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14th ANNUAL M&A ADVISOR AWARDS FINALISTS
I. SECTOR DEAL OF THE YEAR CATEGORIES
HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10 TO $500MM)
Minority Recapitalization of Crescent City Surgical Centre by LCMC Health
GulfStar GroupCrescent City Surgical CentreBank of America Merrill LynchFoley & Lardner LLPLCMC HealthLocke LordePostlethwaite & NettervillePwC
Acquisition of EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp. by Inmar
BCMS Corporate LLCAlston & Bird, LLPEXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp.FirmexGrant Thornton LLPGunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLPInmar
Restructuring of Gordian Medical, Inc. dba American Medical Technologies
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPGlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLCFranchise Tax BoardLaw Offices of Thomas R. LamonsNorton Rose Fulbright US LLPU.S. Department of Justice-Civil Division Commercial Litigation BranchUnited States of America-Internal Revenue Service
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HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $500MM)
Sale of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPSalix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Sullivan & Cromwell LLPPharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Acquisition of Park Bench Group by Elements Behavioral Health
Capstone PartnersElements Behavioral HealthFriedman LLPGeneralCounselWest, PCKPMGOffit KurmanPark Bench Group
Acquisition of HealthCare Appraisers byHealthCare Appraisers Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG PartnersGreenberg TraurigHealthCare Appraisers Employee Stock OwnershipTrustStout Risius RossTaylor EnglishTD BankWilmington Trust
Acquisition of The Trustees of Noble Hospital, Inc.by Baystate Health, Inc.
Nixon PeabodyBaystate Health, Inc.Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas LLPThe Trustees of Noble Hospital, Inc.
Acquisition of AlphaCM, Inc. by MediwareInformation Systems, Inc.
SDR VenturesAlphaCM, Inc. Mediware Information Systems, Inc.
Chapter 11 Sale of ATLS Acquisition, LLC, dba Liberty Medical Supply, Inc. (“Liberty”)
Raymond JamesChipman Brown Cicero & Brown, LLPErnst & YoungGreenberg Traurig, LLPLowenstein Sandler PCMesirow Financial Consulting LLCPalm Beach CapitalRSR Consulting, LLCStevens & Lee, P.C
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Acquisition of Biomet, Inc. by ZimmerHoldings, Inc.
White & CaseBiomet, Inc.Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
Acquisition of Ikaria by Mallinckrodt plc Arthur CoxGoldman SachsIkariaKirkland & Ellis LLPLiptonMallinckrodt plcRosen & Katz Wachtell
Acquisition of MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.by AmerisourceBergen Corporation
DechertAmerisourceBergen Corporation Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPMWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.
Acquisition of Pharmacyclics, Inc by Abbvie Centerview Partners LLCAbbvieJ.P. Morgan Securities LLCLiptonMorgan Stanley & Co.Pharmacyclics, IncRosen & KatzWachtellWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Acquisition of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT by NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
Dechert LLPGriffin-American Healthcare REITNorthStar Realty Finance Corp.Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Foundation Medicine Majority Sale and Strategic Collaboration with Roche
Goodwin Procter LLPDavis PolkFoundation MedicineRoche
Sale of Majority Stake of Sterigenics International to Warburg Pincus by GTCR
GTCR LLCSterigenics InternationalWarburg Pincus
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INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10 TO $100MM)
Acquisition of Quality Metalcraft by Watermill Group
Watermill GroupGoodwin Procter LLP Greystone Strategies Medley Capital Phoenix Management Services PNC Quarton Partners
Sale of YESCO to Samsung Electronics KPMG Corporate Finance LLCDeloitte Laurus Transaction Advisors Squire Patton Boggs Stoel Rives LLP
Acquisition of Hynes Industries by an affiliate of Resilience Capital Partners
Resilience Capital PartnersBrown Gibbons Lang & Company Ernst & Young Huntington Bank Hynes Industries Jones Day Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge
Acquisition of Pacific Steel by Speyside Equity
Cleary Gull Inc.Binder & Malter LLP Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. Pacific Steel Casting Company Siena Lending Group Speyside Equity
Majority Recapitalization of AIAP with Housatonic Partners
GulfStar GroupArlington International Aviation Products, Inc.Glast, Phillips & Murray Fairmont Goodwin Procter Harman Leito & Bolt Housatonic Partners International LLC Tucker Partners / Aircraft Fasteners
Acquisition of Burke by Incline Cleary Gull Inc.BCI Burke Company, LLC Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Grant Thornton LLP Incline Equity Partners Madison Capital Funding Michael Best & Friedrich LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100 TO $500MM)
Acquisition of ProcessBarron by The Sterling Group
Raymond JamesBNP Paribas Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP Intralinks KPMG ProcessBarron The Sterling Group Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Refinancing of AcuSport Corporation by Huron Transaction Advisory LLC
Huron Transaction AdvisoryGoldberg Kohn Huron Business Advisory RBS Citizens Bank Regions Business Capital Wells Fargo Capital Finance Winston & Strawn
Acquisition of TR Manufacturing by Corning Capstone PartnersCorning Optical CommunicationsLincoln InternationalTR Manufacturing
Chapter 11 Reorganization of Chassix, Inc. AlixPartnersFTI ConsultingChassix, IncLazardPaul WeissWeil Gotschal
Recapitalization of Ravn Air Group by J.F. Lehman & Company in Partnership with W Capital Partners and Bob Hajdukovich
Headwaters MBBlank RomeBob HajdukovichJ.F. Lehman & Company McKinsey & Company Norton Rose Fulbright PwC Ravn Air Group
Acquisition of Zak Incorporated by LAI International
PCE Investment BankersDLA Piper LAI International RLJ Equity Partners Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP Zak Incorporated
Acquisition of Rubadue Wire Company by Pelican Wire Company
SDR VenturesAkerman LLPPelican Wire Company, Inc. Rubadue Wire Company
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INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION DEAL OF THE YEAR(OVER $500MM)
Acquisition of Clarus Glassboards byBertram Capital
Bertram CapitalClarus Glassboards First Republic FTI Consulting Intralinks Quarton Partners
Sale of Enviro Systems, Inc. to ZodiacAerospace
Mesirow FinancialAntares International Partners Deloitte Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Paul Hastings
Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization ofMomentive Performance Materials
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPAlix Partners, LLPDechert LLPFTI Consulting, Inc.Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLPKPMG LLPLazard Ltd.Milbank, Tweed, Hadkley & McCloyMoelis & Company LLCMomentive Performance Materials Inc. (In re MPM Silicones, LLC, et al.)Ropes & Gray LLPValuation Research CorporationWillkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
Acquisition of ProBuild Holdings by builders FirstSource, Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Builders FirstSource, Inc.Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.Goodwin Procter LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Acquisition of Cromwell Group by W.W. Grainger
Browne Jacobson LLPDLA Piper UK LLPMorgan Stanley
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Acquisition of Dynacast Goodwin Procter LLPDavis PolkDynacastHughes Hubbard Hunton & Williams
Restructuring of LDK Solar CO., Ltd.
