EXPERIENCE

Ron’s notable representations have included:

Public Company M&A

• Baker Hughes in its merger with GE Oil & Gas
• Carrier Global Corporation in:
  • the $3 billion sale of its commercial and residential fire business to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds
  • its strategic partnership with and investment in Montana Technologies
  • its €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions
  • the $4.95 billion sale of its global access solutions business to Honeywell
  • the $1.425 billion sale of its industrial fire business to Sentinel Capital Partners
  • the $775 million sale of its global commercial refrigeration business to Haier
• Bowlero Corp in its $2.6 billion business combination with Isos Acquisition Corporation to form a publicly listed company
• Albireo in its sale to Ipsen
• Chemtura in its sale to Lanxess
• Emerson Electric in its acquisition of Pentair’s valves and controls business
• General Electric in the spinoff and merger of its transportation business with Wabtec
• GSK in its acquisition of Elsie Biotechnologies
• Noble Corporation in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling
• Continental Grain Company in the financing aspects of its all-cash $4.53 billion acquisition of Sanderson Farms
• Nuance Communications in its $19.7 billion sale to Microsoft Corp.
• ON Semiconductor in its acquisition of Quantenna
• Pivotal Software in its initial public offering
• SoftBank Group in connection with its provision of additional funding to WeWork
• TE Connectivity in the divestitures of its touch solutions, wireless, integrated products and automotive sensors businesses
• Enstar Group in its $5.1 billion sale to Sixth Street and other institutional investors

Private Equity/Venture Capital

• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and portfolio companies in numerous transactions including:
  • their $8.1 billion take-private acquisition of Univar Solutions
  • Yahoo, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in its 30-year exclusive commercial agreement with Taboola
  • in its acquisition of the U.S. wealth distribution and asset management businesses of Griffin Capital
• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Cyxtera
• General Atlantic in:
  • a consortium alongside Stone Point Capital in their proposed $1.65 billion
    take-private acquisition of HireRight
  • its acquisition of a majority stake in Joe & the Juice
  • its strategic investment in Flint Group
• Churchill Capital Corp II in its combined $1.5 billion acquisition of Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. (Skillsoft) and Global Knowledge Training from funds affiliated with Rhône Capital
• Searchlight Capital Partners, alongside Rêv Worldwide, in their $1 billion acquisition of the consumer business of Netspend from Global Payments
• KPS Capital Partners in its:
  • approximately €1.7 billion carve-out acquisition of INEOS Composites from INEOS Enterprises
  • acquisition of Catalyst Acoustics Group from The Stephens Group
  • $3.45 billion acquisition of Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE) from CRH
• GI Partners in its add-on acquisition of Pinnacle Data Systems
• I Squared Capital in its acquisition of hydropower plants from Alcoa
• Management team in connection with the sale of AccentCare from Oak Hill Capital Partners to Advent International
• Metalmark Capital in its acquisition of WorldStrides from The Carlyle Group
• Seaside Equity Capital in its acquisition of TalentSmart
• Tailwind Capital in its sale of Colony Hardware to Audax Management

Restructuring/Other

• Revlon and certain of its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Legendary Entertainment in the $1 billion asset-backed term loan facility in connection with the refinancing of existing indebtedness
• Debtors including Bonanza Creek Energyand Patriot Coal
• Issuer IPOs for Kosmos Energyand Cobalt
• General advisory work for NYSE, BakerHughes, PG&E, BlackBerry, Restoration Hardware and National Cinemedia