Ryan K. Brissette

Private M&A / Private Equity Matters

• L Catterton-led consortium in its acquisition of Truck Hero, Inc.
• Woodstream Corporation, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, in its sale to Bansk Group
• KKR in its acquisition of Novaria Group from Rosewood Private Investments and Tailwind Advisors
• Sightway Capital in connection with equity investments in Great Rock Capital
• L Catterton in its investment in Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings Inc.
• Sightway Capital in connection with equity investments in Wings Capital Partners
• L Catterton in its acquisition of Leslie’s Holdings, Inc.
• Starwood Capital Group in its sale of BR Guest Hospitality to Landry's
• Sightway Capital in its investment in Capital Automotive Financial
• New Mountain Capital in its investment in Island Medical Management LLC
• ONCAP in its sale of CiCi’s Pizza
• Starwood Capital Group in connection with the take private acquisition of Landmark Apartment Trust, a non-traded public REIT, for an enterprise value of approximately $1.9 billion
• ZMC its acquisition of Education Networks of America and subsequent add-on acquisition of TeleQuality
• ABRY Partners, LLC in its acquisition of Direct Travel, Inc.
• AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its acquisition of Gemcor II, LLC
• L Catterton in connection with the take private acquisition of Steiner Leisure Limited for an enterprise value of approximately $925 million
• Fortress Investment Group in its acquisition of Seven Networks
• Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Woodstream Corporation
• AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its sale of Composites Horizons LLC to Precision Castparts Corp.
• ABRY Partners in its sale of PRO Unlimited to Investcorp
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its growth equity investment in Revel Systems, Inc.
• iQor Holdings Inc., a HGGC portfolio company, in its multi-national carve-out acquisition of the global aftermarket services business of Jabil Circuit, Inc. for $725 million
• Accenture in its acquisition of Mortgage Cadence LLC, a loan origination software and electronic document management services provider

SPAC M&A Matters

• Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corporation in its pending $2.9 billion business combination with DeepGreen Metals
• Tailwind Acquisition Corp. in its proposed $1.4 billion business combination with QOMPLX
• ARYA Acquisition Corp III in its $1.3 billion business combination with Nautilus Biotechnologies, Inc.
• Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics
• Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
• Panavision in its contemplated business combination with SIM Video International and Saban Capital Acquisition Corp.
• OneSpaWorld, a portfolio company of L Catterton, in connection with its $948 million business combination with Haymaker Acquisition Corp.

Public Company M&A / Capital Markets Matters

• Leslie's, Inc., a portfolio company of L Catterton, in its initial public offering of common stock
• Perceptive Advisors, a shareholder of ArcherDX, in connection with the acquisition by Invitae Corporation of ArcherDX for up to $1.4 billion
• Steiner Leisure Limited, a portfolio company of L Catterton, in connection with its $75 million common equity and warrant investment in OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited
• Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $90 billion acquisition of Celgene and its related $13.4 billion divesture of Celgene’s OTEZLA® program to Amgen
• The Macerich Company in connection with Simon Property Group's $23.2 billion unsolicited takeover offer and subsequent settlement with two activist investors
• Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its up to $1.5 billion sale to Forest Laboratories, Inc.