against Kolon Industries, Inc., and related monopolization counterclaim (ED Va). DuPont won a $919.9 million verdict, and the antitrust counterclaim was dismissed with prejudice.{{ FIELD }}In re Air Cargo Antitrust Litigation, MDL-1715 (E.D.N.Y.) – Represented a European airline in defending class action claims that air cargo rates were fixed.{{ FIELD }}In re Digital Music Antitrust Litigation, No. 06 MD 1780 (S.D.N.Y) – Represented Warner Music Group in connection with DOJ and NYAG investigations regarding the pricing of digital music and in class action claims filed against music companies alleging collusion in digital music pricing.{{ FIELD }}In re Methyl-Methacrylate Antitrust Litigation, MDL-1768 (E.D. Pa.) – Represented Lucite Inc. in class actions alleging a conspiracy to fix prices of methyl-methacrylate (MMA) and polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA).{{ FIELD }}In re Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation (MDL No. 1631, D. Conn.) – Represented a major pulp and paper producer in a nationwide antitrust action alleging an unlawful conspiracy to fix the price of publication paper.{{ FIELD }}Recognized by Chambers USA for Antitrust – New York for more than a decade, and perennially listed in Global Competition Review’s Who’s Who Legal of Competition Lawyers in New York and other similar publications, clients turn to Olivier for antitrust counseling when it matters most for their company. Olivier focuses primarily on antitrust counseling for “bet the company” transactional matters, as well as high-stakes antitrust litigation and government investigations.\nOlivier has extensive experience representing merging parties, or merger opponents, in transactions raising significant antitrust scrutiny before U.S. Antitrust agencies as well as foreign competition authorities.  Olivier has successfully obtained merger clearances in highly contested transactions, and successfully represented merger opponents in some of the most high-profile abandoned transactions and joint ventures.\nOlivier often provides “one-stop-shop” counseling on international antitrust questions requiring a bespoke analysis globally. Olivier's practice also includes civil and criminal antitrust enforcement matters and antitrust audit counseling.\nOlivier's work has covered a broad range of industries, including financial institutions, telecommunications, video distribution, satellite radio, recorded music and music publishing, fixed satellites, oil and gas, paper and forestry products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, healthcare, food products and food service, bread, spirits, beer, vitamins, textiles, chemicals, fertilizers, sports goods, airlines, automotive and automotive parts, semiconductors, media buying, and advertising. Olivier Antoine lawyer Partner Global Competition Review: GCR 100 2013-2025 Chambers USA: Antitrust – New York 2013 - 2024 University of Paris, Pantheon Sorbonne  Fordham University Fordham University School of Law University of Paris, Pantheon Sorbonne  New York New York State Bar Association, Chair of the International Antitrust and Competition Law Committee American Bar Association, Member of the International Antitrust Law Committee Steering Group Representative M\u0026amp;A and Joint Venture Experience\nRepresent DIRECTV in many transactions including the proposed acquisition of the DISH video distribution business from EchoStar, and Standard General’s abandoned acquisition of TEGNA, as well as Disney, Fox, and Warner Brother Discovery’s abandoned “Venu” streaming Joint Venture, and the proposed Nexstar/TEGNA transaction. AT\u0026amp;T Inc. in many transactions including its recent $5.75 billion acquisition of Lumen Technologies’ Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-home business, and its recent acquisition of wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $23 billion, the $43 billion spin off Warner Media to Discovery, the $7.8 billion sale of an interest in DIRECTV to TPG, the $1.175 billion sale of the Crunchyroll business to Sony, the $108.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc., its $67 billion acquisition of DIRECTV, its $1.19 billion acquisition of Leap Wireless, its $944 million acquisition of Centennial Communications, and its attempted $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. Siemens AG in many transactions including the $1.3 billion sale of its Healthcare IT business to Cerner, the sale of its microbiology business to Danaher, and its global collaboration with Varian Medical Systems, and Siemens Healthineers in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Corindus Vascular Robotics. A third-party foodservice divestiture acquirer in connection with U.S. Foods’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Service Group of America, Inc. and several other matters including Sysco’s proposed acquisition of U.S. Foods. United Technologies in connection with its $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins, and its $15.5 billion acquisition of Goodrich. TransCanada in its $13 billion acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group. Alcoa in its $2.85 billion acquisition of Firth Rixson. Goldman Sachs \u0026amp; Co. in its spinoff of the REDI business. Flowers Foods in its $355 million acquisition of the Hostess bread assets. DuPont in the $4.9 billion sale of DuPont Paint and Coating business to the Carlyle Group. Veolia in the $1.9 billion sale of its waste assets to Highstar Capital. Reed Elsevier PLC in its $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint. Sirius Satellite Radio in its $13 billion merger with XM Satellite Radio. Travelport in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Worldspan. Smithfield Foods in its $810 million acquisition of Premium Standard Foods, and its $367 million acquisition of Farmland Foods. PanAmSat in its $3.2 billion sale to Intelsat. Adidas AG in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Reebok. VNU in the attempted $7 billion acquisition of IMS Health. Celanese before the European Commission in its $492 million acquisition of Acetex. (Phase II investigation) Grey Global in its $1.7 billion sale to WPP. CSL in its $925 million acquisition of the Aventis Behring plasma business. Vivendi Universal in its $8.1 billion sale of the Seagram Spirits and Wine business to Diageo and Pernod Ricard. Total before the European Commission in its €50 billion acquisition of Elf. (Phase II investigation) Representative Litigation Experience\nDIRECTV LLC v. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. et al, No 1:2023cv02221 – Represent DIRECTV in antitrust litigation against Nexstar Media Group, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcast. FuboTV Inc. et al v. The Walt Disney Company et al, 1:24-cv-01363-MMG (S.D.N.Y) – Represented DIRECTV in connection with the proposed “Venu” streaming joint venture by Disney, Fox and Warner Brothers Discovery. The parties eventually abandoned the joint venture following opposition from non-parties EchoStar and DIRECTV. State of New York et al. v. Deutsche Telekom et al, No 1:19-cv-05434 (S.D.N.Y) – Represented AT\u0026amp;T Inc. in connection with the New York Attorney General et al. challenge of T-Mobile USA’s proposed $56 billion acquisition of Sprint. