Experience

• • Carlyle in its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
  • Risk Strategies, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in its acquisition of two of Gowrie Holdings subsidiaries, Maritime Program Group and Gowrie Group.
  • Prudential Financial in its $2.35 billion acquisition of Assurance IQ.
  • Bain Capital Private Equity and Diamond Castle in the sale of Beacon Health Options to Anthem.
  • American Express in its acquisition of Resy, a leading digital restaurant reservation booking and management platform.
  • AmTrust Financial Services in the sale of its domestic and international surety and credit reinsurance operations to Liberty Mutual.
  • Risk Strategies, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in its acquisition of Krauter & Company, a leading specialty firm focused on the risk and insurance needs of private equity firms and their portfolio companies nationwide.
  • KeyBank in its acquisition of Laurel Road’s affinity-focused digital lending business.
  • Quarton International, an independent U.S. and European M&A advisory firm, in its sale to Cowen.
  • Carlyle in its sale of a majority stake in Getty Images to the Getty family.
  • HCA Healthcare in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Mission Health, a nonprofit North Carolina health system.
  • Carlyle in its acquisition of an outstanding interest in NEP Group from Crestview Partners.
  • Risk Strategies, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in its acquisition of Oxford Risk Management, an established leader in alternative risk and captive insurance and consulting.
  • Citizens Financial in its acquisition of Franklin American Mortgage.
  • Carlyle in its strategic minority investment in DiscoverOrg, the leading global sales and marketing intelligence platform.
  • Nationstar Mortgage, a leading mortgage servicer and originator, in its $3.8 billion merger with WMIH.
  • American International Group in its $5.56 billion acquisition of Validus Group, a Bermuda-based, NYSE-listed, (re)insurance company.
  • Carlyle in its acquisition of MedRisk, a leading provider of tech-enabled services to payors, TPAs and providers in the workers’ compensation space.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive.
  • Temasek in its strategic investment in BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services.
  • AmTrust Financial Services in a strategic transaction with Madison Dearborn for a portion of AmTrust’s U.S. fee businesses valued at $1.15 billion.
  • Senior management of Apple Leisure Group in connection with the acquisition of Apple Leisure by private equity funds sponsored by KKR.
  • Citizens Financial in its acquisition of Western Reserve Partners, a merger and acquisition advisory firm.
  • Sawai Pharmaceutical in its $1.5 billion acquisition of the generic pharmaceuticals business of Upsher-Smith Laboratories.
  • Allergan in its $2.47 billion acquisition of ZELTIQ, a medical technology company focused on utilizing its proprietary CoolSculpting controlled-cooling technology platform, the sales leader in the fast-growing body contouring segment of medical aesthetics.
  • Empowerment Ventures and its wholly-owned subsidiary UniRush, a pioneer in the development of reloadable prepaid debit cards, in the sale of UniRush to Green Dot.
  • Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage firm, in its acquisition of Mesirow Insurance Services.
  • Dover Corporation in its $780 million acquisition of Wayne Fueling Systems from Riverstone Holdings.
  • The Dolan family, the controlling stockholders of Madison Square Garden, in the spin-off of Madison Square Garden’s live sports and entertainment businesses.
  • The Dolan family, controlling stockholders of Cablevision Systems Corporation, in Cablevision’s $17.7 billion sale to Altice.
  • American Securities and P2 Capital Partners in their $855 million acquisition of Blount International.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its $195 million investment in Lions Gate Entertainment.
  • Stone Point Capital in its significant equity investment in specialty insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services, with KKR retaining a significant equity investment in the business.
  • Standard General in its acquisition of over 1,700 RadioShack stores in alliance with Sprint as part of RadioShack’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  • Diamond Castle in the acquisition by its portfolio company Beacon Health of ValueOptions, the largest independent behavioral healthcare and wellness company in the U.S.
  • Dealer Tire in its receipt of a significant investment by Lindsay Goldberg and redemption of TA Associates’ ownership interests.
  • One Equity Partners, the principal investment arm of JPMorgan, in its spin-out and related primary and secondary transactional matters.
  • TPG Growth in its investment in Big River Steel.
  • Stone Point Capital in its sale of Genex, a provider of healthcare and disability management services, to Apax Partners.
  • Syniverse, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its $290 million acquisition of Aicent.
  • StoneRiver Group in the formation of a joint venture with funds managed by Kelso & Company in which StoneRiver Group’s Progressive Medical was merged with PMSI.
  • Fidelity & Guaranty Life in its $190.6 million initial public offering.
  • New Young Broadcasting in its $2.2 billion merger with Media General to combine the two local broadcast television and digital media companies.
  • FNBNY Bancorp and its sponsor, Modern Capital Partners, in FNBNY’s acquisition of Madison National Bancorp and its subsidiary, Madison National Bank.
  • Gogo in its $187 million initial public offering of common stock.
  • Carlyle in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty Images.
  • Senior management of The TCW Group, a leading diversified asset management company, in the acquisition of The TCW Group by management and private equity funds sponsored by Carlyle.
  • Oriental Trading Company in its sale to Berkshire Hathaway.
  • Access Industries in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Warner Music Group.
  • J.C. Flowers and Crump Group in the sale of the life and property and casualty insurance divisions of Crump to BB&T Corporation.
  • The Dolan family in the tax-free spin-offs of AMC Networks and Madison Square Garden and related businesses from Cablevision Systems Corporation.
  • Domtar in its $315 million acquisition of Attends Healthcare. Debevoise acted as employee benefits counsel.
  • Aspen Marketing Services in its sale to Alliance Data Systems Corporation.
  • Booz Allen Hamilton, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its $238 million initial public offering.
  • Altegrity and Providence Equity Partners in their $1.13 billion acquisition of Kroll from Marsh & McLennan.
  • Pernod Ricard in its $575 million sale of the Wild Turkey business to Gruppo Campari.
  • Carlyle in its $2.54 billion acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton’s U.S. government consulting business.
  • Pernod Ricard in its €5.6 billion acquisition of the Vin & Sprit Group, makers of Absolut vodka, from the Kingdom of Sweden in one of the largest cross-border privatizations of 2008.
  • Rank Group in its $2.7 billion purchase of Alcoa’s packaging and consumer businesses.
  • Carlyle in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Niagara Holdings and PQ Corporation from J.P. Morgan Partners and PQ Corporation’s follow-on acquisition of the INEOS Silicas business from INEOS Group.
  • EDO Corporation in its $1.7 billion acquisition by ITT Corporation.
  • The D. E. Shaw Group in its $575 million going private acquisition of the James River Group.
  • Liberty Mutual in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Ohio Casualty Group.
  • Domtar in its $6 billion combination with Weyerhaeuser's fine paper business in a "reverse Morris Trust" transaction; the new Domtar became the largest manufacturer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America.
  • Pernod Ricard in its $2.43 billion sale of Dunkin’ Brands, which includes Baskin Robbins, Dunkin’ Donuts and Togo’s Eatery, to a consortium consisting of Bain Capital, Carlyle and Thomas H. Lee Partners.
  • Carlyle in its $2.1 billion going private acquisition, with the company’s controlling shareholders, of Insight Communications.
  • A consortium that includes CAI Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Kelso & Company and Vestar Capital Partners, in its $3.3 billion going private acquisition of CCS Income Trust, a Canadian company providing waste management services to the oil industry.
  • UBS AG in its U.S. compensation arrangements.