Brandan Matthews

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the take-private acquisition of Focus Financial Partners Inc. (Nasdaq: FOCS), a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, for an enterprise value in excess of $7 billion.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $500 million perpetual convertible preferred equity investment into Resideo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI) in connection with Resideo’s acquisition of Snap One Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SNPO) for a transaction value of approximately $1.4 billion, inclusive of net debt.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its take-private acquisition of Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CNR), the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, for an enterprise value of approximately $5.8 billion.

Multi-Color Corporation, a leading global provider of prime label solutions, in its strategic recapitalization transaction.

Wacona Capital on a $210 million single-asset continuation fund transaction involving its portfolio company, Core States Group.

Growth Catalyst Partners in its sale of its portfolio company The Opus Group, a network of agency brands delivering experiential, event, and brand marketing for more than 70 global companies, to investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital.

CIVC Partners in its investment in Cushing Terrell, a multidisciplinary design firm, in partnership with management.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in its investment in ALL4, an environmental consulting firm, in partnership with management.

Bain Capital Special Situations in its $250 million minority growth investment in Sikich LLC, a global technology-enabled professional services company.

Bain Capital Special Situations in its acquisition of a minority stake in Intel Corporation's IMS Nanofabrication GmbH business.

Parthenon Capital-backed MRO Corporation in its acquisition of Q-Centrix, an enterprise clinical data management platform.

Parthenon Capital in its significant new investment in MRO Corporation to support MRO’s continued growth.

Parthenon Capital in its strategic investment in Titan Wealth Holdings, a UK-based discretionary fund management/wealth and asset management business.

Parthenon Capital-backed EdgeCo Holdings, LP in its sale of its retirement services business, AmericanTCS, to Ascensus.

Flexpoint Ford, LLC in its agreement with Accuserve Solutions, an independent managed repair services platform, and Aquiline Capital Partners LP, a private equity investment firm specializing in the financial services industry, for a majority investment by Flexpoint, and minority investments by Aquiline and Accuserve management, in Accuserve.

GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, L.P. in their acquisition of Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM), Wells Fargo Bank N.A.’s business of acting as trustee to its collective investment trusts and all related WFAM legal entities, for a purchase price of $2.1 billion.

GTCR LLC in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, TerSera Therapeutics, and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund. 

Apax Partners LLP in its take-private acquisition of Thoughtworks Holding, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWKS), a global technology consultancy in a transaction valued at approximately $1.75 billion.

Vyaire Medical, Inc. in its Section 363 asset sales.

Estancia Capital Partners in its sale of its portfolio company, North Square Investments.

Estancia Capital Partners in its strategic investment in InvestorCOM, a leading provider of software and tech-enabled compliance solutions to the asset and wealth management industry.

Pritzker Private Capital in its investment in Lawley, an independent insurance broker and employee benefits firm.

Emerald Lake Capital Management LP in its sale of its portfolio company, MBO Partners.

Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in its sale of a majority stake in AHEAD, a leading provider of enterprise cloud services.

Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC in its sale of its portfolio company, BlueCat Networks.

Vesey Street Capital Partners in its sale of its portfolio company, QualityMetric.

Thoma Bravo, L.P. in the formation of certain investment funds.