TPG Capital, L.P. and Leonard Green and Partners, L.P. as stockholders and Board directors in Savers, LLC and its affiliates’ (“Savers”) out-of-court deleveraging transaction. Savers is a for-profit, thrift retailer that offers a wide range of clothing, accessories, and household goods in it its stores across the United States, Canada, and Australia. The transaction resulted in the consensual, out-of-court equitization of $300 million in funded debt and refinancing of $700 million in secured debt, and an equity investment of $165 million.
The Gores Group in its $1.325 billion sale of Therakos, Inc., to a Mallinckrodt plc subsidiary
BofA Merrill Lynch, as financial advisor to The Sterling Family Trust, in connection with the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball franchise to Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft Corp.
Accel London Investments, PromoTwo, IVP LuxCo, Atomico III and Atomico III (Jersey) in its $1.53 billion sale of Supercell Oy
Enterprise Networks Holdings, Inc. in connection with its $180 million sale of Enterasys Networks, Inc., a communications equipment provider
STX Filmworks in connection with its formation and the investment led by Hony Capital and TPG Growth
TPG in a number of transactions, including:
-
its acquisition of PJU Holdings, Inc.
-
its acquisition of Elf Cosmetics (a.k.a. J.A. Cosmetics US, Inc.)
-
its acquisition of Artel, Inc., a managed network services provider
-
its $1 billion acquisition, together with Apollo Management, L.P., of a 50 percent stake in NCL Corporation, a cruise line operator
Joltid Limited, a member of the investor group in Skype Global S.à r.l., in connection with Microsoft Corporation’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype
The Gores Group, LLC in connection with its acquisition of Stock Building Supply Holdings, LLC and the subsequent representation of Stock Building Supply in connection with its initial public offering
Centro Properties Group in a number of transactions, including:
-
its restructuring and consolidation of the operations with certain of its affiliated funds. This transaction was recognized in the Financial Times’ 2011 “U.S. Innovative Lawyers” report, and received the “Turnaround of the Year (Large Market),” “Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (Upper Middle Market)” and “Real Estate Deal of the Year ($500 Million and over)” awards at the sixth annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
-
its $9.4 billion sale via an auction of its U.S. shopping centers to The Blackstone Group L.P., a private equity firm
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and Texas Pacific Group in connection with their acquisition of PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) in a $4 billion prepackaged bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York including a $500 million exit loan. This deal was named 2011 “Media, Entertainment or Telecom Deal of the Year” by The M&A Advisor
Cost Plus, Inc., in connection with its $546 million acquisition by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
The Gold/Schiffer family in connection with 99 Cents Only Stores’ $1.6 billion acquisition by affiliates of Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