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc., No. 3.09cv58 (E.D.VA) – Represented E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in trade secret infringement litigation against Kolon Industries, Inc., and related monopolization counterclaim (ED Va). DuPont won a $919.9 million verdict, and the antitrust counterclaim was dismissed with prejudice. 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Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states{{ FIELD }}Spur Energy Partners LLC (owned by KKR and EMG) in its $925,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in New Mexico from Concho Resources, which included the acquisition of material midstream asset{{ FIELD }}Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:\nin its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E\u0026amp;P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc.{{ FIELD }}Terra Energy Partners LLC (also owned by Warburg Pincus) in the $910,000,000 million acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included the acquisition of oil and gas properties in Colorado and material midstream assets\nSilver Hill Energy Partners Holdings, LLC in the sale of Silver Hill’s midstream assets — including Outrigger Delaware Operating, LLC, a joint venture to build scalable natural gas gathering, natural gas processing and crude gathering infrastructure in the Delaware Basin\na portfolio company of two private funds in the sale of solar and battery storage projects for aggregate consideration of approximately $250,000,000, which involved a unique buyer development financing and securitization\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the $1,600,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in Texas\na portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $225,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana{{ FIELD }}a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $900,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana, which also involved the acquisition of material midstream facilities\na private equity fund in the $1,250,000,000 acquisition and joint ownership of a partial interest in multiple interstate oil pipelines\na private equity fund in the acquisition of overriding royalty interests in Ohio and West Virginia valued at approximately $250,000,000\na private equity fund in the approximately $400,000,000 sale of multiple natural gas gathering and processing facilities and pipelines in Texas and Oklahoma, which included the negotiation of a debt financing for certain of such facilities and a workout with lenders\nParasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of various solar and battery storage projects to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. with consideration up to $103,000,000\ntwo private equity funds in connection with the investment in a water technology business and the joint development of produced water purification systems\na portfolio company of a private equity fund in connection with multiple sales of solar facilities with approximately aggregate 2,100MW across Arizona, Montana, California, Louisiana and Utah\nArc Light, Warburg Pincus, Kayne Anderson Energy Funds, Five Points Energy and other private equity funds (or their portfolio companies) in connection with over 20 acquisitions, swaps, investments or divestitures in oil and gas properties, pipeline assets or energy transition investments across New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and offshore, as well as a portfolio company of two private equity funds in connection with various acquisition bids valued between $700,000,000 and $1,200,000,000 for oil and gas assets in Colorado or Texas{{ FIELD }}Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:\nin its $500,000,000 investment (and other advisement) in Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC and Canyon Midstream Partners I LLC\nin its joint investment with Warburg Pincus for the $910,000,000 acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included negotiation of fund formation documents and negotiation with limited partners\nin negotiating seven management team investments with aggregate commitments of over $800,000,000\nWarburg Pincus in its undisclosed commitment to Ossidiana Energy Holdings LLC\nArcLight Capital in its $100,000,000 commitment to Legends II LLC{{ FIELD }}Strategic M\u0026amp;A and Investments\na publicly-traded company in connection with multiple acquisitions of oil \u0026amp; gas properties in Texas with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000\na private investor in the negotiation of a minority interest in a sustainable aviation fuel refinery with anticipated capital costs of over $3,000,000,000 and the joint ownership and operation thereof\na large publicly-traded energy company in the $250,000,000 acquisitions of oil and gas properties in Texas from two private equity funds. This transaction involved negotiating multiple overriding royalty interests and material midstream assets\na large independent energy company in the acquisition of, and the joint venture for the ownership and operation of, natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines along the Gulf Coast with a value of over $300,000,000\nCalpine in the $240,000,000 acquisition of Crane Champion Holdco LLC\na large public energy company in its $175,000,000 sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana to a private equity fund\na developer in connection with the acquisition of an 80MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Idaho\na developer in connection with a joint venture to own, construct or operate solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., with over 1.25GW in construction or operation\na foreign company in the joint ownership and sale of its interest in a hydroelectric generation facility in Colombia and the acquisition of a construction company in California\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of nine wind generation facilities located across the U.S. representing over 1,000MW\na developer in connection with the acquisition of three solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California representing over 120MW\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of 12 solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California, representing approximately 240MW\na utility company in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in a 200MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada and Idaho and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\na developer in connection with various aspects of the development and sale of a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\na developer in connection with the sale of a 68% interest in an approximately 110MW solar thermal energy generation facility located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\ntwo utilities in connection with the joint acquisition of a collective 25% interest in a 500kV above-ground transmission line development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\na utility in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\na domestic company in connection with the sale of an approximately 28% interest