Experience

• • Kieback&Peter, an intelligent building automation company, in its strategic partnership with Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator.
  • VINCI Energies in its acquisition of Wärtsilä SAM Electronics GmbH.
  • HarbourVest Partners as the lead investor in Apheon TMC HDC Long Term Value Fund SCSp, a €435 million continuation fund established to acquire investments in TMC and Haudecoeur.
  • Apera Asset Management in its sale of a majority stake of the firm to Franklin Templeton.
  • Kelso & Company and its portfolio company, Accession Risk Management Group, in Accession’s $9.8 billion sale to Brown & Brown.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the competition aspects of its acquisition of a controlling stake in Opella, the French-headquartered consumer healthcare company, valuing the company at c.€16 billion.
  • Mitsui in its approximately $1 billion investment in a low-carbon ammonia production project at the Blue Point facility in Ascension Parish, LA.
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, a subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, in its agreement with the founding family of W. R. Berkley Corporation, a leading property and casualty insurance carrier, including acquisition of 15% of shares in W. R. Berkley Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately $3.8 billion.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its investment in Columbus McKinnon to fund Columbus McKinnon’s $2.7 billion acquisition of Kito Crosby.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in antitrust and foreign investment aspects of its role as part of a consortium acquiring a 66.7% stake in Exclusive Networks, a Paris-based global cybersecurity specialist.
  • Stone Point Capital in its equity investment in the Ardonagh Group, one of the world’s largest independent insurance distribution platforms, which values Ardonagh at $14 billion.
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in its sale of World 50 and its related subsidiary companies to a single asset GP-led continuation fund investment vehicle managed by an affiliate of MSCP.
  • Zhongzhi Enterprise Group in the sale of a controlling stake in Aqseptence Group, an international equipment and solutions provider focused on water treatment and liquid/solid separation, to funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
  • Elliott in its investment leading Speyside’s single asset continuation fund to support the future growth of its portfolio company Opta.
  • HarbourVest Partners as co-lead investor in a €1.63 billion continuation fund, sponsored by Triton, to acquire four portfolio companies from Triton Fund IV.
  • HarbourVest Partners as co-lead investor in a $1 billion continuation fund, sponsored by OEP, to support continued growth for two European portfolio companies.
  • Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Arcmont Asset Management, a private debt management firm.
  • Pantheon as co-lead investor in a €708 million continuation fund, sponsored by DPE Deutsche Private Equity, to invest in two European technology and digital transformation consultancies. The deal won “Secondaries Deal of the Year” in Europe in the Secondaries Investor annual awards.
  • Leading automotive and food companies in EU Commission’s investigations and antitrust proceedings.
  • An industrial association in Federal Cartel Office’s antitrust proceedings.
  • A leading food company in Federal Cartel Office’s antitrust proceedings related to an alleged retail price maintenance.
  • A leading financial services provider and industrial manufacturers in EU-wide antitrust law audits and internal investigations.
  • A leading food company in the defence of follow-on damages claims before German courts and the coordination of a defence for a leading logistics company against a claim in the amount of several hundred million Euros before the High Court in London.
  • Two leading companies in the digital farming sector in the creation of a joint venture and coordinating worldwide merger control proceedings.
  • A leading logistics company in complex merger control proceedings including phase II proceedings in various jurisdictions.
  • A DAX40 company in various renewable energy investments.