JefferiesHoulihan Lokey LDK Solar CO., Ltd. Ropes & Gray Zolfo Cooper
Sale of Protective Industries, Inc., a Windjammer Capital portfolio companyto Berwind Corporation
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLPAlvarez & MarsalBerwind CorporationDechert LLPErnst & YoungHoulihan Lokey CapitalWindjammer Capital Investors
Acquisition of Interline Brands Inc. by Home Depot
Barclays Capital Inc.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPDebevoise & Plimpton LLPFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPHome DepotMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Sale of a Minor Stake of Penske Truck Leasing Co. to Mitsui Co. & Ltd.
General Electric CompanyMitsui Co. & LtdPenske Truck Leasing Co.
Acquisition of Eagle Ottawa LLC. By Lear Corp
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Guggenheim Securities, LLCJPMorgan Chase & Co.Lear CorpWinston & Strawn LLPXMS Capital Partners, LLC
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Sale of Blue Bird Corporation to Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPBMO Capital Markets Corp.Cerberus Capital Management LPEllenoff Grossman & Schole LLPEvercore Partners Inc.Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.Lowenstein Sandler LLPSidley Austin LLPStifel, Nicolaus & Co.
Acquisition of Master Cutlery by Champlain Capital
Capstone PartnersChamplain Capital Kho & Patel CPA Master Cutlery Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
Acquisition of A&S Kinard by Celadon Group, Inc.
BB&T Capital MarketsA&S Kinard Celadon Group, Inc. Larsen MacColl Partners Miller & Martin PLLC
Sale of Certain Assets of PackagingService Co. to Royal Oak Enterprises
GulfStar GroupJackson WalkerPackaging Service Co. Royal Oak
Acquisition and Restructuring of The Wet Seal, Inc. and its debtor affiliates by Mador Lending, LLC, an affiliate of Versa Capital Management, LLC
Province, Inc.FTIGreenberg Traurig HoulianKlehr HarrisonMador Lending, LLCPachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPThe Wet Seal, Inc. Versa Capital Management, LLC
Sale of Teknicast Sdn Bhd to Leading AsianInvestment Manager
BDA PartnersTeknicast Holdings
RETAIL MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION DEAL OF THE YEAR
Acquisition of Insight Merchandising by Hudson Ferry Capital
Allegiance Capital Corp.Fifth Third Bank Grant Thorton Hudson Ferry Capital Insight Merchadising Winstead Partners
Sale of Marshall Distributing Amherst Partners, LLCHawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLPLambert LeserMarshall Distributing
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FINANCIAL SERVICES DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $100MM)
Sale of Columbus Data Services’ to Cardtronics
Raymond JamesCardtronics Columbus Data Services Jones Walker KPMG Merrill DataSite
Acquisition of NCB Management Services, Inc. by NCB Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG PartnersNCB Moore & Van Allen, PLLC Pepper Hamilton Stout Risius Ross
C.A. Bancorp Strategic Merger withCrosswinds, Federated National and Transatlantic to create Monarch National
Headwaters MBC.A. Bancorp and Crosswinds Federated National Monarch NationalTransatlantic Reinsurance
Acquisition of Trade Processing Business of Wilmington Trust
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLPWilmington Trust
Sale of Phoenix Payment Systems (EPX) to North American Bancard
Raymond JamesBerkowitz, Trager & Trager, LLC EPX North American Bancard Phoenix Management Services Richards Layton & Finger Young Conaway Strargatt & Taylor LLP
Aquiline Capital’s Investment in Virtus Partners
Seward & KisselAquiline Capital Partners LLCLatham & Watkins LLPSandler O’Neill and PartnersVirtus Partners, LLC
Acquisition of Rivet Software by Equity Administration Solutions (EASi)
Headwaters MBBryan Cave LLP EKS&H LLPEquity Administration Solutions (EASi)K1 Investment Management, LLC Miller Canfield Rivet Software
Financing of ChromeRiver led by Great Hill Partners
FT PartnersChromeRiverGreat Hill Partners
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FINANCIAL SERVICES DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM)
Minority Capital Raise of GreenSky’s from DST, TPG, Wellington and Iconic
FT PartnersGreenSky
Acquisition of CompoSecure, LLC, by LLR Partners
Generational EquityBDO USA LLC CompoSecure, LLC DLA Piper Drinker Biddle Friedman LLP Generational Capital Markets, Inc. LLR Partners
Acquisition of TransFirst by Vista Equity Partners
FT PartnersTransFirstVista Equity Partners
Acquisition of eMoney Advisor, LLC by Fidelity Investments
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaeMoney AdvisorFidelity InvestmentsRaymond James
Acquisition of NorthStar Financial Services Group, LLC by TA Associates
Raymond James Goodwin ProcterNorthStar Financial Services Group, LLCTA Associates
Acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares by BB&T Corporation
Keefe Bruyette & WoodsBB&T CorporationSullivan & Cromwell LLPSusquehanna Bancshares
Sale of 80% of KUBRA to the Hearst Corporation
FT PartnersKubra
Majority Recapitalization of Situs Holdings LLC by Stone Point Capital
Raymond JamesSitus Holdings LLCStone Point Capital
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (B-TO-B) DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10 TO $100MM)
Acquisition of Boreas Holdings by Inland Technologies
Cronus Partners LLCBoreas HoldingsInland TechnologiesStephens Inc.