in an above-ground international transmission line located in California and Mexico and the joint ownership and operation thereof\nan international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas{{ FIELD }}Midstream Development\na foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the negotiation of a life-of-lease gathering, hydrating, treating and processing agreement valued at over $5,000,000,000\nan E\u0026amp;P company in negotiating or advising on 20+ natural gas gathering, treating and processing agreements, natural gas gathering facility construction agreements, natural gas sales agreements and NGL sales agreements\nmultiple developers in connection with several precedent, natural gas transportation and/or carbon dioxide transportation and natural gas supply arrangements for two gas-to-methanol facilities in Louisiana, as well as carbon sequestration facilities, and multiple ammonia plants and/or generation facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois\nmultiple portfolio companies of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and two other private equity firms in connection with water gathering and natural gas gathering, processing and sales agreements in Wyoming, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and North Dakota{{ FIELD }}Project Development and Financing\nthe developer in an approximately $6,000,000,000 offtake agreement (with floor, netback and natural gas pass-through pricing), along with an approximately $1,600,000,000 fully wrapped engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana, along with associated other offtake agreements, terminal use agreements, gas supply agreements, nitrogen agreements, technology process licensing agreements (carbon dioxide and liquids) and operation and maintenance agreements\nSolarReserve, LLC in connection with construction, operation and equipment supply agreements for the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar power project, which was financed by utilizing a Department of Energy loan guarantee for $737,000,000\nFirst Solar in the negotiation of the interconnection, construction, equipment and operations agreements in connection with the $1,460,000,000 financing and construction of the 550 MW Desert Sunlight solar project\na developer in connection with the negotiation of a solar panel supply agreement for up to approximately $700,000,000 and related prepayment and security arrangements, which also included negotiating supply agreements for inverters, batteries and other equipment supplies\na developer in connection with the restructuring of a solar and battery storage development platform and associated debt and equity ownership due to changes in law that would have impacted the development and sale of the platform\na utility company in connection with multiple power purchase agreements for the back-to-back resale of the output of several renewable energy generation facilities, including wind, biogas and geothermal, and in reviewing, advising and/or negotiating with regard to multiple RFPs for wind, geothermal and solar facilities\nmultiple developers in connection with shared facilities arrangements for 15+ wind, solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., both at the asset and equity levels\na developer in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 161MW wind energy generation facility located in Texas\na utility in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada\na major domestic energy company in the negotiation of a joint venture to develop, construct and license carbon capture technology\nthe borrower in the $967,000,000 financing of the 290MW Agua Caliente project located in Arizona\nthe borrower in connection with a non-recourse construction bridge loan for a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\nthe lead arranger in a non-recourse, recapitalization secured by a coal energy generation facility and gas-fired generation facility located in Wyoming\nSome experience handled prior to joining K\u0026amp;S{{ FIELD }}Drew Baldinger is an energy transactions lawyer with almost 20 years’ experience representing clients in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project and other development and project financings across the upstream, midstream, downstream, conventional and renewable power, transmission, transitional and other energy sectors.\nDrew frequently counsels sponsors and investors on their project agreements and investments in key emerging areas of the energy industry areas including gas-to-liquids, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), hydrogen, ammonia, carbon capture, transport and sequestration, and renewable power (including solar, wind and battery- and energy storage), including agreements related to offtake, equipment supply, technology licensing, EPC, O\u0026amp;M, interconnection and feedstock. Additionally, Drew advises clients in connection with complex midstream, gas sales, participation and joint operating arrangements.\nFurther, he has a deep background in counseling private equity funds on investments in management teams.\nPrior to joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Drew was a partner at another international AmLaw 3 firm, and before that served as U.S. co-chair of the Energy practice at another international AmLaw 50 firm, as well as U.S. vice-chair of its M\u0026amp;A practice. Drew Baldinger lawyer Partner The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas School of Law The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas School of Law Texas Private Equity M\u0026amp;A and Investments\nParasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of Clenera at an enterprise value of $433,000,000 to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states Spur Energy Partners LLC (owned by KKR and EMG) in its $925,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in New Mexico from Concho Resources, which included the acquisition of material midstream asset Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:\nin its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E\u0026amp;P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc. Terra Energy Partners LLC (also owned by Warburg Pincus) in the $910,000,000 million acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included the acquisition of oil and gas properties in Colorado and material midstream assets\nSilver Hill Energy Partners Holdings, LLC in the sale of Silver Hill’s midstream assets — including Outrigger Delaware Operating, LLC, a joint venture to build scalable natural gas gathering, natural gas processing and crude gathering infrastructure in the Delaware Basin\na portfolio company of two private funds in the sale of solar and battery storage projects for aggregate consideration of approximately $250,000,000, which involved a unique buyer development financing and securitization\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the $1,600,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in Texas\na portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $225,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $900,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana, which also involved the acquisition of material midstream facilities\na