Experience

• • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its strategic partnership with Elevance Health, which will bring together certain care delivery and enablement assets of Elevance’s Carelon Health and CD&R portfolio companies, apree health and Millennium Physician Group.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in its acquisition of Harvey, a manufacturer of high performing windows and doors.
  • Schneider Electric in the sale of its subsidiary AutoGrid, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) provider, to Uplight.
  • The Special Committee of SiriusXM in its agreement to combine SiriusXM with Liberty Media’s Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group to create New SiriusXM, a new public company.
  • Glendower Capital in the formation of its Secondary Opportunities Fund V, a $5.8 billion global secondary private equity fund.
  • Pernod Ricard in its acquisition of a majority stake in Skrewball, a super-premium and fast-growing flavored whiskey.
  • The Joint Committee of the Board of Directors of BGC Partners in BGC Partners’ conversion into a corporate structure.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $5.8 billion acquisition of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, the largest manufacturer of exterior buildings products in North America.
  • Spirit Airlines in its sale, later terminated, to JetBlue for $3.8 billion.
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners in the formation of Lightspeed Venture Partners Fund XIV-A/B, two early stages global venture funds with a combined value of approximately $2 billion.
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners in the formation of Lightspeed Venture Partners Select Fund V, a $2.26 billion late stage global venture fund.
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners in the formation of Lightspeed Opportunity Fund II, a $2.36 billion late stage global venture fund.
  • Schneider Electric, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, in its acquisitions of EV Connect, an electric vehicle charging solutions provider, and EnergySage, an online marketplace for solar energy products and services.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial businesses of Roper Technologies, which operates market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and application-specific products, in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TPG in their $4 billion take-private of Covetrus, a global animal-health technology and services company.
  • Certain holders of second lien term loans issued by Integro Parent Inc., part of Tysers Insurance Brokers, Ltd., a leading Lloyds independent broker, in a transaction under which AUB Group Limited will acquire Tysers from Odyssey Investment Partners for $615.2 million.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a 60% interest in Humana’s Kindred at Home Hospice and Personal Care divisions, valued at $3.4 billion.
  • Resonetics, a leader in micro-manufacturing for the medical device and diagnostics equipment, in its acquisition of EaglePicher Medical Power, a medical device manufacturer.
  • Carlyle in its $2.1 billion capital raise and equity investment in Fortitude Re and the formation of a strategic advisory services agreement.
  • Constellation, backed by institutional investors Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, in its acquisition of and $500 million capital contribution to Ohio National, as part of Ohio National’s demutualization process.
  • KKR in the formation of KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV, a $17 billion global infrastructure fund.
  • Carlyle in its strategic partnership with Orsini, an independent specialty pharmacy focused on rare diseases, gene therapies and complex conditions.
  • Spirit Airlines in its merger, later terminated, with Frontier Group Holdings, parent company of Frontier Airlines, in a transaction valued at $6.6 billion.
  • Carestream Dental, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and leading provider of dental technology, in the $600 million carve-out sale of its Scanning Technology business to Envista, a leading global dental products company.
  • Oaktree Capital Management, a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, in its acquisition of Velocity Risk, a catastrophe-focused property and specialty insurance risks managing general agent.
  • Gympass, a corporate wellbeing platform, in the acquisition of Trainiac, a leading one-on-one personal training fitness platform.
  • Carlyle in its investment in Resonetics, a leader in micro-manufacturing for the medical device and diagnostics equipment industries, valuing the company at approximately $2.25 billion.
  • Oaktree Capital Management as a lead investor in the $890 million recapitalization of Patriot National Bancorp, parent company of a nationally chartered bank, in its merger with American Challenger, an entity formed in 2020 to establish a new digital national bank.
  • H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with over $45 billion of equity capital under management, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Grupo Ransa, a leading third party logistics operator in the Andean Region and Central America.
  • Carlyle in its strategic growth investment and acquisition of a majority stake in Saama, a leading AI-driven intelligent clinical cloud company that enables the life sciences industry to conduct faster and safer clinical developments and regulatory programs, valuing the company at up to $430 million.
  • HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the acquisition of Wellframe, a digital health management company.
  • Blackstone in its investment in Medable, the leading cloud platform for patient-centered clinical research, valuing Medable at $2.1 billion.
