Aaron H. Lorber

Representative Corporate Transactions

• GTCR:
  • in its combined acquisition of Surgical Specialties Corporation and Takeda Pharmaceutical’s TachoSil
  • in its minority growth investment in CAPTRUST, at a $1.25 billion valuation
  • in its acquisition of Consumer Cellular, Inc., a provider of postpaid wireless services with a focus on the 50+ demographic
  • Cole-Parmer in its add-on acquisition of ZeptoMetrix, a life sciences developer and manufacturer of quality control standards and verification panels
  • Antylia Scientific, a portfolio company of GTCR, in the $2.9 billion carve-out sale of its Masterflex business unit, a provider of peristaltic pump systems, to Avantor
  • GTCR-backed Cedar Gate in its add-on acquisition of Deerwalk, a healthcare data management, analytics and business intelligence company
  • Cedar Gate in its add-on acquisition of Enli Health Intelligence, a market leader in population health management technology solutions
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P.:
  • in its acquisition of Therapy Brands, a practice management and electronic health record (EHR) software platform
  • in its acquisition of Bettcher Industries, a manufacturer and supplier of food processing equipment and associated aftermarket parts and consumables, from MPE Partners
• Madison Dearborn Partners:
  
  • in its $1.15 billion acquisition of the U.S. fee business of AmTrust Financial Services
  • Madison Dearborn Partners-backed Performance Health in the sale of its Biofreeze brand, an over-the-counter topical pain relief medication, and TheraPearl, a premium hot and cold therapy brand, to Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON: RB)
  • Madison Dearborn Partners-backed Kaufman, Hall & Associates in its $55 million carve-out acquisition of Change Healthcare’s (NASDAQ: CHNG) Connected Analytics business, a performance manager and an analytics explorer
• SK Capital Partners:
  
  • in its acquisition of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) business of Periggo
  • in its majority interest acquisition and recapitalization of Techmer PM, a designer and producer of engineered compounds and color and additive concentrates for the plastics and fiber industries
  • in its carve-out acquisition of the Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) Sterile Contract Development and Manufacturing Business from Catalent Pharma Solutions (NYSE: CTLT)
  • in its carve-out acquisition of the monomers, polymers and European businesses of Deltech Holdings, a producer of high-performance aromatic monomers and specialized crystal polystyrene
  • SK Capital Partners-backed Perimeter Solutions, a manufacturer of firefighting products and lubricant additives, in its $2 billion sale to EverArc Holdings (LSE: EVRA, EVWA)
• Thoma Bravo:
  
