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Lukas Richards
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Tel: +1-212-373-2124
Fax: +1-212-202-6481
lrichards@paulweiss.com

Tel: +1-212-373-2124
lrichards@paulweiss.com
New York

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-202-6481

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Lukas Richards is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Private Equity Group. Lukas has diverse experience advising private equity firms, portfolio companies, private companies and public companies in a wide variety of complex business transactions, including leveraged buyouts, dispositions, strategic mergers, take-privates, carve-outs, joint ventures, minority investments and other strategic transactions. Lukas also counsels clients on a variety of corporate governance matters.

EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Lukas’s experience included 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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

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