Daniel D. Lewis, P.C.

Private Equity M&A

• Thomas H. Lee Partners in numerous transactions, including its:
  
  • carve-out acquisition of the semiconductor automation business of Brooks Automation Inc.
  • acquisition of AutoStore, and sale of minority stake to SoftBank, and subsequent IPO
  • acquisition of Auction.com and Ten-X, as well as subsequent separation of businesses and sale of Ten-X to CoStar
  • acquisition of Melax Technologies, a provider of generative AI and natural language processing technology used to extract key information from biomedical textual data
  • acquisitions of Material Handling Systems and Fortna, and subsequent combination of the two
• Bain Capital in numerous transactions, including its:
  
  • investment in Defense Unicorns
  • acquisitions of DoseSpot and Arrive Health
  • acquisition of a minority stake in Intel’s IMS Nanofabrication business
  • capitalizing and launching Virgin Cruises, including the long-term license agreement with Virgin Group
  • negotiation of brand license agreement with Virgin Enterprises in connection with Bain’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Virgin Australia
• GTCR in numerous transactions, including its:
  • portfolio company AssuredPartners, an independent insurance broker, in its $13.45 billion sale to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG)
  • portfolio company TerSera Therapeutics in the sale of its Infusion Specialty Therapies Business Unit to ESTEVE
  • acquisition of LiveBarn, a provider of live streaming and on-demand video broadcasting for youth and amateur sports events
• Madison Dearborn Partners in numerous transactions, including its:
  
  • acquisition of AEVEX and subsequent IPO
  • carve-out acquisition of Walgreens Infusion Services from Walgreens
  • acquisitions of Linquest, Lightspeed Systems, and Blue Cat
  • sale of over-the-top (OTT) video provider, QuickPlay Media, Inc. to AT&T
• Apax Partners in numerous transactions, including its:
  
  • acquisition of a majority stake of Herjavec Group and subsequent add-on acquisition of Fishtech Group, LLC.
  • acquisition of Align Networks and One Call Care Management
  • acquisition of Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory services
• Arsenal Capital Partners in its carve-out acquisition of the ThermoSafe business unit of Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON)
• Transom Capital Group in its carve-out acquisition of the Bose Professional businesses from Bose Corporation
• Francisco Partners in its carve-out acquisition of Capsule Technologies, a provider of medical device connectivity technology, from Qualcomm Inc.
• Thoma Bravo in its $950 million carve-out acquisition of Symantec’s SSL business
• Motive Partners in its carve-out acquisition of majority stake in Tegra118 (f/k/a Fiserv’s Investment Services Business), acquisition of InvestCloud, and combination of InvestCloud with Finantix and Tegra118
• TA in the formation of Advantive through its simultaneous carve-out acquisition of Kiwiplan and acquisitions of Advantzware, DDI Systems, Distribution One, Infinity QS, and VIA
• Stone Point Capital in its $6 billion take-private acquisition of CoreLogic®
• Water Street Healthcare Partners in its carve-out sale to Wipro of HealthPlan Services, a technology and business process as a service provider in the health insurance market

Public Company/Strategic M&A

• Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK) in its $9.7 billion all-cash carve-out acquisition of OxyChem from Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY)
• Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) in its:
  • pending $1.4 billion sale of its Productivity Solutions and Services business, a provider of mobile computers, barcode scanners and printing solutions, to Brady (NYSE: BRC)
  • pending sale of its Warehouse and Workflow Solutions (WWS) business, a provider of supply chain and warehouse automation projects, services and products, to American Industrial Partners
  • $2.16 billion acquisition of Sundyne, a provider of pumps and gas compressors, from Warburg Pincus
  • $1.325 billion carve-out sale of its Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) business, a provider of PPE for industrial workers, to Protective Industrial Products
  • $1.81 billion acquisition of Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) on the sale of Verizon Media to funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) for $5 billion. The carve-out allows Verizon Media to pursue growth areas of Internet and digital media while Verizon maintains a minority stake
• General Motors (NYSE: GM) in its $2.25 billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund in GM Cruise Holdings LLC, GM’s autonomous vehicle (AV) business, at an $11.5 billion valuation
• Accenture (NYSE: ACN) in its $830 million carve-out sale of the Navitaire travel systems business to, and long-term strategic alliance with, Amadeus SA
• Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) in its:
  
  • $500 million divestiture of Micromax to Element Solutions Inc.
  • $11 billion acquisition of a majority of DuPont’s Mobility & Materials Business
  • $1.15 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Santoprene TPV elastomers business
• Envista Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NVST) in its carve-out acquisition of Carestream Dental’s intra-oral scanners business for $600 million

Collaboration, Joint Development and Strategic Commercial Agreements

• AI system license and development deals

• Joint development and collaboration agreements for the development of drugs and medical devices

• Strategic partnership between BETA Technologies and GE Aerospace for development of hybrid electric aviation

• Joint ventures and strategic alliances, including to build fiber optic networks, establish offshore manufacturing facilities, and commercialize SaaS platforms

• IT and business process outsourcing deals

• Supply and distribution agreements for various products, including healthcare products, medical devices, API, lithium-ion batteries, and consumer products  

• SaaS and other software license agreements, source code licenses, hosting agreements, IT system licenses and implementations, and other technology license and services deals 

Restructuring / Bankruptcy

• Rite Aid

• Bed Bath & Beyond

• Avaya Inc.

• Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc.

• Energy Future Holdings Corp.

• Cengage Learning, Inc.

MAHLE Powertrain, LLC, Novi, Michigan

• Project Manager, 2003–2005
• Project Engineer, 2002–2003