EXPERIENCE

Lukas’s experience includes advising:

• AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan
• ABRY Partners in:
  • its acquisition of Refresh Dental
  • its acquisition of KORE Wireless and KORE’s acquisitions of Wyless and ASPIDER
• Apax Partners in:
  • its acquisition and subsequent IPO of Paycor, Inc.
  • its sale of Aptos to affiliates of Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division
• Apollo Global Management in its acquisition, alongside Apollo portfolio company Athene, of PK AirFinance from GECAS
• Funds and affiliates managed by Apollo Global Management in an investment of $11 billion to acquire from Intel Corporation a 49% equity interest in a joint venture entity related to Intel’s Fab 34, a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility
• Avaya in its $500 million strategic partnership with RingCentral
• Bain Capital in its dividend / recapitalization of Physio-Control Inc.
• BayPine in:
  • its acquisition of Mavis Tire Express Services
  • its acquisition of Pinnacle Dermatology and Pinnacle’s acquisition of QualDerm Partners
  • its acquisition of Penn Foster and Penn Foster’s acquisition of CareerStep
• An ad hoc group of first lien term loan lenders in a deleveraging transaction by Belk, Inc. and its affiliates, a privately owned department store with nearly 300 stores across the Southeastern United States
• The Blackstone Group in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Center for Autism and Related Disorders
• Butterfly Equity in its acquisition of Pacifico Aquaculture
• CC Capital in its de-SPAC of Utz Brands
• Centerbridge Partners in its acquisition of Heartland Food from Johnson & Johnson Consumer
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its take-private acquisition of Cornerstone Building Brands
• Equity One in its $15.6 billion merger with Regency Centers Corporation, creating the preeminent shopping center REIT in the U.S.
• Estrella Broadcasting, Inc., and its majority equity holder HPS Partners, in the sale of subsidiary Estrella Media’s network, content, digital and commercial operations to MediaCo Holding Inc.
• Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to nVent Electric, a provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, in the $1.7 billion sale of its Thermal Management business to funds managed by Brookfield Asset Management
• iGate Corporation in its $4 billion merger with Cap Gemini S.A.
• ICV Partners in its sale of CAS Group Holdings to Platinum Equity
• KKR in:
  • its acquisition of CHI Overhead Doors, CHI’s acquisition of Performax and the subsequent sale of CHI Overhead Doors to Nucor Corporation
  • its acquisition of Geostabilization International
  • its $5.3 billion joint take-private acquisition, alongside funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, of Cloudera
  • its take-private acquisition of Circor International
  • its investment in Precipart
• KPS Capital Partners in its acquisition of Briggs & Stratton as stalking horse bidder in connection with its section 363 sale process
• L Catterton in:
  • its acquisition of Hanna Andersson
  • its investment in The Honest Company
  • its $900 million sale of ELEMIS by portfolio company Steiner Leisure
  • its strategic investment in FYi Doctors
• MSD Partners in its acquisition, alongside Kainos Capital, of Nutrisystem
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of MSC Industrial Direct in connection with MSC’s dual-class reclassification transaction with its controlling shareholders
• New Mountain Capital in:
  • its investment and subsequent sale of its stake in Legends Hospitality
  • its acquisition of Signify Health
• Sentinel Capital Partners in:
  • its acquisition of Blue Sea Systems by portfolio company Power Products
  • its sale of Power Products
• Silver Lake in:
  • its $500 million strategic investment in Credit Karma
  • its acquisition of Cast & Crew Entertainment Services and Cast & Crew’s acquisition of Final Draft
  • its investment in Airbnb
• Solera in its $6.5 billion sale to Vista Equity Partners
• Sycamore Partners in its acquisition of NBG Home
• TJC (f/k/a The Jordan Company) in:
  • its acquisition of Vyne Medical and Vyne’s acquisition of Simplifeye
  • its acquisition of Heartland Home Services
  • its take-private acquisition of Echo Global Logistics and Echo’s acquisitions of Roadtex Transportation and Fastmore Logistics
  • its acquisition of Camco Manufacturing
  • its sale of Sabre Industries
  • its sale of Capstone Logistics
  • its acquisition of Communications & Power Industries
  • its sale of Watchfire Signs
  • its sale of iNRCORE
  • its sale of Worldwide Clinical Trials
  • its merger of Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation with AFF Global Logistics and Odyssey’s sale of Linden Bulk Transportation to Boasso Global
  • its strategic investment in Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning
• Tronox Holdings in:
  • its $1.64 billion acquisition of FMC Corporation's alkali chemicals business
  • its $1.325 billion sale of its alkali chemicals business to Genesis Energy
• Ultra Petroleum in its cooperation agreement with its largest shareholder, Fir Tree Partners, to add two new directors to its Board
• Vista Equity Partners in:
  • its acquisition of Accelya and Accelya’s acquisition of Farelogix
  • its acquisition, alongside funds managed by Blackstone, of Ellucian
• Naver Corp in its acquisition of Wattpad
• Warburg Pincus in its sale of Coyote Logistics to UPS