Cases
Experience: Representative Matters: Represented Sun Capital Partners in its sale of Ames Taping Tools, the nation's foremost provider of automatic taping
finishing tools
related products to the professional drywall finishing industry.
Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the sale of StateServ Medical, the leading durable medical equipment (DME) benefit management company supporting hospices
other post-acute care providers in the United States.
Represented Centre Partners in connection with its sale of Stonewall Kitchen, a leading manufacturer of premium br
ed specialty food
gift products, including jams, olive oils, bottled sauces, crackers
pancake mixes.
Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC in connection with its acquisition of RHA Health Services, a leading provider of community-based health services focused on individuals with intellectual
developmental disabilities, behavioral health needs
substance use challenges.
Represented Centre Partners in connection with its acquisition of Guy & O'Neill, Inc., a consumer products company that focuses on private label
contract manufacturing.
Represented H.I.G. Growth Partners in connection with its acquisition of a regional provider of comprehensive hospice related services.
Represented Centre Partners in connection with its acquisition of the IMA Group, a national provider of medical
psychological evaluations
case review services.
Represented affiliates of Crestview Advisors in connection with their acquisition of ATC Drivetrain, a leading independent remanufacturer of automotive drivetrain components (primarily transmissions, engines
related components) for in-warranty vehicles in the United States.
Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of Hospicelink, the largest hospice-focused durable medical equipment benefit manager in the United States.
Represented Centre Partners in connection with its acquisition of Nearly Natural, a leading e-commerce vendor
'drop-shipper' of artificial plant products.
Represented the middle market fund of a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of an operator of adolescent behavioral health treatment centers in the United States.
Represented Sun Capital in connection with its acquisition of AMES Taping Tools.
Represented Falconhead Capital on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects of its sale of substantially all of the assets of Rita's Holdings, LLC to an affiliate of Argosy Capital.
Represented interclick, Inc., a technology company that provides solutions for data-driven advertising in the United States, on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects of its $270 million sale to Yahoo! Inc.
Advised APR Energy Cayman Limited, one of the world's largest providers of temporary power generation solutions,
its management shareholders on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects of its $855 million sale to Horizon Acquisition Company plc.
Advised California Higher Education Loan Authority (CHELA) on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects of a $2.4 billion recapitalization, restructuring
spin-off transaction. As a result, CHELA (now The Education Financing Foundation of California) became the largest education financing foundation in the State of California.
Represented PolyMedica Corporation employee benefit
executive compensation aspects on the $45 million sale of its Women's Health Products Division to Amerifit Nutrition, Inc.
Represented Trendum Ltd. on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects of its acquisition of PulpFree, Inc.
Advised the stockholders of Amide Holdings, Inc.
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc., a privately owned U.S. generic pharmaceuticals company (Amide),on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects the sale of Amide to Actavis Group hf, a publicly traded global generic pharmaceutical company listed on the Icel
Stock Exchange
Represented FuelQuest Inc., a leading on-dem
software
services company for the global downstream energy industry, in the sale of its Zytax energy-related tax automation business to Avalara, a leading cloud-based sales tax
compliance automation technology provider. Oversaw the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects of the transaction, including negotiation of employment-related terms of the deal,
structuring
advice regarding employee benefits
executive compensation.
Advised Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: MDF) on the employee benefits
executive compensation aspects as part of its $403+ million cash
stock acquisition of Continucare Corporation (formerly NYSE: CNU), including Metropolitan's procurement of $315 million of related acquisition financing from a syndicate of lenders led by GE Capital.
Restructured employee benefits as part of public electric utility
power supplier DPL Inc's. $3.5 billion sale to The AES Corporation.
Negotiated
documented employee benefit provisions as part of Arcos Dorados B.V's $700 million acquisition of the business
assets of McDonald's Corporation's Latin American operations.
Advised Terremark on the employee benefits
executive compensation issues related to its $1.4 billion sale to Verizon Communications.
Executive Compensation Planning: Advising clients with regard to qualified
non-qualified deferred compensation plans, including 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase plans, health
welfare plans,
other employee benefit plan issues.
Advising emerging
publicly-held clients with respect to executive compensation techniques
strategies, including stock options, restricted stock
other forms of equity compensation, executive employment agreements
compensation, split dollar insurance arrangements,
change in control severance agreements.
Advising clients with regard to various employee benefit plan issues relating to corporate mergers
acquisitions.