Sale of SJ Partners LLC Portfolio Company Spectrio LLC to The Riverside Company
SJ Partners LLCSpectrio LLCKirkland & EllisLazard Middle Market LLCNXT CapitalShumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLPThe Riverside Company
Sale of Nexus Tek to Red Oak Capital Partners
JD Ford & CompanyRed Oak Capital PartnersNexus Tek
Acquisition of MA Federal by MA Federal Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG PartnersBrightwood Capital GE Capital Greenberg Traurig MA Federal Stout Risius Ross
Acquisition of A&S Kinard by Celadon Group, Inc.
BB&T Capital MarketsA&S Kinard Celadon Group, Inc. Larsen MacColl Partners Miller & Martin PLLC
Acquisition of Rivet Software by Equity Administration Solutions (EASi)
Headwaters MBBryan Cave LLP EKS&H LLPEquity Administration Solutions (EASi)K1 Investment Management, LLC Miller Canfield Rivet Software
Acquisition of Ariad Communications by High Road Capital Partners
High Road Capital PartnersAriad Custom CommunicationBabson Capital ManagementBlake, Cassels & GraydonBlue Spire MarketingFifth Third BankIGSKPMGPetsky PrunierRoyal Bank of CanadaThompson Hine U.S. Bank
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (B-TO-B) DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100)
Sale of The Cleaning Authority KPMG Corporate Finance LLCPNC RiverarchThe Cleaning Authority
Acquisition of controlling stake in SEKO Logistics by Greenbriar Equity Group
Raymond JamesGreenbriar Equity GroupHorwood Marcus & BerkSEKO Logistics
Acquisition of Parago by Blackhawk Networks
Raymond JamesBlackhawk Network K&L Gates Intralinks Parago
Employee Acquisition of Nation Safe Drivers
Butcher Joseph & CoMedley Management, Inc.Northport Capital, LLC. a Resource America, Inc. CompanyNSD Holdings, Inc.Alcentra Capital CorporationBankUnited NAFifth Third BankKeefe McCullough CPA’s & Trusted AdvisorsMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNation Safe DriversProskauer Rose LLPStout Risius Ross, Inc.
Restructuring of Indiana Finance Authorityand Sale to IFM Investors
UBS Invstment BankKPMG Corporate Finance LLCOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBarnes & Thornburg LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPMacquarieMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLPMoelisTaft Stettinuis & Hollister LLP
Recapitalization of Penn Foster Education Group by The Vistria Group
Capstone PartnersAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Falcon Investment Advisors Penn Foster Education Group Sankaty Advisors The Vistria Group
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Sale of 80% of KUBRA to the Hearst Corporation
FT PartnersHearst CorporationKubra
Merger of Aeroflex Holding Corp. with Cobham plc
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPAeroflex Holding Corp.Bank of AmericaBrunswick Group LLPCobham plcGoldman, Sachs & CoMerril LynchRichards, Layton & Finger PASkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Restructuring and Recapitalizing of Berger Group Holdings
PillsburyAbrams CapitalBerger Group Holdings
TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10 TO $100MM)
Recapitalization of CyberGrants by Waud Capital Partners
Capstone PartnersWaud Capital Partners
Acquisition of MA Federal by MA Federal Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG PartnersBrightwood Capital GE Capital Greenberg Traurig MA Federal Stout Risius Ross
Financing of ChromeRiver led by Great Hill Partners
FT PartnersChromeRiverGreat Hill Partners
Recapitalization of Consolo by Bluff Point Associates
Generational Capital Markets, Inc.Bluff Point Associates
Acquisition of Miller & Associates and Dedo Interactive by Precocity, LLC
SDR VenturesBauerle and Company, PCDorsey & Whitney LLPJones, Davis & Jackson, PCMeredith & AssociatesPrecocity, LLC
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Majority Investment in Trax Technologies by Strattam Capital
Strattam CapitalCapital Southwest CorporationPartners for GrowthRiver Cities Capital FundsSilicon Valley BankStrattam CapitalTrax TechnologiesWilliam BlairWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Majority Recapitalization of SkillSurvey, Inc. by Primus Capital
Raymond JamesGoodwin Procter LLPMerrill DataSiteMorgan Lewis & Bockius LLPPrimus CapitalRaymond JamesSkillSurvey, Inc.
Sale of 38.04% stake in Systran SAto CSLi Co, Ltd
BDA PartnersCSLiSystran S.A.
TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100 TO $250MM)
Acquisition of PAI Group Inc (PayChoice) by Group plc (LSE:SGE)
Raymond JamesDeloitte & Touche LLPGoodwin ProcterGrant ThorntonGreat Hill PartnersPayChoiceRW BairdSage SoftwareSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPWilliam Blair
Acquisition of BinOptics by MACOM BinOptics CorporationRaymond JamesBond Schoeneck & KingGoldman SachsM/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc.Merill DataSite
Sale of iBwave to Corning Corning Inc.Raymond JamesDeloitteDentonsiBwave Solutions, Inc.Kirkland EllisKPMGLincoln InternationalVicente Capital
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Divestitures from EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR)
Raymond JamesAnsaradaCitizens Bank RBSCSP AssociatesDeloitte & ToucheEMCOREHancock Capital ManagementKPMGNeoPhotonicsO’Melveny & MyersPricewaterhouseCoopersSchulte Roth & ZabelSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPVeritas Capital
Debt Financing of ORBCOMM Inc. Raymond JamesMacquarie Corporate & Asset FinanceMillbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloyORBCOMMShearman & Sterling LLP
Sale of Motor Vehicle Software Corporationto Accel KKR
J.D. Ford & Company Accel KKR
Acquisition of immixGroup by Arrow Electronics
Raymond JamesArrow ElectronicsCooleyGrant ThorntonimmixGroupIntralinksMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Acquisition of Location Labs by AVG Technologies
Bridge Street AdvisorsAllen & OveryAVG TechnologiesDavis PolkErnst & YoungGoodwin ProcterLocation LabsSideman & BancroftUBS Securities
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TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $250 TO $500MM)
Sale of 80% of KUBRA to the HearstCorporation
FT PartnersKubra
Acquisition of eMoney Advisor, LLC by Fidelity Investments
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of AmericaeMoney AdvisorFidelity InvestmentsRaymond James
ABRY Acquires Compusearch, advised by Spurrier Capital Partners
Spurrier Capital PartnersABRY Partners Arlington Capital Compusearch JMI
Sale of Rx30 by Benchmark International Benchmark InternationalBroad and Cassel Cross Fernandez & Riley GTCR Kirkland & Ellis
TA Acquires Insurity, Advised by SpurrierCapital Partners
Spurrier Capital PartnersGenStar CapitalInsurityTA Associates
Minority Capital Raise of GreenSky’s from DST, TPG, Wellington and Iconic
FT PartnersGreenSky
Acquisition of NorthStar Financial Services Group, LLC by TA Associates
Raymond JamesGoodwin ProcterNorthStar Financial Services Group, LLC TA Associates
Acquisition of Parago by Blackhawk Networks
Raymond JamesBlackhawk Network Intralinks K&L Gates Parago
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TECHNOLOGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $500MM)
Merger of Aeroflex Holding Corp. with Cobham plc
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPAeroflex Holding Corp.Bank of AmericaBrunswick Group LLPCobham plcGoldman, Sachs & CoMerril LynchRichards, Layton & Finger PASkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Restructuring of Allen Systems Group, Inc. (“ASG”)
Huron Consulting GroupBerger SingermanEpiq SystemsLatham and WatkinsPachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPRothschildThe Blackstone GroupYoung Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Acquisition of Lynda.com by LinkedIn Goodwin Procter LLP Lynda.comLinkedInWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Acquisition of TransFirst by Vista EquityPartners
FT PartnersTransFirstVista Equity Partners
Acquisition of BrightRoll by Yahoo YahooBrightroll
Acquisition of the Educational Technologyand Services by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Baker McKenzieCitigroupGreenhillMilbank TweedMorgan StanleyPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrisonShearman & SterlingWells Fargo
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Acquisition of WIND Mobile Q Advisors LLCUBSBennett JonesTennenbaum Capital PartnerWest Face CapitalLG Capital InvestorsGlobalive CapitalMcMillanBorden Ladner GervaisDavies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Acquisitions of Viasystems by TTMTechnologies
BarclaysDebevoise & PlimptonGreenberg TraurigJ.P. MorganJones DayLatham & WatkinsStifel Vinson & Elkins
The Sale of the Assets of Cygnus Business Media, Inc.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPCorporate SolutionsCygnus Business Media, Inc.Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella PCDowns Rachlin Martin PLLCKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPSOLA GroupSouthComm Business Media, LLC
MEDIA DEAL OF THE YEAR
Merger/Spin-Off of The E.W. Scripps Company and Journal Communications
BakerHostetler Evercore Partners Inc. Methuselah Advisors Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP The E.W. Scripps Company Wells Fargo Securities
Sale of Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer
Greenberg Glusker LLPBank of America Merrill Lynch Covington & Burling LLP Microsoft (ret) The Sterling Family Trust
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Acquisition of Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited by Viacom International Media Networks Inc.
Barclays PLCErnst & Young LLPLewis Silkin LLPOlswang LLPRosenblatt Solicitors, Shearman & Sterling LLPThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
Acquisition of Cirque du Soleil by a consortium led by Fosun and TPG Capital
Fosun GroupBank of America Merrill LynchBank of Montreal Cirque du SoleilCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Deutsche Bank Fosun InternationalGoldman SachsMerrill Corp.National Bank of CanadaNorton Rose FulbrightOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt Paul HastingsPwC LLPRopes & Gray Royal Bank of Canada TD Securities UBS
Investment in Alpha Media led by Breakwater
Breakwater Investment ManagementAlpha Media
Merger of LIN Media LLC and Media General, Inc.
D.F. King & Co., Inc.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPJ.P. Morgan Securities LLCMiller, Egan, Molter & Nelson LLPMoelis & CompanyPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPRBC Capital Markets LLCVinson & Elkins LLPWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Equity Investment in Hudson Fiber Network by Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Q Advisors LLCHudson Fiber NetworkLowenstein Sandler LLPPerkins Coie LLPTiger Infrastructure PartnersWebster Bank
Acquisition of A Wireless by Z Wireless Allegiance Capital Corp.A WirelessMorrison Cohen, LLPPennant ParkSTS Capital PartnersAtlantic Street Capital
Sale of SJ Partners LLC Portfolio CompanySpectrio LLC to The Riverside Company
SJ Partners LLCSpectrio LLCKirkland & EllisLazard Middle Market LLCNXT CapitalShumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLPThe Riverside Company
TELECOM DEAL OF THE YEAR
Acquisition of certain subscriber assets from Sage Telecom by Birch Communications
Redwood Capital GroupBirch Communications, Inc.Telscape Truconnect
Acquisition of Ariad Communications by High Road Capital Partners
High Road Capital PartnersAriad Custom CommunicationBabson Capital ManagementBlake, Cassels & GraydonBlue Spire MarketingFifth Third BankIGSKPMGPetsky PrunierRoyal Bank of CanadaThompson Hine U.S. Bank
Debt Financing of ORBCOMM Inc. Raymond JamesMacquarie Corporate & Asset Financie Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy ORBCOMM Shearman & Sterling LLP
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Divestitures from EMCORE Corporation(NASDAQ: EMKR)
Raymond JamesAnsarada Citizens Bank RBS CSP Associates Deloitte & Touche EMCORE Corporation Hancock Capital Management Morrison Cohen, LLP NeoPhotonics O’Melveny & Myers Pennant Park PricewaterhouseCoopers Schulte Roth & Zabel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP KPMG STS Capital Partners Veritas Capital
Acquisition of Radio Shack stores by Sprint
McGuireWoods LLPJones Day Pepper Hamilton LLPRadio ShackSprint
Acquisition of WIND Mobile Q Advisors LLCUBSBennett JonesTennenbaum Capital PartnerWest Face CapitalLG Capital InvestorsGlobalive CapitalMcMillanBorden Ladner GervaisDavies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
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ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $1B)
Acquisition of FHE USA LLC by Basin Tools GulfStar GroupBasin HoldingsDavis, Malm & D’AgostineFrank Henry Equipment (FHE)Fulbright & Jaworski LLPPwC
Acquisition of Recurrent Energy, LLC byCanadian Solar Inc.