  • Glendower Capital in its strategic partnership with CVC, creating a combined group with total assets under management of approximately €113 billion.
  • Fortitude Re, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its acquisition of a $31 billion block of legacy variable annuities from Prudential Financial for a total transaction value of $2.2 billion.
  • Carlyle, as majority owner of Syniverse, in Syniverse’s $2.85 billion merger, later terminated, with special purpose acquisition company M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp. resulting in Syniverse becoming a publicly traded company.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the $168 million sale of its roll-up sheet door business, DBCI, to Janus.
  • Core & Main, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $803 million initial public offering.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Solenis in the sale of Solenis to Platinum Equity at an implied enterprise value of $5.25 billion.
  • Parnassus, the largest ESG-dedicated fund manager in the U.S., in its sale of a majority equity interest to AMG.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $6 billion acquisition and subsequent combination of Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation, to create the world's largest label solutions company.
  • Cornerstone Building Brands in the sale of its Insulated Metal Panels business to Nucor for $1 billion in cash.
  • Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp III, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in its $275 million initial public offering.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $3.7 billion take-private acquisition of UDG Healthcare.
  • Spirit Airlines in its common stock offering of over 10.5 million shares, $500 million aggregate principal amount of new convertible notes offering 1.00% convertible senior notes due 2026, $146.8 million repurchase of its existing 4.75% existing convertible senior notes due 2025 and redemption of $340 million of its existing 8.00% senior secured notes due 2025.
  • agilon health in its $1.2 billion initial public offering.
  • Blackstone as a lead investor in the formation of Hydrogen Health.
  • The Dolan Family in MSG Entertainment’s acquisition of MSG Networks.
  • Blackstone in its investment in Ginger, a leader in on-demand behavioral healthcare.
  • Carlyle in the $2.5 billion merger of Grand Rounds and Doctor on Demand.
  • Waitr in its acquisition of Delivery Dudes.
  • Carlyle, as majority owner of Syniverse, in Twilio’s $750 million investment in Syniverse.
  • Brigade Capital Management, as debtor-in-possession lender in providing a $95 million DIP facility and a $100 million exit facility to Alpha Media in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  • Carlyle in its $2.6 billion sale of MedRisk to CVC Capital Partners.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of S&S Activewear, a leading North American distributor of imprintable apparel and accessories.
  • KKR in the formation of KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors, a $3.9 billion Asia Pacific infrastructure fund.
  • Avanath Capital Management in the formation of Avanath Affordable Housing IV, a $760 million U.S. real estate fund.
  • HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the acquisition of Altruista, a care management software company that delivers care management and population health management solutions that support value-based and person-centered care models.
  • Investcorp in its strategic partnership with Centre Lane Partners, a private credit manager.
  • Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Group in its investment in SUNZ Holdings, a leading provider of workers compensation insurance and related services such as claims administration, policy administration, and customer support.
  • 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 majority investment in TriNetX, a leading global health research network optimizing clinical research to bring new therapies to market faster.
  • Steven Cohen and Cohen Private Ventures in the $2.4 billion acquisition of the Mets.
  • Verizon in its $6.25 billion acquisition of Tracfone, the largest reseller of wireless services in the U.S.
  • Carlyle in its $175 million investment in Grand Rounds, a leader in healthcare quality and clinical navigation.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $2.9 billion acquisition of White Cap, a leading distributor of specialty concrete and construction products, and its combination of White Cap with CSG, a leading U.S. distributor of specialty concrete and masonry accessories, for a total transaction value of approximately $4 billion.
  • Third Point Re in its $788 million merger with Sirius Group.
  • The Special Committee of Liberty Broadband in Liberty Broadband’s $10.59 billion acquisition of GCI Liberty.
  • HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the acquisition of The Burgess Group, an innovative payment integrity software company focused on improving healthcare payment operations through a cloud-based technology platform.
  • Warner Music Group in its initial public offering of 77 million shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $25.00 per share, representing an approximately $1.925 billion offering.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Radio Systems Corporation, a market-leading provider of innovative pet product solutions.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $250 million convertible preferred equity investment in Covetrus, a global leader in animal-health technology and services.
  • Verizon in its acquisition of BlueJeans, a market-leading cloud-based video conferencing and event platform.
