Sara B. Zablotney, P.C.

Private Equity Matters

• Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. in its combination with Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH and Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. II in its pending $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics.
• Anastasia Beverly Hills in its strategic minority investment by TPG Capital.
• Apax Partners in numerous matters, including its $400 million investment in Verint® Systems Inc., its acquisition of MetaMetrics, its $4.4 billion sale of HUB International, its $3.3 billion acquisition of Align Networks and One Call Care Management, its acquisition of Ideal Protein, its sale of Epicor Software Corporation to KKR, its acquisition of Dominion Marine Media and its investment in Paycor, a Human Capital Management company.
• Brookfield Business Partners L.P., and certain of its affiliates and institutional partners in the acquisition by merger of the outstanding publicly held common units of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
• Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its pending major investment in Allied Universal.
• The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of Arctic Glacier Group Holdings, Inc. from H.I.G. Capital.
• Cerberus Capital Management in numerous matters including its acquisition of SubCom, TE’s Subsea Communications business, its controlling equity investment in the carved-out North American business of Avon Products, Inc., its related preferred equity investment in Avon Products, Inc., and its acquisition of Staples’ European business.
• FullBeauty Brands Holdings Corp. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York. FullBeauty is an online plus-size apparel retailer that had $1.27 billion in funded debt at the commencement of filing. This was the first Chapter 11 case in history to obtain confirmation of a prepackaged Chapter 11 plan in less than 24 hours on February 4, 2019. FullBeauty emerged shortly thereafter on February 7, 2019.
• Greenbriar Equity Group in numerous matters, including its acquisition of Muth Mirror Systems, its acquisition of EDAC Technologies, its acquisition of World Freight Co., its sale of Align Aerospace to AVIC, its acquisition of Ryan Herco Solutions, its investment in Frauscher Sensor Technology, and its investment in Morgan Auto Group.
• KKR in its strategic investment in UFC.
• Media Rights Capital in several transactions, including its business combination with dick clark productions and the publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard to form Valence Media.
• Valence Media in its $60 million minority stake in Fulwell 73, an Emmy-winning British independent production company. Fulwell 73 produces The Late Late Show With James Corden and Drop the Mic, as well as the documentaries Class of 92 and I Am Bolt.
• New Mountain Capital in numerous matters, including in connection with its acquisition of Classic Collision, its acquisition and combination of ABB/Con-Cise Optical Group LLC and Optical Distributor Group LLC, contact lens distributors, its acquisition of Diversified Food Service, its acquisition of Strategic Partners and its acquisition of Island Medical Management.
• TriZetto Corporation, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners, in its $2.7 billion sale to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.
• Wellspring Capital Management in its acquisition of Steele Solutions, Inc. 
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in numerous matters, including its growth equity investment in Revel Systems, Inc., its sale of Peak 10, Inc., its acquisition of Service Repair Solutions and subsequent joint venture with Solera Inc., its acquisition of Alert Logic and its acquisition of Global Collect, B.V.

SPACs Matters

• The bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG.
• Magnetar Capital in its launch of Star Peak Energy Transition Corp., a $350 million blank check company sponsored by affiliates of Magnetar and Triangle Peak Partners.