Foley & LardnerCanadian Solar Inc.Recurrent Energy
Chapter 11 Reorganization of USEC, Inc.Centrus Energy Corp.
AlixPartnersHoulihan LokeyLatham & WatkinsLazardRichards, Layton & Finger P.A.Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Sale of Nova Safety and Environmental to TRC Companies, Inc.
JD Ford & CompanyTRC Companies, Inc.Nova Safety & Environmental
Acquisition of Compressor Systems, Inc.(CSI) by Compressco Partners L.P.
Raymond JamesCompressor Systems, Inc. PPHBPresident and COO
Acquisition of QIC, Inc. by RINA S.p.A. GulfStar GroupQIC Ewing & Jones, PPLC Fredericks Michael & Co. PwC RINA Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sale of Electronic Control Systems to Albireo Energy Solutions
Huron Capital PartnersAlbireo Energy SolutionsElectronic Control SystemsSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sale of Power Assets in Latin America White & Case LLPPower Assets
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Merger of Navig8 Crude Tankers and General Maritime
Seward & KisselNavig8 Crude TankersGeneral Maritime
Acquisition of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Management and El Paso Pipeline Partners LP by Kinder Morgan Inc.
Baker BottsBarclaysBracewell & Giuliani CitigroupJefferies & Co.Jones DayWeil Gotshal
Acquisition of Hess Retail Holdings by Speedway, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum.
Barclays CapitalGoldman SachsJ.P. MorganKirkland & Ellis
Acquisition of The Pantry, Inc. by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
Faegre Baker DanielsAlimentation Couche-TardBofA Merrill LynchSmith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLPWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Acquisition of First Wind Holdings, LLC by Sun Edison, LLC and TerraForm, LLC
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst Wind Holdings Inc.SunEdison, Inc.TerraForm Power, Inc.
ENERGY DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Acquisition of Oiltanking Partners byEnterprise Products Partners
CitigroupDeutsche Bank Jefferies GroupAikin GumpAndrews Kurth Latham & Watkins Richards Layton & FingerSkadden Arps Vinson & Elkins
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INDUSTRIAL GOODS AND BASIC RESOURCES DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $100MM)
Acquisition of AFR by DuBois Chemicals Cleary Gull Inc.Brass Ring Capital DuBois Chemicals, Inc. Frost Brown Todd Godfrey & Kahn SC Medallion Capital, Inc.
Acquisition of Wachs Water Services by Pure Technologies
Capstone PartnersCanaccord Genuity Chuhak & Tecson PC Husch Blackwell Pure Technologies The Wachs Companies Wachs Water Services
Turnaround and Sale of LC Manufacturing O’KeefeBFC, Inc. Dold Spath KiriazisK&S Forge, Inc./LC Manufacturing Comerica Bank
Sale of City Carton Recycling to RepublicServices
JD Ford & CompanyRepublic Services
Acquisition of Midwest Generation Assets by DYNEGY Inc
White & CaseDYNEGY IncMidwest Generation Assets
Acquisition of UNS Energy by Fortis White & CaseFortisUNS Energy
Acquisition of Maryland Materials Inc. InterOcean Advisors LLCBluegrass Materials Company LLC
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Refinancing of D&W Fine Pack by The Keystone Group
The Keystone GroupD&W Fine PackWells Fargo
Acquisition of Fox River Fiber by H.I.G Capital
Cleary Gull Inc.Fox River Fiber Company, LLC Grant Thornton H.I.G. Capital, LLC McDermott Will & Emery LLP PNC Bank Quarles & Brady LLP Wipfli LLP
INDUSTRIAL GOODS AND BASIC RESOURCES DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM)
Sale of Rocky Mountain Structures, Inc to TNT Crane & Rigging Inc.
The Forbes M+A GroupTNT Crane & Rigging Inc.
Recapitalization of Amteck of Kentucky by Trive Capital
Capstone PartnersAmteck, LLC Trive Capital UBS Financial Services Wyatt Tarrant & Combs
Acquisition of Nelson Pipeline by Beirne Pipeline Holdings partnered with Axis Private Equity
Headwaters MBAhmann Martin Axis Private Equity Bauerle & Co Beirne Pipeline Holdings First Western Trust Fox Rothchild LLP Navigator Partners Nelson Pipeline Constructors, Inc. Polsinelli White Oak Global Advisor
Recapitalization of Ravn Air Group by J.F. Lehman & Company in Partnership with W Capital Partners and Bob Hajdukovich
Headwaters MBBlank Rome Bob HajdukovichJ.F. Lehman & Company McKinsey & Company Norton Rose Fulbright PwC Ravn Air Group
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Divestitures from EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR)
Raymond JamesAnsarada Citizens Bank RBS CSP Associates Deloitte & Touche EMCORE Hancock Capital Management Morrison Cohen, LLP NeoPhotonics O’Melveny & Myers Pennant Park PricewaterhouseCoopers Schulte Roth & Zabel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP KPMG STS Capital Partners Veritas Capital
Sale of Protective Industries, Inc., a Windjammer Capital portfolio company, to Berwind Corporation
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLPAlvarez & MarsalBerwind CorporationDechert LLPErnst & YoungHoulihan Lokey CapitalWindjammer Capital Investors
Merger of Navig8 Crude Tankers and General Maritime
Seward & KisselGeneral MaritimeNavig8 Crude Tankers
Acquisition of The Pantry, Inc. by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
Faegre Baker DanielsAlimentation Couche-Tard BofA Merrill Lynch Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Sale of The Flexan Corporation to LindenCapital Partners
Mesirow FinancialErnst & YoungGolub Capital Intralinks Kirkland & Ellis LLP Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Linden Capital Partners Plante Moran
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CONSUMER AND RETAIL PRODUCTS DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $500 MM)
Acquisition of Pure Barre LLC by Catterton CattertonPure Barre LLCWJ Partners
Acquisition of Cool Gear International by Igloo Products Corporation
Headwaters MBCool Gear InternationalIgloo Products Corporation Lincoln International
Acqusition of Best Made Toys by SJ Partners LLC
SJ Partners LLCBank of Montreal Best Made Toys International, Inc. Goodmans LLP King & Wood Mallesons KPMG LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP McGladrey LLP
Acquisition of A.R.E. Accessories by Tectum Holdings, Inc.