  • in its $6.6 billion take-private acquisition of Stamps.com (NAS: STMP), an e-commerce vendor for mailing and shipping solutions
  • in its $2.4 billion take-private acquisition of Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a provider of data integration and data integrity
  • Thoma Bravo-backed Quorum and Aucerna in their merger and subsequent €155 million acquisition of TietoEVRY's Oil and Gas software business, a provider of Energy Components hydrocarbon management solutions and DaWinci solution for personnel and materials logistics
  • in its acquisition of a controlling interest in AxiomSL, a leading provider of cloud-enabled risk management and regulatory solutions for banking, investment management, broker dealers and commodity trading institutions
  • in its acquisition of a majority stake in Flexera, a provider of IT services including software security, cloud management and software-as-a-service management
  • in its $12.3 billion take-private acquisition of Proofpoint, a cybersecurity company that offers a range of enterprise security and compliance products and services
  • in its $10.2 billion take-private acquisition of RealPage (NASDAQ: RP), a provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry
  • in its acquisition of Calypso Technology, a cloud-enabled provider of front-to-back technology software services for the financial markets, from Bridgepoint Capital and Summit Partners
  • in its $2 billion take-private acquisition of QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADA, QADB), a provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud
  • in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Medallia (NYSE: MDLA), a provider of customer and employee experience management software
  • in its minority investment in Intel 471, a provider of cyber threat intelligence for leading enterprises and governments
  • Thoma Bravo Advantage (NYSE: TBA), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $11.1 billion business combination with ironSource, a business platform for the app economy
• Accenture:
  • in its acquisition of Symantec’s Cyber Security Services business from Broadcom, Inc.
  • in its acquisition of Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM)
  • in its joint venture with Apax Partners from the carve out of Accenture’s Duck Creek Technologies insurance claims, billing and policy administration software business
  • in its sale of the Navitaire travel systems business to, and strategic alliance with, Amadeus 
• Resonetics, which is owned by GTCR portfolio company Regatta Medical, in its acquisition of the medical business of Hutchinson Technology Inc. 
• Avaya Holdings Corp. in its strategic partnership with RingCentral, Inc.
• Micro Focus in its acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software business
• Beaute Prestige International (an affiliate of Shiseido) in its acquisition of the Dolce & Gabbana line of fragrance, make-up and skincare products from Procter & Gamble
• S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in its acquisitions of Sara Lee’s global shoe care and insecticide businesses, involving a highly complex carve-out of IP assets
• Summit Partners in its acquisition of Perforce, a leading provider of SCM software
• The Carlyle Group in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Metaldyne Corporation, a leading global designer, manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered automotive metal components
• Sun Capital Partners in its acquisitions of Polycom’s Spectralink WIFI and DECT mobile phone business, Perfect Timing, Protective Products, Captain D’s, Trulite, Curtiss-Wright’s downstream oil and gas businesses, Furniture Factory Outlet, Burner Systems, Sleep Innovations, and others
• Monomoy Capital Partners in its acquisition of automobile radar detector manufacturer Escort, Inc.
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in its acquisition of Infiltrator Water Technologies LLC
• Zebra Technologies in its:
  
  • acquisition of Reflexis Systems, Inc.
  • acquisition of Motorola Solutions, Inc.’s enterprise business
  • divestiture of its WLAN devices business
  • acquisition of LaserBand LLC, a leading provider of patient identification wristbands and related products

Representative JV and Outsourcing Transactions

• Accretive Health in its long-term revenue collection outsourcing agreement with Ascension Health
• National Grid in its multi-vendor, multi-tower, transformational outsourcing of numerous information technology functions, including infrastructure, data center and cloud computing operations, email hosting, web-based collaboration, managed print services and service integration
• Discovery Holdings, a South African life and health insurance company, in joint ventures for life insurance IT platforms with John Hancock (U.S.) and Manulife (Canada)
• Fortune 500 MRO products supply company in its outsourcing of application management, IT infrastructure, service desk and messaging services
• Major food retailer in its outsourcing of various business process functions, including finance, accounting and payroll
• Fortune 500 industrial products supply company in its outsourcing of the implementation of its international enterprise resource planning system
• Fortune 500 media company in its outsourcing of various critical IT functions
• Major retail property REIT in its outsourcing of data center, data network, disaster recovery and distributed computing IT functions
• Numerous private equity funds in their outsourcing of investor reporting systems to cloud based service providers  

Representative Supply Chain Transactions

• Major telecommunications and mobile phone company in a critical supply agreement for ASICs and other integrated circuits and modules
• National paper company in a multi-billion dollar agreement for the supply of thermal and carbonless basepaper
• National window and door manufacture in connection with a critical supply agreement for glass pane components
• National roofing supply wholesaler in connection with a custom software development arrangement
• National dental products company in connection with a supply agreement for absorbent rolls and dental pads  

Representative Restructuring / Bankruptcy Transactions

• Dex Media, Inc., a leading international media and marketing company
• Flying J Inc., a fully integrated oil company with operations in the field of exploration, production, refining, transportation, wholesaling and retailing of petroleum products
• Fisker Automotive, Inc. (n/k/a FA Liquidating Corp.), the manufacturer of the first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

PILI Fellow, Illinois Legal Aid Online, Chicago Office, 2008

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago Office, 2007