Ryan Starstrom is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Ryan focuses his practice on a range of corporate matters and regularly advises in the negotiation and structuring of mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, private equity investments and joint ventures on behalf of a diverse range of clients, including public and private companies, private equity funds and other entities and institutions.
Ryan’s experience includes advising:
- Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in the $6.25 billion acquisition of The Venetian Resort and Sands Expo and Convention Center from Las Vegas Sands Corporation
- Brighton Park Capital in numerous transactions, including:
- its growth investment in HITRUST
- its investment in LucidLink as part of a Series C funding round
- its Series D investment in Silverfort
- Eli Lilly in its up to $2.4 billion acquisition of Orna Therapeutics
- Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in the $2.49 billion all-cash sale of a majority stake in its internal business and administrative services, Community Oncology Revitalization Enterprise Ventures, to McKesson Corporation
- General Atlantic in numerous transactions, including:
- its Series B financing round in Seaport Therapeutics as lead investor
- its investment in Torchy’s Tacos
- its investment in Restore Hyper Wellness
- its and BeyondNetZero’s investment, alongside other investors, in o9 Solutions
- General Electric in the $21.4 billion sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher Corporation
- Kohlberg & Company in numerous transactions, including:
- its sale of DecoPac, a Minnesota-based supplier of cake decorating solutions for bakeries, foodservice operators and DIY decorators, to Sentinel Capital Partners
- its strategic investment in PCI Pharma Services, an existing portfolio company, co-led by Bain Capital and Kohlberg and supported by Mubadala Investment Company
- its acquisition of a 50% stake in United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC) from Partners Group for an enterprise value of $4.1 billion
- its sale of e+CancerCare
- KPS Capital Partners in:
- its sale of C&D Technologies and Trojan Battery Company (together known as C&D Trojan) to Stryten Energy
- its $3.4 billion sale of its portfolio company DexKo to Brookfield Business Partners
- its acquisition of the Engineered Materials business from Crane Company
- Palladium Equity Partners in numerous transactions, including:
- its acquisition of Kymera International from Platinum Equity
- its approximately $250 million acquisition of Reading Alloys from AMETEK
- its portfolio company Kymera International’s acquisition of Fiven from OpenGate Capital
- its acquisition of ALC Schools and Red Rock Technology from American Logistics
- PAR Excellence Systems, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, in its strategic combination with TrackCore
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Perry Ellis International in the acquisition of the shares not owned by the Feldenkreis family, by an entity controlled by founder George Feldenkreis