Western Reserve PartnersA.R.E. AccessoriesGoodwin ProcterTA Associates Inc.Tectum Holdings, Inc.
Sale of Substantially All of its Assets to an Affiliate of Centre Lane Partners, LLC by Saladworks, LLC
SSG Capital Advisors LLCCentre Lane Partners, LLCCole Schotz P.C.EisnerAmper, LLC JVSW, LLCKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLPLandis Rath & Cobb LLP Saladworks, LLCWeir & Partners LLP WS Finance, LLC
Turnaround and Sale of Heeren Brothers O’Keefe42 North Partners Advanced Manufacturing Group Miller Johnson Varnum Law
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CONSUMER AND RETAIL PRODUCTS DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $500MM)
Sale of Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer
Greenberg Glusker LLPBank of America Merrill Lynch Covington & Burling LLP Microsoft (ret) The Sterling Family Trust
Spin-Off of Energizer Holdings, Inc. Energizer Holdings, Inc.Edgewell Personal Care
Sale of 50.5% of Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. by the Class A Shareholders to the Class B Shareholders.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPDavis Malm & D’Agostine P.C Demoulas Super Markets, Inc. Jones Day JP Morgan Lincoln International LLC Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Ropes & Gray LLP
Stake sale in TT International to Standard Chartered Private Equity
BDA PartnersStandard Chartered Private EquityTT International
Acquisition of Wagg Foods by Catterton Catterton Partners CorpLatham & Watkins LLPAlvarez & MarsalGordons LLPHSBC Bank plcRothschildWagg Foods Ltd
HanesBrands Completes Acquisition of Maidenform Brands
Goldman SachsHanesBrandsKing & SpaldingRopes & Gray
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Acquisition of Radio Shack stores by Sprint McGuireWoods LLPJones Day Pepper Hamilton LLP
Merger of the Safeway Grocery Store Chain Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPAlbertsons (and an investor group) Bank of America Merrill Lynch Goldman, Sachs & Co. Latham & Watkins LLP Richards, Layton & Finger PA Safeway Inc.
Acquisition of MOM Brands by Post Holdings Faegre Baker DanielsBofA Merrill LynchLewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.Post Consumer Brands
Chapter 11 Sale of Assets of Coldwater Creek
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPAlvarez & Marsal LLC Coldwater Creek GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLC Hilco Merchant Resources LLC Kirkland & Ellis Lowenstein Sandler LLP Riemer & Braunstein LLP
CONSUMER SERVICES DEAL OF THE YEAR
Recapitalization of ILSC Education by Quad Partners
Seward & KisselILSC EducationQuad Partners
Acquisition of Oxbridge Academic Resources by WorldStrides
Capstone PartnersOxBridge Academic ResourcesWorldStrides
Growth Investment in Vroom by Catterton CattertonVroom
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Acquisition of The RAM Restaurant andBrewery by The RAM Employee Stock Ownership Trust
CSG PartnersBerntson PorterLaw Offices of Robert E LesserRobinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & GluckThe RAM Employee Stock Ownership Trust (Wilmington Trust)The RAM Restaurant and BreweryWashington Trust Bank
Recapitalization of Ravn Air Group by J.F. Lehman & Company in Partnership with W Capital Partners and Bob Hajdukovich
Headwaters MBBlank Rome Bob HajdukovichJ.F. Lehman & Company McKinsey & Company Norton Rose Fulbright PwC Ravn Air Group
Minority Capital Raise of GreenSky’s fromDST, TPG, Wellington and Iconic
McLaughlinGreenSky
Merger of Sandbox Studio, LLC and KSC Studio, LLC to create Digital Content Services (DCS) Holding Company by Bertram Capital
Bertram CapitalCross Keys CapitalFirst RepublicFTI ConsultingHSBCSandbox Studio, LLCTuckman
Recapitalization of Penn Foster Education Group by The Vistria Group
Capstone PartnersAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Falcon Investment Advisors Penn Foster Education Group Sankaty Advisors The Vistria Group
REAL ESTATE DEAL OF THE YEAR
Reorganization of Treetops O’KeefeHonigmanKerr Russell Weber Varnum
Acquisition of GE Capital Real Estate assets by Wells Fargo and Blackstone
DechertHogan LovellsSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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Purchase of Veris Gold USA Inc. assets by Whitebox Advisors LLC (WBOX 2014-1 Ltd.)
