Experience

• • Domtar in its $3 billion sale to Paper Excellence.
  • Assurant in the $1.3 billion sale of its Global Preneed business to CUNA Mutual Group.
  • Aveva Group, a global leader in industrial software, in its $5 billion acquisition of OSIsoft.
  • The Independent Order of Foresters in its sale of Foresters Life Insurance and Annuity Company and Foresters Financial Holding Company, Inc. to Nassau Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Nassau Financial Group, L.P.
  • Schneider Electric in its acquisition of an 80% controlling stake in Operation Technology / ETAP Automation, the leading software platform for electrical power systems modeling and simulation.
  • AlpInvest Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and HarbourVest Partners as lead investors in the PAI Partners-sponsored €2 billion continuation vehicle for Froneri and Marcolin, two portfolio companies previously held in PAI Fund V. The transaction was named “GP-Led Deal of the Year in Europe” by Secondaries Investor in its annual awards.
  • Pernod Ricard in its $223 million acquisition of Castle Brands.
  • AFP Habitat in its acquisition of Colfondos from Scotiabank and Mercantil Colpatria.
  • OEConnection (OEC) and Providence Equity in the sale of a majority stake in OEC to Genstar Capital.
  • GoDaddy in its acquisition of Sellbrite, a multi-channel management platform.
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in its acquisition of Educate 360 Holdings.
  • Tishman Speyer in the formation of Tishman Speyer European Real Estate Venture Fund VIII, a €750 million Europe real estate fund.
  • HarbourVest Partners in its role in the £1.2 billion take-private acquisition of UK insurer esure.