private equity fund in the $1,250,000,000 acquisition and joint ownership of a partial interest in multiple interstate oil pipelines\na private equity fund in the acquisition of overriding royalty interests in Ohio and West Virginia valued at approximately $250,000,000\na private equity fund in the approximately $400,000,000 sale of multiple natural gas gathering and processing facilities and pipelines in Texas and Oklahoma, which included the negotiation of a debt financing for certain of such facilities and a workout with lenders\nParasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of various solar and battery storage projects to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. with consideration up to $103,000,000\ntwo private equity funds in connection with the investment in a water technology business and the joint development of produced water purification systems\na portfolio company of a private equity fund in connection with multiple sales of solar facilities with approximately aggregate 2,100MW across Arizona, Montana, California, Louisiana and Utah\nArc Light, Warburg Pincus, Kayne Anderson Energy Funds, Five Points Energy and other private equity funds (or their portfolio companies) in connection with over 20 acquisitions, swaps, investments or divestitures in oil and gas properties, pipeline assets or energy transition investments across New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and offshore, as well as a portfolio company of two private equity funds in connection with various acquisition bids valued between $700,000,000 and $1,200,000,000 for oil and gas assets in Colorado or Texas Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:\nin its $500,000,000 investment (and other advisement) in Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC and Canyon Midstream Partners I LLC\nin its joint investment with Warburg Pincus for the $910,000,000 acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included negotiation of fund formation documents and negotiation with limited partners\nin negotiating seven management team investments with aggregate commitments of over $800,000,000\nWarburg Pincus in its undisclosed commitment to Ossidiana Energy Holdings LLC\nArcLight Capital in its $100,000,000 commitment to Legends II LLC Strategic M\u0026amp;A and Investments\na publicly-traded company in connection with multiple acquisitions of oil \u0026amp; gas properties in Texas with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000\na private investor in the negotiation of a minority interest in a sustainable aviation fuel refinery with anticipated capital costs of over $3,000,000,000 and the joint ownership and operation thereof\na large publicly-traded energy company in the $250,000,000 acquisitions of oil and gas properties in Texas from two private equity funds. This transaction involved negotiating multiple overriding royalty interests and material midstream assets\na large independent energy company in the acquisition of, and the joint venture for the ownership and operation of, natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines along the Gulf Coast with a value of over $300,000,000\nCalpine in the $240,000,000 acquisition of Crane Champion Holdco LLC\na large public energy company in its $175,000,000 sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana to a private equity fund\na developer in connection with the acquisition of an 80MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Idaho\na developer in connection with a joint venture to own, construct or operate solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., with over 1.25GW in construction or operation\na foreign company in the joint ownership and sale of its interest in a hydroelectric generation facility in Colombia and the acquisition of a construction company in California\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of nine wind generation facilities located across the U.S. representing over 1,000MW\na developer in connection with the acquisition of three solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California representing over 120MW\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of 12 solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California, representing approximately 240MW\na utility company in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in a 200MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada and Idaho and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\na developer in connection with various aspects of the development and sale of a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\na developer in connection with the sale of a 68% interest in an approximately 110MW solar thermal energy generation facility located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\ntwo utilities in connection with the joint acquisition of a collective 25% interest in a 500kV above-ground transmission line development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\na utility in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof\na domestic company in connection with the sale of an approximately 28% interest in an above-ground international transmission line located in California and Mexico and the joint ownership and operation thereof\nan international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas Midstream Development\na foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the negotiation of a life-of-lease gathering, hydrating, treating and processing agreement valued at over $5,000,000,000\nan E\u0026amp;P company in negotiating or advising on 20+ natural gas gathering, treating and processing agreements, natural gas gathering facility construction agreements, natural gas sales agreements and NGL sales agreements\nmultiple developers in connection with several precedent, natural gas transportation and/or carbon dioxide transportation and natural gas supply arrangements for two gas-to-methanol facilities in Louisiana, as well as carbon sequestration facilities, and multiple ammonia plants and/or generation facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois\nmultiple portfolio companies of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and two other private equity firms in connection with water gathering and natural gas gathering, processing and sales agreements in Wyoming, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and North Dakota Project Development and Financing\nthe developer in an approximately $6,000,000,000 offtake agreement (with floor, netback and natural gas pass-through pricing), along with an approximately $1,600,000,000 fully wrapped engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana, along with associated other offtake agreements, terminal use agreements, gas supply agreements, nitrogen agreements, technology process licensing agreements (carbon dioxide and liquids) and operation and maintenance agreements\nSolarReserve, LLC in connection with construction, operation and equipment supply agreements for the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar power project, which was financed by utilizing a Department of Energy loan guarantee for $737,000,000\nFirst Solar in the negotiation of the interconnection, construction, equipment