James W. Sprague

Public M&A

• Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Nasdaq: KMB) in its pending $48.7 billion acquisition of Kenvue (NYSE: KVUE), a global consumer health company.
• GTCR, together with Apax Partners and AssuredPartners, in the $13.45 billion sale of AssuredPartners to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG).
• Vista Equity Partners in its $8.4 billion acquisition of Avalara, Inc. (NYSE: AVLR), a provider of tax compliance automation software.
• BAE Systems (LSE: BA) in its $5.5 billion acquisition of Ball Corp.’s (NYSE: BALL) defense and commercial space unit, Ball Aerospace.
• KKR in the $2.7 billion sale of its portfolio company, Kito Crosby, a provider of lifting solutions, to Columbus McKinnon Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCO).
• Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATCX) in its $1.05 billion sale to GI Partners.
• Mach Natural Resources (NYSE: MNR) in its $500 million acquisition of certain oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin from Sabinal Energy.
• Legence Corp. (Nasdaq: LGN) in its $475 million acquisition of The Bowers Group Inc., a premier mechanical contractor for data centers and other complex building systems.
• Blue Owl Capital (NYSE: OWL) in its:
  • acquisition of the business of digital infrastructure fund manager IPI Partners, LLC;
  • acquisition of Kuvare Asset Management; and
  • acquisition of Cowen Healthcare Investments from Cowen (Nasdaq: COWN).
• Transom Capital Group in its acquisition of SigmaTron International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMA).

Private M&A

• Vista Equity Partners in:
  • the business combination of its portfolio company Salesloft, Inc. with Clari, Inc.;
  • the sale of ShareFile by Cloud Software Group, a Vista portfolio company; and
  • its $250 million investment in FLASH, a provider of cloud parking software and mobility transformation.
• Wilshire Advisors on its acquisition of ParkLexington, a data analytics firm.
• PowerGrid Services, a provider of maintenance and construction services to electric utilities and portfolio company of The Sterling Group, in its sale to Apollo Hybrid Funds.
• Berkshire Partners in its acquisition of Medalogix.
• BC Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in PetLab Co.
• Olympus Partners in its sale of Soliant Health to the Vistria Group.
• TPG Growth in its $228 million investment in Sayari, a provider of counterparty and supply chain risk intelligence.
• Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, in:
  • its acquisition of AMA Group, a national engineering services firm;
  • its acquisition of P2S Inc., a California-based engineering, commissioning, and construction management firm specializing in critical sectors including higher education, federal and municipal institutions, healthcare facilities and data centers; and
  • its acquisition of A.O. Reed & Co., a leading specialty mechanical contractor focused on decarbonizing the built environment.
• Quantum Capital Group, 547 Energy, and ConnectGen in its $768 million sale of ConnectGen to Repsol.
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in:
  • its sale of portfolio company Smith System Driver Improvement Institute to MidOcean Partners; and
  • its acquisition of Technical Safety Services, a provider of testing, certification and calibration services to healthcare and other life sciences customers.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan-backed Shearer’s Foods in its sale to Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
• Palistar Capital in its acquisition of Parallel Infrastructure, a cell tower platform and build-to-suit provider, from funds managed by Apollo.
• Stone Point Capital in its investment in Lincoln Property Company.
• Transom Capital Group in its carve-out acquisition of the Bose Professional businesses from Bose Corporation.
• Olympus Partners, in its sale of The Foodware Group to CFS Brands.
• KKR in its investment in apexanalytix.
• Gateway Dealer Network in its sale to Tuckahoe Holdings.
• LEMOINE, a Bernhard Capital Partners portfolio company and full-service construction management and disaster recovery firm, in its acquisition of Macro Companies, one of the largest emergency fuel and water suppliers in the world.
• Peak Rock Capital in its acquisition of Monarch Brands by Tranzonic.
• Greenbelt Capital Partners in its majority investment in Unirac, a leading designer and manufacturer of solar photovoltaic mounting solutions.
• GTCR together with Dreamscape in the strategic acquisitions of, and subsequent combination between, SQAD LLC and Standard Media Index.
• VLS Environmental Solutions, an I Squared Capital portfolio company, in its acquisitions of Texas Molecular and SRE Environmental.
• Butterfly Equity in its acquisition of QDOBA, a franchisor in the Mexican fast casual restaurant sector, from Apollo Global Management.

Initial Public Offerings

• Legence Corp. (Nasdaq: LGN) in its $825.7 million initial public offering.
• Mach Natural Resources LP (NYSE: MNR) in its $112 million equity offering.