EXPERIENCE

Ron’s public company M&A representative matters have included:

• Ankura Consulting Group in its acquisition of c3/consulting;
• ATN International in its acquisition of Alaska Communications Systems Group;
• Baker Hughes in its merger with GE Oil & Gas;
• Chemtura in its sale to Lanxess;
• Dai Nippon Printing Co. in its acquisition of Colorvision International;
• Emera in its acquisition of TECO Energy;
• 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;
• HRG Group Inc. (formerly Harbinger Group Inc.) in its combination with Spectrum Brands;
• MTY Food Group in its acquisition of Papa Murphy’s Pizza;
• ON Semiconductor in its acquisition of Quantenna;
• Pivotal Software in its initial public offering;
• PricewaterhouseCoopers on the formation of its Global Enterprise Tax Solutions; Group comprised of the former GE Tax Group;
• SoftBank Group in connection with its provision of additional funding to WeWork;
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of HSN in connection with the sale of HSN to Liberty Interactive;
• TE Connectivity in the divestitures of its touch solutions, wireless, integrated products and automotive sensors businesses;
• VF Corporation in the sale of its Contemporary Brands businesses to Delta Galil Industries; and
• VMware in its acquisition of BitRock.

Ron’s private equity/venture capital representative matters have included:

• Alpine Investors in its serial acquisitions of businesses in the home services sector;
• ARCH Venture Partners in its investment in Scale Biosciences;
• GI Partners in its add-on acquisition of Pinnacle Data Systems;
• Granite Bridge Partners in its acquisition of Sigma Imaging Technologies;
• Gryphon Investors in add-on acquisition of assets from National Regulatory Services;
• I Squared Capital in its acquisition of hydropower plants from Alcoa;
• Lightyear Capital in its investment in Therapy Brands;
• Main Post Partners in its strategic growth investment in Duke Cannon;
• 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; and
• Tailwind Capital in its sale of Colony Hardware to Audax Management.

Ron’s restructuring and other representative matters have included:

• Ad hoc groups of noteholders in the restructurings of Harvey Gulf, Midstates Petroleum and Dixie Electric, among others;
• Debtors including Bonanza Creek Energy and Patriot Coal;
• Issuer IPOs for Kosmos Energy and Cobalt; and
• General advisory work for NYSE Euronext, BakerHughes, McKenna, PG&E, US Silica, BlackBerry, Restoration Hardware, Southwest Gas and National Cinemedia.