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Experience
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
- Acquisition of Texas Hydraulics, Inc. from Dover Corporation
- Acquisition of Stampede Meat, Inc. for Wynnchurch Capital
- Acquisition of Rosboro Company, LLC for Wynnchurch Capital
- Acquisition of Heavy Duty Axle division of Arvin Meritor (NYSE) for Wynnchurch Capital, and subsequent sale to the Carlyle Group
- Acquisition of Dock Products, a division of SPX Corporation (NYSE) for Wynnchurch Capital
- Investment in SAXX Underwear Company by Brentwood Associates
- Acquisition of Hydrofarm by an affiliate of Hawthorn Equity Partners
- Sale of Waterworks to Restoration Hardware for Hawthorn Equity Partners
- Sale of portfolio company to Oracle Corporation for Hawthorn Equity Partners
- Acquisition of Eagle Rider for Main Post Partners
- Joint venture with Harley-Davidson Motor Company for Eagle Rider
- Acquisition of National Paint Industries for Huron Capital Partners, LLC
- Acquisition of Paint Over Rust Products, Inc. for Huron Capital Partners, LLC
- Acquisition of Waste Harmonics for Prospect Partners
- Acquisition of American Reprographics (NYSE) for Code, Hennessy & Simmons
- Acquisition of Weasler Engineering for Code, Hennessy & Simmons
- Acquisition of Beacon Roofing (NASDAQ) for Code, Hennessy & Simmons
- Acquisition of America's Body for Leggett & Platt
- Acquisition of Gamber Johnson for Leggett & Platt
- Representation of Voyager Learning Company (NASDAQ) in merger with Cambium Learning (a Veronis Suhler portfolio company), and follow-on public offering
- Acquisition of Houston Wire & Cable from Alltel Corporation (NYSE)
- Acquisition of SP Industries (a division of SPX Corporation) for Riverlake Equity Partners
- Investment by Natural Food Holdings in Sioux-Preme Products and Niman Ranch, and subsequent sale to LNK Partners
- Investment in Naf-Naf Holdings by Roark Capital
- Investment in Milk Makeup by Main Post Partners
- Formation of Prediction Company and sale to UBS.
- Sale of Exel Transportation and Exel Direct for a U.S. subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL
- Sale of Prime Foam Division of Leggett & Platt (NYSE)
- Sale of Aluminum Division of Leggett & Platt
- Sale of 4Front Engineering to ASSA Abloy
- Sale of Webex Inc. to Bertram Capital
- Sale of Illinois School Bus to Carlyle Infrastructure Partners
- Sale of Bryant & Stratton College to Parthenon Capital
- Sale of Gaco Western LLC to Firestone
Fund Formation
- Formation of private equity/hedge fund with committed capital in excess of $5 billion.
- Formation of hedge fund with committed capital in excess of $1 billion.
- Formation of investment fund targeting intellectual property assets with committed capital in excess of $1.5 billion.
- Formation of numerous leveraged buyout funds with committed capital of between $50 million and $500 million.
- Formation of senior debt fund with committed capital in excess of $1 billion.
- Formation of Fund of Funds with committed capital in excess of $100 million.
- Formation of several venture capital funds with committed capital in excess of $100 million