and operations agreements in connection with the $1,460,000,000 financing and construction of the 550 MW Desert Sunlight solar project\na developer in connection with the negotiation of a solar 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agreement for the output of an approximately 161MW wind energy generation facility located in Texas\na utility in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada\na major domestic energy company in the negotiation of a joint venture to develop, construct and license carbon capture technology\nthe borrower in the $967,000,000 financing of the 290MW Agua Caliente project located in Arizona\nthe borrower in connection with a non-recourse construction bridge loan for a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\nthe lead arranger in a non-recourse, recapitalization secured by a coal energy generation facility and gas-fired generation facility located in Wyoming\nSome experience handled prior to joining K\u0026amp;S","searchable_name":"Drew 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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; Appraisal Services.{{ FIELD }}December 24, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Caliber Car Wash to Percheon Capital.{{ FIELD }}December 21, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Recreational Group to Sentinel Capital Partners.{{ FIELD }}December 15, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Impact Auto.{{ FIELD }}September 24, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Illinois.{{ FIELD }}September 17, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Missouri.{{ FIELD }}August 19, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Utah.{{ FIELD }}July 19, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of One Plus Systems.{{ FIELD }}June 30, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Stratus Unlimited to Vestar Capital Partners.{{ FIELD }}June 1, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of The Difference Card.{{ FIELD }}April 30, 2021\nAdvised Red Dog Equity on its acquisition of PureMagic Carwash.{{ FIELD }}March 29, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Empower Community Care.{{ FIELD }}January 28, 2021\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products on their acquisition of Yardistry Limited.{{ FIELD }}November 24, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on is sale of Lone Star Overnight to WeDo Logistics.{{ FIELD }}June 11, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Code Ninjas.{{ FIELD }}March 17, 2020\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of VMG Health.{{ FIELD }}December 30, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on the sale of Planet Fitness studio franchises to American Securities.{{ FIELD }}December 26, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Waste Harmonics, a leading provider of waste and recycling management solutions.{{ FIELD }}December 19, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Infrastructure Group and Public Sector Pension Investment on their sale of Wind Energy Transmission Texas to Axiom Infrastructure.{{ FIELD }}November 27, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital on its sale of Corepower Yoga studio franchises to TSG Consumer Partners.{{ FIELD }}November 4, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Chicken Salad Chick to Brentwood Associates.{{ FIELD }}August 30, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Icon Investment Holdings, a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage.{{ FIELD }}July 8, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with the sale of AdaptHealth Holdings to DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. (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. September 26, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Waste Harmonics to TPG and Keter Environmental Services. June 30, 2023\nAdvised Brookfield Capital Partners on its sale of Cardone Industries to First Brands Group. June 30, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita and Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services on their acquisition of Integrity Appraisal Management. April 28, 2023\nAdvised Northland Capital Partners and VMG Health on their acquisition of the assets of BSM Financial. April 28, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Impact Home Services. March 31, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital. October 21, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Eskola Roofing. September 12, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of assets from Driven Brands. December 1, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Atlantic Pipe Services. 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. December 30, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on the sale of Planet Fitness studio franchises to American Securities. December 26, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Waste Harmonics, a leading provider of waste and recycling management solutions. December 19, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Infrastructure Group and Public Sector Pension Investment on their sale of Wind Energy Transmission Texas to Axiom Infrastructure. November 27, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital on its sale of Corepower Yoga studio franchises to TSG Consumer Partners. November 4, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Chicken Salad Chick to Brentwood Associates. August 30, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Icon Investment Holdings, a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage. July 8, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with the sale of AdaptHealth Holdings to DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. (NASDAQ: DFBH), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Deerfield Management. June 19, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness studio franchises from affiliates of Michigan OT Partnership. 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. March 15, 2019\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of Science Care to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. February 27, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with its investment in common equity and subordinated debt of AdaptHealth Holdings. January 28, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Coastal Sign and Wayfinding, Inc., a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage.","searchable_name":"Raymond E. 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[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErik has advised numerous leading public and private companies on substantial M\u0026amp;A matters, such as Newell Brands, General Electric Company, Baker Hughes Company, 3M, Georgia-Pacific, RELX Group (formerly, Reed Elsevier), The Home Depot, United Parcel Service,\u0026nbsp;Xerox Holdings Corporation and Genuine Parts Company.