Experience

• • Brookfield Reinsurance in its acquisition of Argo in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion.
  • Wilton Re, a majority-owned reinsurance company of CPP Investments, in its sale of Ivari, a Toronto-based life insurance company, to Sagicor Financial Company.
  • Blackstone, as investor in Annexus, a leading designer of annuities and insurance-based retirement products, in the sale of Annexus to Integrity Marketing Group LLC.
  • TA Associates, in its acquisition of TouchTunes, an in-venue, interactive music and entertainment platform, from funds advised by Searchlight and Newlight.
  • 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.
  • Manulife, a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider, in its reinsurance deal with Venerable, a provider of risk transfer solutions to variable annuity issuers, releasing approximately $2 billion in capital.
  • Sun Life in its $2.475 billion acquisition of DentaQuest.
  • Jackson and Prudential plc in the separation of Jackson through a demerger, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion and that establishes Jackson as an independent, publicly-traded company.
  • Prudential in the sale of its retirement plan business to Empower for a total transaction value of $3.55 billion.
  • Assurant in the $1.3 billion sale of its Global Preneed business to CUNA Mutual Group.
  • Aquarian in its acquisition of Pavonia Life Insurance Company of New York from a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited.
  • MassMutual in its $3.5 billion acquisition of Great American Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Financial Group.
  • Entities managed by Blackstone in the $2.8 billion acquisition of Allstate Life Insurance Company.
  • 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.
  • Steven Cohen and Cohen Private Ventures in the $2.4 billion acquisition of the Mets.
  • Third Point Re in its $788 million merger with Sirius Group.
  • Prudential plc and Jackson National in the reinsurance to Athene of $27.6 billion of Jackson’s in-force fixed and fixed index annuities and a $500 million equity investment in Jackson’s holding company.
  • Prudential Financial in its $1.9 billion sale of Prudential Life Insurance of Korea to KB Financial Group.
  • Dealer Tire, a Bain Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of Dent Wizard.
  • Morgan Stanley, as financial advisor to Cincinnati Bell, in the $2.75 billion acquisition of Cincinnati Bell by Brookfield. (Terminated)
  • Carlyle in its investment in American Express Global Business Travel. (Terminated)
  • Pernod Ricard in its $223 million acquisition of Castle Brands.
  • Morgan Stanley Private Equity in its acquisition of Impact Fitness, a franchisee of Planet Fitness and formerly a Bain Capital portfolio company.
  • Elliott Management in its $683 million acquisition of Barnes & Noble, the largest retail bookseller in the U.S.
  • SouthernCarlson in its sale to Kyocera Corporation.
  • GoDaddy in its acquisition of Sellbrite, a multi-channel management platform.
  • Sirius Computer Solutions, a leading IT solutions integrator, and its majority owner, Kelso & Company, in the sale of a majority equity interest in Sirius to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
  • Blackstone, a significant shareholder in Annexus, in Integrity Marketing Group LLC’s acquisition of Annexus.
  • Dealer Tire in a significant investment by Bain Capital Private Equity.
  • 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.
  • Dealer Tire in its significant investment in SimpleTire.
  • Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of Electrical Components International, the world’s leading manufacturer of wire harnesses, control boxes and value-added assembly services, from KPS Capital Partners.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities, as financial advisor to Salesforce, in Salesforce's $1.4 billion acquisition of ClickSoftware.
  • Johnson & Johnson in its global co-development and commercialization agreement with Theravance Biopharma, relating to various compounds being developed for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's and ulcerative colitis.
  • Pernod Ricard in its acquisition of the remaining stake in Avión Tequila.
  • TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.
  • Time Inc. in its $2.8 billion sale to Meredith.
  • International Paper in the $1.8 billion combination of its North America Consumer Packaging business with Graphic Packaging.
  • Discovery, Inc. in its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive.
  • 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.
  • Evercore, as financial advisor to the Special Committee of Fortress Investment Group, in Fortress Investment’s $3.3 billion acquisition by SoftBank.
  • Allergan in its $2.9 billion acquisition of LifeCell Corporation, a regenerative medicine business.
  • Morgan Stanley, as financial advisor to Consolidated Communications Holdings, in Consolidated Communications Holdings's $1.5 billion acquisition of FairPoint Communications, a business and broadband communications provider.
  • Apollo Global Management in a significant equity investment in Genco Shipping & Trading.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, a leading global manufacturer of medical products.
  • 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.
  • Nestlé Skin Health in its $1 billion acquisition of Guthy Renker’s worldwide Proactiv business, the world’s leading non-prescription acne brand.
  • Eaton Partners in its sale to Stifel Financial.
  • Activision Blizzard in its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital Entertainment.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities, as financial advisor to AMD, in the $436 million joint venture of AMD with Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics.
  • Kelso & Company in its acquisition of Sirius Computer Solutions, a leading national IT solutions integrator.
  • Envision Healthcare in its $620 million acquisition of Rural/Metro Corporation, the second largest provider of ambulatory services in the U.S.
  • 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.
  • Johnson & Johnson in the sale of its worldwide intimate health business to Reckitt Benckiser, a UK-based consumer goods company.
  • International Paper in the combination of its xpedx distribution solutions business with Unisource in a “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction.
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell in the $24.9 billion sale of Dell to an investor group including Michael Dell and Silver Lake.
  • Reynolds Group in its $3.25 billion offering of 5.75% senior secured notes due 2020, at the time the third-largest single-tranche issue on record in the high-yield market and the largest issue since 2008.