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of HealthEdge, a leading technology business that delivers next generation Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) solutions to healthcare businesses.
  • Dealer Tire, a Bain Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of Dent Wizard.
  • Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of TARIS, a biotechnology company specializing in the development of a novel drugs and delivery technologies for the treatment of cancer.
  • New York Life in its $6.3 billion acquisition of Cigna’s Group Life and Disability Insurance business.
  • Carlyle in its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Cynosure, a leader in medical aesthetics systems and technologies, from Hologic, a NASDAQ listed medical technology company primarily focused on women’s health.
  • InterXion in its combination with Digital Realty, valuing InterXion at $8.4 billion.
  • TPG Growth in an investment by U.S. Steel in Big River Steel valuing Big River Steel at $2.325 billion.
  • Chubb in the acquisition of Banchile Seguros de Vida and Segchile Seguros Generales from a subsidiary of Quiñenco S.A. and other minority investors.
  • Pacific Life in its sale of Aviation Capital Group to Tokyo Century Corporation.
  • RL LP in its sale of Lincoln Benefit Life to an affiliate of Kuvare US Holdings.
  • Vinci Partners in the formation of Vinci Capital Partners Fund III, a $1 billion private equity fund program.
  • Brookfield Business Partners and its institutional partners in their acquisition of Ouro Verde, a leading Brazilian fleet management company.
  • 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.
  • GoDaddy in its acquisition of Sellbrite, a multi-channel management platform.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TRANZACT in the $1.3 billion sale of TRANZACT to Willis Towers Watson.
  • NCI Building Systems in its unit purchase agreement with Environmental Materials, LLC.
  • Vets First Choice in the financing aspects of its merger with the Henry Schein Animal Health business to create Covetrus, a new standalone public company.
  • Carlyle in its strategic minority investment in Grupo Madero, the largest casual dining and fast-casual restaurant chain in Brazil.
  • Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group in its strategic minority investment in Annexus, a leading designer of annuities and insurance-based retirement products.
  • Tribune Media Company in its $7.2 billion sale to Nexstar Media.
  • Nexstar in its acquisition of the television broadcast station KGBT, Harlingen, Texas.
  • Dealer Tire in a significant investment by Bain Capital Private Equity.
  • Prism, a leading retina surgeon practice, in its sale of a 60% stake to Quad-C Management.
  • HCA Healthcare in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Mission Health, a nonprofit North Carolina health system.
  • Carlyle in its strategic partnership with AIG to position DSA Re as a platform to provide solutions for insurance liabilities globally.
  • Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of Zarbee's Naturals, a leader in naturally-based healthcare products.
  • Ply Gem and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in Ply Gem’s $5.5 billion stock-for-stock combination with NCI Building Systems.
  • Dealer Tire in its significant investment in SimpleTire.
  • Solenis, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its combination with BASF's paper and water chemicals business.
  • SunSource, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company in its acquisition of Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada.
  • Numerous sponsors of investment funds pursuing all major investment strategies, including emerging markets, energy, buyouts, hedge, mezzanine, real estate and distressed debt funds, including:
  • 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.
  • Carmel Partners Investment Fund VI, a $1.025 billion real estate fund.
  • Crescent Mezzanine Partners VII, a $4.6 billion U.S. mezzanine fund.
  • Gramercy Distressed Opportunity Fund III, a $550 million emerging markets distressed credit fund.
  • GSO Capital Opportunities Fund III, a $6.5 billion global mezzanine fund.
  • GSO Energy Select Opportunities Fund, a $3 billion North America power/energy fund.
  • GSO Credit Alpha Fund, a $1 billion North America and Western Europe credit opportunities fund.
  • GSO Credit Alpha Annex Fund, a $960 million North America and Western Europe credit opportunities fund.
  • Littlejohn Fund V, a $2 billion U.S. buyout fund.
  • Oaktree Opportunities Fund X/Xb, a $12.5 billion global distressed debt fund.
  • Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund VII, a $2.9 billion global real estate fund.
  • Oaktree Principal Fund V, a $2.8 billion global distressed fund.
  • Oaktree European Principal Fund IV, a €1 billion Europe distressed fund.
  • Och-Ziff Real Estate Fund III, a $1.5 billion U.S. real estate fund.
  • Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners Fund X, a $1.15 billion U.S. real estate fund.
