Experience

• Technology, Media & Telecommunications

  • Ariel Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor, in Endeavor’s $13 billion take-private sale to Silver Lake.
  • Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, and n2y in the merger of Texthelp with n2y.
  • Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co., in its acquisition of a majority stake in n2y, a provider of comprehensive, SaaS-based solutions for students with unique learning challenges.
  • Carlyle, as majority owner of Syniverse, in Twilio’s $750 million investment in Syniverse.
  • Qatar Investment Authority in its $375 million co-investment in Elon Musk’s take private acquisition of Twitter.
  • Discovery, Inc. in the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction that values the combined entity at approximately $130 billion.
  • Tribune Media Company in its $7.2 billion sale to Nexstar Media.
  • Nexstar in its acquisition of the television broadcast station KGBT, Harlingen, Texas.
  • Carlyle in its sale of a majority stake in Getty Images to the Getty family.
  • Carlyle in its acquisition of an outstanding interest in NEP Group from Crestview Partners.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive.
  • Tribune Media Company in its $6.6 billion sale, later terminated, to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  • Tribune Media Company in the $560 million sale of Gracenote, a leading entertainment data provider, to the Nielsen Company.
  • Carlyle in its investment in NEP Group. NEP serves the world’s leading content producers and owners, providing services vital to the broadcast of live sports and entertainment events.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its $195 million investment in Lions Gate Entertainment.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to EMC Corporation, in the $67 billion sale of EMC Corporation to Dell.
  • Standard General in its acquisition of over 1,700 RadioShack stores in alliance with Sprint as part of RadioShack’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  • Lazard, as financial advisor to AT&T, in AT&T's $67 billion acquisition of DIRECTV.
  • Tribune Media Company in its spin-off of Tribune Publishing Company.
  • Tribune Media Company in its acquisition of Gracenote, the global leader in music technology and metadata, from Sony Corporation of America.
  • New Young Broadcasting in its $2.2 billion merger with Media General to combine the two local broadcast television and digital media companies.
  • Tribune Media Company in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Local TV Holdings.
  • Carlyle in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty Images.
  • Verizon communications in the $2.72 billion spin-off and merger of Verizon’s local exchange business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with Fairpoint Communications.
  • Carlyle in its $2.1 billion going private acquisition, with the company’s controlling shareholders, of Insight Communications.
  • The special committee of the board of UnitedGlobalCom in Liberty Media International’s $3.5 billion going private acquisition of the 46% of UGC that Liberty Media did not already own.

• Industrials

  • Covanta in its sale to EQT in a transaction valued at more than $5 billion, in which EQT acquired all shares of Covanta common stock for $20.25 per share.
  • 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.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to DuPont, in DuPont's $130 billion merger with The Dow Chemical Company.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Roofing Supply Group, a distributor of residential and non-residential roofing materials.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its 46% investment in JohnsonDiversey, a transaction valued at $2.6 billion.
  • International Paper in its $6 billion acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's packaging business.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a 42.5% stake in Univar, a global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, in a sponsored recapitalization transaction valuing Univar at $4.2 billion.
  • Bain Capital, Carlyle and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in their $8.5 billion acquisition of HD Supply from The Home Depot, which Private Equity Analyst named "LBO Deal of the Year."
  • VWR International, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $4 billion sale to Madison Dearborn Partners.
  • Phelps Dodge in its $26 billion merger with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, forming the world’s largest publicly traded copper company.
  • Carlyle in its investment in American Express Global Business Travel. (Terminated)

• Consumer

  • Hertz Global Holdings in its $2.3 billion acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group.
  • Diamond Castle in its sale of York Label Group to Multi-Color Corporation.

• Healthcare

  • Bain Capital Private Equity and Diamond Castle in the sale of Beacon Health Options to Anthem.
  • TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.
  • Providence Service Corporation in a strategic partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners in Matrix Medical Network.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation.

• Private Equity Funds

  • Carlyle as a lead investor in the $1 billion launch of Vantage Group, a new re/insurance entity and its wholly owned subsidiary, Vantage Risk, a new property catastrophe reinsurance provider.
  • Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management in their investment in a Quid Capital venture, which will offer liquidity benefits to shareholders of high-growth private technology companies.
  • Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management in the launch of Encina Lender Finance, a new independent lender finance platform targeting commercial and consumer specialty finance companies in the United States and Canada.
  • Carlyle in its strategic partnership with AIG to position DSA Re as a platform to provide solutions for insurance liabilities globally.
  • Newport Global Advisors in the recapitalization of Newport Global Opportunities Fund LP.
  • Diamond Castle in the restructuring of, and secondary sale of interests in, Diamond Castle Partners IV.