\u0026nbsp; Recent representative transactions include acting for Newell Brands in its acquisition of Jarden Corporation; General Electric Company in the sale of its Small Industrial Motors business to Wolong Electric Group; 3M in its acquisition of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries, in partnership with Bain Capital; Baker Hughes Company in its acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation from Tinicum; Genuine Parts Company in its acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group; Mailchimp in its sale to\u0026nbsp;Intuit; Xerox in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP; and U.S. Xpress in its sale to\u0026nbsp;Knight-Swift Transportation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the last 14\u0026nbsp;consecutive years, Erik has been listed as a top M\u0026amp;A attorney in \u003cem\u003eChambers USA\u003c/em\u003e.\u0026nbsp; He is also listed in M\u0026amp;A by \u003cem\u003eThe Legal 500 US\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBest Lawyers in America\u003c/em\u003e and has been recognized as a \"Client Service All Star MVP\" by\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eBTI Consulting Group\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErik was formerly a member of the board of trustees of The Schenck School (an independent school in Atlanta, GA for children with dyslexia).\u003c/p\u003e","slug":"erik-belenky","email":"ebelenky@kslaw.com","phone":null,"matters":["\u003cp\u003eErik has extensive M\u0026amp;A experience across a broad range of industries. 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Representative transactions include:{{ FIELD }}CONSUMER AND RETAIL{{ FIELD }}Nouria Energy Corporation, in its acquisition of Enmarket, a leading convenience store retailer in the Southeast, from Colonial Group, Inc.{{ FIELD }}Newell Brands Inc. in numerous transactions, including:\nits $16 billion acquisition of Jarden Corporation\nthe sale of its Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners for approximately $1.3 billion\nits sale of The Waddington Group to Novolex Holdings, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, for approximately $2.3 billion\nthe $1.95 billion sale of its Tools business, including the Irwin®, Lenox®, and Hilmor® brands, to Stanley Black \u0026amp; Decker, Inc.\nthe sale of The United States Playing Card Company to Cartamundi Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of playing cards and board games\nthe sale of its Process Solutions business to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC for $500 million\nthe $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)\nthe sale of its Winter Sports businesses to Kohlberg \u0026amp; Company for $240 million\nthe 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{{ FIELD }}Genuine Parts Company, in its announced plan to separate its automotive parts and industrial parts segments into two independent, publicly traded companies.{{ FIELD }}Genuine Parts Company, in its acquisition of Motor Parts \u0026amp; Equipment Corporation, the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S.{{ FIELD }}The Home Depot in multiple transactions, including:\nits acquisition of The Litemore group of companies\nits acquisition of Landmark Interiors\nits acquisition of the Brafasco group of companies\nthe sale of Chem-Dry carpet cleaning franchise chain{{ FIELD }}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{{ FIELD }}Georgia-Pacific in the sale of its joint venture interest in Vania and Polive (feminine products) to Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson{{ FIELD }}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{{ FIELD }}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{{ FIELD }}INDUSTRIALS{{ FIELD }}Genuine Parts Company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group, a leading distributor of power transmission, automation and fluid power products{{ FIELD }}Baker Hughes Company in multiple transactions, including:\nthe pending $1.45 billion sale of its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon\nits $540 million acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation, a leading provider of safety-critical pressure management solutions, from investment partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated\nits acquisition of AccessESP, a provider of advanced technology for artificial lift solutions\nthe sale of its specialty polymers business to SK Capital\nthe sale of its A-C Compressor service and repair business to Rotating Machinery Services, Inc.\nthe sale of its Rotoflow™ turboexpander business to Air Products\n {{ FIELD }}General Electric Company in a variety of transactions, including:\nthe sale of the small industrial motors business of its Power Conversion division to Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd.\nthe sale of the Electric Machinery unit of its Converteam business to WEG{{ FIELD }}Georgia-Pacific in in acquisition of Excel Displays \u0026amp; Packaging, a designer and manufacturer of point-of-purchase displays and industrial packaging{{ FIELD }}Monstanto Company in its feed and processing joint venture with Cargill Inc.{{ FIELD }}The Vincit Group, a leading provider of food safety and pathogen control services for the protein industry, in its investment by Harvest Capital Partners{{ FIELD }}3M in multiple transactions, including:\nits pending $1.95 billion acquisition, in partnership with Bain Capital, of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries; in connection with the closing, 3M will contribute its Scott Safety business to the partnership\nthe sale of its fused silica manufacturing business to Christy Minerals\nthe sale to SIAT Group of 3M's 50% equity stake in Combi Packaging Systems (a producer and distributor of packaging machinery and spare parts){{ FIELD }}Superior Essex, in the formation of its global joint venture with Nexans, creating the world's largest manufacturer or magnet wire{{ FIELD }}TECHNOLOGY{{ FIELD }}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{{ FIELD }}Xerox Holdings Corporation in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP Inc.{{ FIELD }}RELX Group plc in numerous transactions, including:\nits 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\nthe 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\nthe acquisition of Chemical Data, a leading provider of US petrochemical price benchmarks and predictive analytics\nthe acquisition of FlightStats, a leading flight status tracker\nits acquisition of Intelligize, a leading provider of Securities and Exchange Commission intelligence and data solutions{{ FIELD }}Monitise plc, a provider of mobile banking technology services, in its acquisition of ClairMail{{ FIELD }}ENERGY{{ FIELD }}Baker Hughes Company in the sale of its global Natural Gas Solutions (NGS) business to First Reserve{{ FIELD }}General Electric Company in multiple transactions, including:\nthe acquisition of the Salof group of companies, designers of mini LNG and CO2 technologies and facilities\nthe sale of its Industrial Air \u0026amp; Gas Technologies business to Colfax Corporation{{ FIELD }}FINANCIAL SERVICES{{ FIELD }}General Electric Company in the sale of its Commercial Distribution Finance, Vendor Finance, and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo \u0026amp; Co.