  • Tishman Speyer Brazil Fund III, a $450 million Brazil real estate fund.
  • Vinci Capital Partners II, a $1.4 billion Brazil fund.
  • Vinci Capital Partners Fund III, a $1 billion private equity fund program.
  • Carlyle in its strategic minority investment in DiscoverOrg, the leading global sales and marketing intelligence platform.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a majority interest in American Greetings.
  • Nationstar Mortgage, a leading mortgage servicer and originator, in its $3.8 billion merger with WMIH.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $2.4 billion take private of Ply Gem and acquisition of Atrium Windows & Doors, two leading building products companies.
  • Carlyle in its acquisition of MedRisk, a leading provider of tech-enabled services to payors, TPAs and providers in the workers’ compensation space.
  • Ambev S.A. in the acquisition of a 30% interest in Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (CND), the leading beer company in the Caribbean, and the restructuring of its joint venture with E. León Jimenes, in a transaction valued at $926.5 million.
  • Time Inc. in its $2.8 billion sale to Meredith.
  • OppenheimerFunds in a joint venture with Carlyle, which will provide global private credit opportunities for the wealth market.
  • Pacific Life and Aviation Capital Group in the minority investment by Tokyo Century in Aviation Capital Group, a transaction which won the Airline Economics Aviation 100 “2017 Overall Equity Deal of the Year” award.
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of BGC Partners in BGC Partners’ acquisition of Berkeley Point Financial, a leading commercial real estate finance company.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $2.5 billion acquisition of HD Supply’s Waterworks Division, the largest distributor of waterworks products in the United States.
  • RWL Water in the merger by acquisition of Emefcy Group and RWL Water.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $650 million acquisition of Capco, FIS’s management consulting business.
  • Verizon Communications in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Straight Path Communications, a leading wireless spectrum holder.
  • Tribune Media Company in its $6.6 billion sale, later terminated, to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  • Capital Group in its acquisition of an equity stake in Intas Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in India, from ChrysCapital, an India-focused private equity firm.
  • 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.
  • Tribune Media Company in the $560 million sale of Gracenote, a leading entertainment data provider, to the Nielsen Company.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the formation of agilon health, a new healthcare technology and services platform, through the acquisition and merging of Primary Provider Management and Cyber-Pro Systems.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, a leading global manufacturer of medical products.
  • Providence Service Corporation in a strategic partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners in Matrix Medical Network.
  • Littlejohn & Co. in the sale of a minority interest in the firm’s management companies and general partners to Goldman Sachs Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group.
  • Evercore in the transfer of control of its Mexican private equity business, Evercore Mexico Capital Partners, to Glisco Partners.
  • Greater Media in its $240 million sale to Beasley Broadcast Group.
  • Dealer Tire in its sale of the assets of Dealer Tire Canada to Groupe Touchette.
  • Verizon Communications in its acquisition of Telogis, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology and services, specifically in the connected vehicle and mobile enterprise management sectors.
  • Envision Healthcare in its $15 billion merger with AMSURG, creating one of the largest U.S. providers of specialty physicians and hospital-related services.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $415 million acquisition of High Ridge Brands, the largest North American consolidation platform focused on acquiring orphaned personal care brands, from Brynwood Partners.
  • Lauro Cinquantasette in its €315 million sale of Prime European Therapeuticals to Albany Molecular Research.
  • Verizon Communications in its $1.8 billion acquisition of XO Communications’ fiber-optic network business.
  • GP Investments in a joint venture with a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) to finance the acquisition, through a tender offer in Brazil, of a controlling stake in BR Properties, a Brazilian real estate company.
  • TruGreen, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, and CD&R in TruGreen’s merger with Scotts LawnService.
  • The Dolan family, controlling stockholders of Cablevision Systems Corporation, in Cablevision’s $17.7 billion sale to Altice.
  • American Seafoods, one of the largest seafood companies in North America and one of the largest harvesters of fish in the world, in the successful out-of-court refinancing and restructuring of nearly $1 billion in aggregate funded debt.
  • Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of a majority interest in the asset management business of AR Capital (subsequently withdrawn), its acquisition of the wholesale distribution business of RCS Capital and its substantial minority equity investment in RCS Capital. (Terminated)
  • Alliance Laundry Systems, an Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan portfolio company, in the sale of majority interest to BDT Capital Partners.
