Experience

• • HarbourVest Partners as lead investor in Secondary Fund II, a €350 million continuation vehicle sponsored by Portobello Capital, involving stakes in two Portobello-managed portfolio companies.
  • A major international financial investor in the formation of a €1 billion+ global infrastructure fund.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of Radio Systems Corporation, a market-leading provider of innovative pet product solutions.
  • VINCI Energies in its acquisition of Converse Energy Projects (now Actemium Energy Projects or AEP) from Schneider Electric; AEP is a leading provider of turnkey industrial power distribution solutions in Germany.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its investment in SOCOTEC Group, a leading global provider of testing, inspection and certification services focused on asset integrity.
  • Providence Equity Partners in its majority investment of €200 million in Smartly.io.
  • HarbourVest Partners as lead investor in the GP-led restructuring of Bridgepoint Capital’s €4.8 billion crisis-era fund, Bridgepoint Europe IV.
  • Pacific Life in its sale of Aviation Capital Group to Tokyo Century Corporation.
  • One Rock Capital Partners in its acquisition of the Engineered Components and Systems segment of Actuant Corporation.
  • A leading secondaries fund sponsor in its acquisition of a portfolio of venture capital and private equity interests from a major European private equity manager.
  • Solenis, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its combination with BASF's paper and water chemicals business.
  • Dover Corporation in its acquisition of Germany-based Ettlinger, a leading manufacturer of filtering solutions for the plastics recycling industry.
  • VINCI Energies in its acquisition of Horlemann Group.
  • 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.
  • Temasek in its strategic investment in BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the acquisition of Carestream Dental, an industry-leading provider of dental digital product lines and services, from Carestream Health/Onex.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services in the merger of Brand Energy and Safway Group, forming the leading global industrial service business with over $5 billion in revenue.
  • Tribune Media Company in the $560 million sale of Gracenote, a leading entertainment data provider, to the Nielsen Company.
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Ascot from American International Group.
  • Deutsche Bank in its co-investment into Medi-Globe.
  • Solenis in merger control aspects of its acquisition of Nopco Paper Technology.
  • Belectric in its sale of Belectric Solar & Battery to Innogy.
  • American Securities and P2 Capital Partners in their $855 million acquisition of Blount International.
  • Solenis in the merger control aspects of its Lostris and Wester Blend acquisitions.
  • HarbourVest Partners in its €360 million acquisition, through a fund managed by Compass Partners International, of five portfolio companies from Bridgepoint Capital.
  • Dover Corporation in the German due diligence and competition law aspects of its €425 million acquisition of Tokheim Group’s dispensers and systems businesses.
  • A producer of electronic goods in its agreements with European distributors.
  • A large international automobile supplier in its internal compliance investigation.
  • An international shipbuilding company in its acquisitions of several German non-naval and naval shipyards in merger control and foreign investment proceedings.
  • A Russian oil company in its joint venture with an oil major in respect of a German refinery in merger control and foreign investment proceedings.
  • A Swedish oil company in its acquisition of assets in a German refinery.
  • A German energy provider on competition and energy regulatory matters in connection with electricity and gas concessions.
  • A Swiss energy company in its acquisition of shares in an offshore wind energy company.
  • An international packaging producer in its acquisition of shares in several companies in merger control proceedings and vertical agreements.
  • An engineering major in the acquisition of an industrial and power service provider in merger control proceedings.