Fennemore Craig, P.C.Dentons Canada LLP Dorsey & Whitney LLP Ernst & Young, Inc. Fasken Martineau Fox Rothschild LLP Irwin Lowy LLP JCM Holdings III Limited Whitebox Advisors LLC
Acquisitions in Restoration and RenovationIndustry of Response Team 1, LLC
Goense & CoMedley Management, Inc.Northport Capital LLCChaseDLA PiperProskauer Rose LLPResponse Team 1 Riveron ConsultingSPP Capital Partners, LLCUniversal Restoration
Majority Recapitalization of SitusHoldings LLC by Stone Point Capital
Raymond JamesSitus Holdings LLCStone Point Capital
Mt. Sinai Purchase of Condo Units from Hiro Real Estate
Kramer LevinFried Frank LLPKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust Completes Acquisition of Equity Inns
Deutsche bankGoldman SachsGoodwin ProcterProskauerRCS CapitalSullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT by NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
Dechert LLPGriffin-American Healthcare REITNorthStar Realty Finance Corp.Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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Sale of Archer Daniels Midland Company to Cargill
Jenner & BlockArcher Daniels Midland CompanyCargill
Sale of Ridley to Alltech Gislason & Hunter LLPAlltechRidley Inc.
Acquisition of Archer Daniels by The Mosaic Company
ArpsDorsey & Whitney LLPJPMorgan Chase & Co.Meagher & Flom LLPSkaddenSlate
Acquisition of Arysta LifeScience Limited by Platform Specialty Products Corporation
A & L GoodbodyBarclays Capital Inc.Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse Group AG Greenberg Traurig, LLPJPMorgan Chase & Co.Kane Kessler, P.C.Morgan StanleyNew York BranchNomura Securities International, Inc.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Kremer AssociésUBS Investment Bank Americas
Acquisition of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited by Zuari Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd.
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.Cameo Corporate Services LimitedICICI Securities LimitedShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.V.Sankar Aiyar & Co.
Acquisition of Hesco Inc. by Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC
Generational EquityHesco Inc. Healthy Food Ingredients, LLCHorizon Holdings LLC
AGRICULTURE DEAL OF THE YEAR
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Acqusition of Harvest Top Development Limited by China Environmental Resources Group Limited
Akron Corporate Finance LimitedBobby Tse & Co.Pan Asia Corporate Finance LimitedTony Kan & Co.ZHONGHUI ANDA CPA Limited
Divestment of FMC Corp’s Alkali Chemicals Business to Tronox Limited
AmericasCredit Suisse Group AGFenner & Smith Incorporated Goldman, Sachs & Co.Kirkland & Ellis LLPLewis & Bockius LLPLiptonMerrill LynchMoelis & CompanyMorganPierceRosen & KatzUBS Investment BankWachtellWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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II. FIRM OF THE YEAR
VALUATION FIRM OF THE YEAR
American AppraisalAxiom Valuation SolutionsCBIZDartmouth Partners LimitedEmpire Valuation ConsultantsGenerational EquityGordon Brothers-AccuValVRC | Valuation Research
CONSULTING FIRM OF THE YEAR
LENDER FIRM OF THE YEAR
Ares Capital CorporationAres Direct LendingFifth Street Asset ManagementGolub CapitalMedley Management, Inc.GE CapitalMonroe Capital LLCRB International Finance
INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM OF THE YEAR
Benchmark InternationalFinancial Technology PartnersGenerational EquityHeadwaters MBKPMG Corporate Finance LLCPegasus Intellectual Capital SolutionsRaymond JamesThe Peakstone Group
AlixPartnersConway MackenzieGenerational EquityHigh Rock Partners, Inc.Huron Consulting GroupL.E.K. ConsultingO’KeefePwC
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LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM OF THE YEAR
ABRY PartnersBlackford CapitalCattertonHigh Road Capital PartnersHuron Capital Partners The Carlyle GroupThe Ensign GroupWatermill Group
Blake Cassels & GraydonEvershedsHirschler FleischerHonigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLPKirkland & EllisLatham & WatkinsSeward & KisselThe Giannuzzi Group, LLP
BOUTIQUE INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM OF THE YEAR
ACCOUNTING/DUE DILIGENCE FIRM OF THE YEAR
Alvarez & MarsalBaker TillyCohnReznickGrant ThorntonMazarsMcGladreyO’KeefeO’Connor Davies
MARKETING/PR FIRM OF THE YEAR
Brunswick GroupCooperKatz & Co.FinsburyG&S Business CommunicationsInfinite SpadaLambert, Edwards & AssociatesProsek PartnersSard Verbinnen & Co
ButcherJoseph & Co.Clayton Capital PartnersCleary Gull Inc.Coker Capital AdvisorsHarbor View AdvisorsJ.D. FordSica Fletcher LLCSSG Capital Advisors LLC
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III. PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
LEGAL ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
LENDER DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR
Oliver Brahmst, Head of Americas Private Equity, White & Case LLPJoseph P. Gromacki, Partner and Corporate Department Chair, Jenner & BlockMatthew G. Hurd, Partner/Co-Head, Healthcare and Life Sciences Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLPJames Lee, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLPColin J. Levere, Senior M&A Lawyer, ScotiabankAndrew M. Lohmann, Partner, Hirschler Fleischer David McCreary, Chief Legal Officer, Generational EquityMorton Pierce, Partner, White & Case LLP
Thomas Aronson, Co-Founder and Head of Originations, Monroe Capital LLCStuart Aronson, President, GE Commercial FinanceTimothy Clifford, President, CEO and Founder, Abacus Finance GroupStephen Hickey, Managing Partner, CVC Credit PartnersJim Hudak, President, CIT Corporate FinanceGlenn Kim, Managing Director, Origination, Fifth Street Asset ManagementK. Thomas Klimmeck, Senior Managing Director, Madison Capital FundingTroy A. Oder, Managing Director, Golub Capital
Navine Aggarwal, Vice President, Allied WorldPaul Aversano, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader, Alvarez & MarsalGregory A. Charleston, Senior Managing Director, Conway MackenzieAndrew D. Couch, Managing Director, DJM Real Estate, a division of Gordon Brothers GroupDrew Dorweiler, Managing Partner, Dartmouth Partners LimitedRakesh Kotecha, Managing Director and PwC Corporate Finance, PwCCarina Markel, Capital Markets Partner and Deals Practice, PwCPeter McKelvey, President of L.E.K.’s Americas Practice, L.E.K.