  • Atlas Merchant Capital in a series of preferred stock investments in South Street Securities.
  • Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in its $365 million sale to Sequential Brands.
  • The D. E. Shaw Group, a global investment and technology development firm, in the sale of a 20% equity interest in the management companies of The D. E. Shaw Group previously owned by Lehman Brothers to an entity managed by Hillspire.
  • Verizon Communications in the $10.54 billion sale of its local wireline operations in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier Communications.
  • Dealer Tire in its receipt of a significant investment by Lindsay Goldberg and redemption of TA Associates’ ownership interests.
  • Standard General in its acquisition of RadioShack’s asset based credit facility from GE Capital in a transaction expected to result in ownership of not less than 50% of the company's equity securities.
  • Chemtura in the $1 billion sale of its agrochemicals business, Chemtura AgroSolutions.
  • American International Group in the sale of ILFC to AerCap Holdings N.V. for $7.6 billion, consisting of $3 billion in cash and a 46% interest in AerCap, a transaction awarded the AirFinance Journal “2014 Overall Deal of the Year” award.
  • Tribune Media Company in its spin-off of Tribune Publishing Company.
  • PVDC, a subsidiary of Barrick and Goldcorp, in a renegotiation of the terms of the Pueblo Viejo Special Lease Agreement with an NPV of $1.5 billion.
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell in litigation challenging the $24.9 billion sale of Dell to an investor group including Michael Dell and Silver Lake.
  • Carlyle in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty Images.
  • Tribune Media Company in its $2.7 billion acquisition of Local TV Holdings.
  • Resolution Life, a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies, in its formation and initial capitalization, related to its $587 million acquisition of Lincoln Benefit Life Company from Allstate Life Insurance Company, which included reserve financing, a reinsurance facility and bank debt.
  • New York Life Insurance Company in the sale of its Mexico surety subsidiary, Fianzas Monterrey, S.A., to ACE Group, for about $285 million.
  • International Paper in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland.
  • LivingSocial in its acquisition of Ticket Monster, the leading social commerce website in South Korea.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its acquisition of BBC Worldwide’s 50% interest in the BBC Worldwide-Discovery joint ventures for Animal Planet and Liv (formerly People + Arts).
  • The Dolan family in the $1.6 billion tax-free spin-off of Madison Square Garden and related businesses to the stockholders of Cablevision Systems Corporation.
  • Aspen Marketing Services in its sale to Alliance Data Systems Corporation.
  • Capital Group, as a member of a consortium, in the consortium's $700 million acquisition of 1,600 restaurants in Latin America and the Caribbean from McDonalds.
  • Carlyle in its $600 million joint venture with RPK Capital Management.
  • Verizon Communications in the $8.6 billion spin-off and merger of its wireline businesses in 14 states to Frontier Communications Corporation.
  • American International Group in the sale of its investment advisory and asset management business to Pacific Century Group.
  • Verizon Wireless in its acquisition of Alltel Corporation, a transaction valued at $28.1 billion.
  • Carlyle in its $2.54 billion acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton’s U.S. government consulting business.
  • International Paper in its $6.1 billion sale of six million acres of U.S. timberlands to an investor group led by Resource Management Service and an investor group led by TimberStar.
  • Galderma in its $420 million cross-border cash tender offer for Collagenex Pharmaceuticals.
  • Carlyle in its $1.5 billion acquisition of PQ Corporation from J.P. Morgan Partners.
  • 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.
  • Discovery Communications in its $1.9 billion acquisition of Cox Communications’ 25% interest in Discovery Communications for the Travel Channel and cash.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its acquisition of HowStuffWorks.com.
  • Phelps Dodge in its $26 billion merger with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, forming the world’s largest publicly traded copper company.
  • Carlyle in its acquisition of Oriental Trading Company from Brentwood Associates.
  • Alibaba.com in its acquisition of Yahoo!China and Yahoo!’s acquisition of a 40% stake in Alibaba.com, a transaction valued at over $4 billion.
  • Verizon Communications in its acquisition of MCI, a transaction with an equity value of $8.5 billion.
  • Carlyle in its $2.1 billion going private acquisition, with the company’s controlling shareholders, of Insight Communications.