{{ FIELD }}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{{ FIELD }}CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING{{ FIELD }}Georgia Pacific, in its acquisition of the Temple-Inland building products business from International Paper Company for $750 million{{ FIELD }}Kamco Supply, a leading supplier of ceilings, wallboard, steel, lumber, and related construction products, in its $317 million sale to GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS){{ FIELD }}AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS{{ FIELD }}U.S. Xpress Enterprises (NYSE: USX) in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX){{ FIELD }}ARINC Incorporated and its shareholders, including multiple major airlines, in the sale of the company to The Carlyle Group{{ FIELD }}United Parcel Service, in its acquisition of HTML Logistics{{ FIELD }}Koch Industries, in its acquisition of The Chicago Fuels Terminal from DTE Energy{{ FIELD }}HEALTHCARE{{ FIELD }}EDG Partners, a private equity firm focused on small and middle market healthcare companies, in numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and growth equity investments{{ FIELD }}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.{{ FIELD }}Erik Belenky focuses on mergers and acquisitions, where he represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, in the full range of M\u0026amp;A activity, including significant acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions. Erik also has substantial experience counseling companies, including boards of directors and C-Suite executives, on takeover defense, proxy contests, shareholder activism and corporate governance. \nErik has advised numerous leading public and private companies on substantial M\u0026amp;A matters, such as Newell Brands, General Electric Company, Baker Hughes Company, 3M, Georgia-Pacific, RELX Group (formerly, Reed Elsevier), The Home Depot, United Parcel Service, Xerox Holdings Corporation and Genuine Parts Company.  Recent representative transactions include acting for Newell Brands in its acquisition of Jarden Corporation; General Electric Company in the sale of its Small Industrial Motors business to Wolong Electric Group; 3M in its acquisition of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries, in partnership with Bain Capital; Baker Hughes Company in its acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation from Tinicum; 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.\nFor the last 14 consecutive years, Erik has been listed as a top M\u0026amp;A attorney in Chambers USA.  He is also listed in M\u0026amp;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.\nErik was formerly a member of the board of trustees of The Schenck School (an independent school in Atlanta, GA for children with dyslexia). Erik Belenky lawyer Partner Leading Dealmakers in America Lawdragon 500 - 2025 BTI Client Service All Star 2021 Leader in M\u0026amp;A  Chambers USA  M\u0026amp;A  Legal 500 US  M\u0026amp;A; Corporate Law  Best Lawyers in Americas  Most Innovative Deal of the Year —  The Deal Awards Middle Market   The Deal, 2018 Colby College  London School of Economics and Political Science, UK  Duke University Duke University School of Law Georgia Erik has extensive M\u0026amp;A experience across a broad range of industries. Representative transactions include: CONSUMER AND RETAIL 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:\nits $16 billion acquisition of Jarden Corporation\nthe sale of its Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners for approximately $1.3 billion\nits sale of The Waddington Group to Novolex Holdings, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, for approximately $2.3 billion\nthe $1.95 billion sale of its Tools business, including the Irwin®, Lenox®, and Hilmor® brands, to Stanley Black \u0026amp; Decker, Inc.\nthe sale of The United States Playing Card Company to Cartamundi Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of playing cards and board games\nthe sale of its Process Solutions business to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC for $500 million\nthe $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)\nthe sale of its Winter Sports businesses to Kohlberg \u0026amp; Company for $240 million\nthe 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 \u0026amp; Equipment Corporation, the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S. The Home Depot in multiple transactions, including:\nits acquisition of The Litemore group of companies\nits acquisition of Landmark Interiors\nits acquisition of the Brafasco group of companies\nthe 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 \u0026amp; 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:\nthe pending $1.45 billion sale of its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon\nits $540 million acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation, a leading provider of safety-critical pressure management solutions, from investment partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated\nits acquisition of AccessESP, a provider of advanced technology for artificial lift solutions\nthe sale of its specialty polymers business to SK Capital\nthe sale of its A-C Compressor service and repair business to Rotating Machinery Services, Inc.\nthe sale of its Rotoflow™ turboexpander business to Air Products\n  General Electric Company in a variety of transactions, including:\nthe sale of the small industrial motors business of its Power Conversion division to Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd.\nthe sale of the Electric Machinery unit of its Converteam business to WEG Georgia-Pacific in in acquisition of Excel Displays \u0026amp; 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:\nits pending $1.95 billion acquisition, in partnership with Bain Capital, of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries; in connection with the closing, 3M will contribute its Scott Safety business to the partnership\nthe sale of its fused silica manufacturing business to Christy Minerals\nthe 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:\nits 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\nthe 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\nthe acquisition of Chemical Data, a leading provider of US petrochemical price benchmarks and predictive analytics\nthe acquisition of FlightStats, a leading flight status tracker\nits 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:\nthe acquisition of the Salof group of companies, designers of mini LNG and CO2 technologies and facilities\nthe sale of its Industrial Air \u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; 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.","searchable_name":"Erik Belenky","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":447459,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":5272,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ui-provider gl chx chy chz cia cib cic cid cie cif cig cih cii cij cik cil cim cin cio cip ciq cir cis cit ciu civ ciw cix ciy ciz cja cjb cjc cjd cje\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLaurent Bensaid is Managing Partner of the Paris office and a member of the firm's Corporate, Finance and Investments practice.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003eLaurent has extensive experience in public mergers \u0026amp; acquisitions and private equity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaurent has developed a practice in a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, energy, financial services and new technologies. 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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. 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(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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(NASDAQ: MCFT) in its acquisition of Crest Marine, LLC for approximately $80 million.{{ FIELD }}Represented Labcyte, Inc. in its sale to Beckman Coulter, Inc., a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation.{{ FIELD }}Represented PTT Exploration and Production Company Limited in its acquisition of a minority stake in APICO LLC.{{ FIELD }}Represented a steering committee of lenders in the out-of-court restructuring of Indra Holdings Corp. 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(NASDAQ: MCFT) in its acquisition of Nautic Star, LLC, for approximately $80 million.{{ FIELD }}Represented The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) in a series of transactions involving the restructuring of The Coca-Cola Company’s U.S. bottling system, including transfers of territories, distribution agreements and manufacturing arrangements.{{ FIELD }}Represented HD Supply, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDS) in the $2.5 billion sale of its Waterworks division to private equity fund Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, LLC.{{ FIELD }}Represented NextDecade (NASDAQ: NEXT), an LNG development company, in its $1.2 billion merger with Harmony Merger Corp., a special purpose acquisition company.{{ FIELD }}Represented Oxford Industries, Inc. (NYSE: OXM), in its acquisition of Southern Tide LLC for approximately $85 million.{{ FIELD }}Represented C2 Therapeutics in its sale to Hoya Corporation.{{ FIELD }}Represented Vector Laboratories in its sale to private equity firm GTCR.{{ FIELD }}Represented Roark Capital Group. in various acquisitions.{{ FIELD }}Represented Roper Technologies, Inc. in various acquisitions.{{ FIELD }}Represented Bass Pro Group in various acquisitions.{{ FIELD }}Represented Pentair, Inc. in a merger with Tyco International Ltd.’s Flow Control business for approximately $10 billion.{{ FIELD }}Represented White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. in sale of Esurance and Answer Financial Inc. to The Allstate Corporation for approximately $1 billion.{{ FIELD }}Negotiated master agreements for derivatives trading, including ISDA and repo master agreements, on behalf of Credit Suisse S.A and its affiliates.{{ FIELD }}Represented Credit Suisse AG for $250 million secured financing for the acquisition of a company in the garment industry.{{ FIELD }}Represented Credit Suisse AG in out-of-court restructuring of a distressed borrower in the publishing industry.{{ FIELD }}Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent in an out-of-court restructuring of a distressed borrower in home improvement industry.{{ FIELD }}Represented Time Inc. and Time Warner Retail Sales \u0026amp; Marketing, Inc. in pursuit of approximately $80 million in unsecured claims in the Chapter 11 case for Anderson News, LLC.{{ FIELD }}Represented New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy.{{ FIELD }}Advised the City Council of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on potential financial restructuring options.{{ FIELD }}Robert E. Benson, Jr. represents clients in significant corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border M\u0026amp;A transactions, spin-offs, divestitures, joint ventures, equity co-investments, minority investments, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions, complex commercial agreements and strategic transactions and restructurings.  As a Partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Mergers \u0026amp; Acquisitions and Private Equity practices, Robert advises public and private companies, private equity funds, boards of directors and special committees in a variety of M\u0026amp;A, corporate governance and general corporate and securities matters.\nRobert has extensive deal experience across many industry sectors, including significant depth in consumer products, media, higher education, tech, fin-tech, green tech, energy, defense, transportation and life science sectors. Robert has served as counsel to leading companies, including The Coca-Cola Company, Cox Enterprises, Inc., The General Motors Company, Range Media, MasterCraft Boat Company, Roark Capital Group, Roper Technologies, Truist Bank, White Mountains Insurance Group and Bass Pro, Inc., in a broad variety of merger and acquisition transactions and in a variety of general corporate and securities matters. Robert has also represented distressed corporate entities in restructuring transactions and has advised municipalities with respect to Chapter 9 bankruptcies.\nRobert was recognized as a New York Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2016 and 2015 and a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2018.  Robert is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. Partner Georgia Super Lawyer \"Rising Star\" 2018 Super Lawyers New York Super Lawyer “Rising Star” 2015 and 2016 Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University School of Law Harvard University Harvard Law School Georgia New York Represented Energizer in its $2 billion acquisition of Spectrum Brands' global battery and lighting unit. Represented Iconex LLC in its acquisition of the long-run label and receipt paper businesses of Cenveo Worldwide Limited. Represented MCBC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCFT) in its acquisition of Crest Marine, LLC for approximately $80 million. Represented Labcyte, Inc. in its sale to Beckman Coulter, Inc., a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation. Represented PTT Exploration and Production Company Limited in its acquisition of a minority stake in APICO LLC. Represented a steering committee of lenders in the out-of-court restructuring of Indra Holdings Corp. (d/b/a Totes Isotoner. Represented Barings Finance LLC and prepetition lenders in connection with Hollander Sleep Products, LLC and its affiliates’ Chapter 11 restructuring. Represented a steering committee of first-lien lenders in connection with Joerns WoundCo Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates’ prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring. Represented Claret Medical in its sale to Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) for up to $270 million. Represented Apama Medical in its sale to Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) for up to $300 million. Represented MCBC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCFT) in its acquisition of Nautic Star, LLC, for approximately $80 million. Represented The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) in a series of transactions involving the restructuring of The Coca-Cola Company’s U.S. bottling system, including transfers of territories, distribution agreements and manufacturing arrangements. Represented HD Supply, Inc. 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