SERVICE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
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INVESTMENT BANKER DEALMAKER OF THE YEARAdam Haynes, Managing Director, KPMG Corporate Finance LLC Brenen Hofstadter, President, Generational Capital Markets Clinton Johnston, Managing Director, Benchmark International Steve McLaughlin, Managing Partner, FT Partners David Hartzell and Matthew Hudson, Managing Directors and Co-Heads of Rental Services Group, Oppenheimer & Co. Joseph M. Durnford, CEO, JD Ford & CompanyKendall Stafford, Managing Director, Benchmark International Trever Acers, Managing Director, Objective Capital Partners
BUYERS / SELLERS DEALMAKER OF THE YEARAllen Wang, Director of Legal Affairs, Canadian Solar (USA) Inc.Erik Brooks, Managing Patner, ABRY PartnersScott Johnson, CEO, SJ Partners LLCColin J. Levere, Senior M&A Lawyer, ScotiabankDale Okonow, Partner, Watermill GroupSatish A. Raman, Global Head - Corporate Development, Sutherland GlobalJared Ruger, Partner, Bertram Capital ManagementMartin Stein, Founder and Managing Director, Blackford Capital
IV. PRODUCT AND SERVICE OF THE YEAR
Generational Equity – DealForceAIG – Representations & Warranties Insurance (RWI)AXA and SRS Acquiom – Escrow Shield PlusIntralinksS&P Capital IQMerrill DataSiteTasman Consulting – Driving Successful Integrations for Silicon Valley M&AAllied World – Representations and Warranties (R&W) Insurance
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V. DEAL FINANCING OF THE YEAR
EQUITY FINANCING DEAL OF THE YEAR
Equity Financing of The Marcus Buckingham Company (“TMBC”) by SurveyMonkey
Harbor View AdvisorsSurveyMonkeyThe Marcus Buckingham Company
Equity Investment in Hudson Fiber Network by Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Q Advisors LLCHudson Fiber NetworkLowenstein Sandler LLPPerkins Coie LLPTiger Infrastructure PartnersWebster Bank
Investment in Alpha Media led by Breakwater
Breakwater Investment ManagementAlpha Media
C.A. Bancorp Strategic Merger with Crosswinds, Federated National and Transatlantic to create Monarch National
Headwaters MBC.A. Bancorp and Crosswinds Federated National Monarch NationalTransatlantic Reinsurance
Recapitalization of Penn Foster Education Group by The Vistria Group
Capstone PartnersAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Falcon Investment Advisors Penn Foster Education Group Sankaty Advisors The Vistria Group
Deal Financing of Burgaflex Lambert, Edwards & AssociatesBarnes and ThornburgBDOBlackford CapitalBurgaflexClark Hill
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Minority Capital Raise of GreenSky’s from DST, TPG, Wellington and Iconi
FT PartnersGreenSky
Deal Financing of Hunan Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPLions Gate EntertainmentO’Melveny & Myers
DEBT FINANCING DEAL OF THE YEAR
Recapitalization of Asford.com by Prudential Capital Partners
PeakstonePrudential Capital Partners
Acquisitions in Restoration and Renovation Industry of Response Team 1, LLC
Goense & CoMedley Management, Inc.Northport Capital LLCChaseDLA PiperProskauer Rose LLPResponse Team 1 Riveron ConsultingSPP Capital Partners, LLCUniversal Restoration
Refinancing of AcuSport Corporation by Huron Transaction Advisory LLC
Huron Transaction AdvisoryHuron Business AdvisoryWinston & StrawnWells Fargo Capital Finance Goldberg KohnRegions Business Capital RBS Citizens Bank
Combination of Northern Lights Capital Group and Treasury Group Limited
Medley Management, Inc.Goodwin Procter LLPPepper Hamilton LLPWilliam BlairAether Investment Partners, LLCClayton UtzGresham Advisory Partner LimitedHerbert Smith FreehillsNorthern Lights Capital Partners
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Debt Financing of Hyundai MerchantMarine by Apollo
INTL FCStoneKPMG LLCHyundai Merchant MarineLee&KoPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Debt financing of Crane Co. Carl Marks AdvisorsSchulte Roth & Zabel LLPWilmerHale
Recapitalization Financing of Data Device Corporation by Behrman Capital
Golub CapitalBehrman Capital
Employee Acquisition of Nation Safe Drivers
Butcher Joseph & CoMedley Management, Inc.Northport Capital, LLC. a Resource America, Inc. CompanyNSD Holdings, Inc.Alcentra Capital CorporationBankUnited NAFifth Third BankKeefe McCullough CPA’s + Trusted AdvisorsMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNation Safe DriversProskauer Rose LLPStout Risius Ross, Inc.
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VI. RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR
RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $100MM)
Acquisition of Porter's Group by an affiliate of Resilience Capital Partners
Resilience Capital PartnersGillum Strategy Partners Jones Day McGuireWoods LLP Potter & Co. Stephens, Inc. Wells Fargo
Acquisition of Pacific Steel by Speyside Equity
Cleary Gull Inc.Binder & Malter LLP Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. Pacific Steel Casting Company Siena Lending Group Speyside Equity
Turnaround and Sale of Heeren Brothers
O’Keefe42 North Partners Advanced Manufacturing Group Miller Johnson Varnum Law
Restructuring of AntaramianProperties, LLC et al. by Berger Singerman
Berger SingermanAntaramian Properties, LLCJennis & Bowen
Acquisition of Hynes Industries by an affiliate of Resilience Capital Partners
Resilience Capital PartnersBrown Gibbons Lang & Company Ernst & Young Huntington Bank Hynes Industries Jones Day Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge
Chapter 11 Sale of ATLS Acquisition, LLC, d/b/a Liberty Medical Supply, Inc. (“Liberty”)
Raymond JamesChipman Brown Cicero & Brown, LLP Ernst & Young Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lowenstein Sandler PC Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC Palm Beach Capital RSR Consulting, LLC Stevens & Lee, P.C
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RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM TO $1 BILLION)
Restructuring of Gordian Medical, Inc. dba American Medical Technologies
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPGlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLCFranchise Tax BoardLaw Offices of Thomas R. LamonsNorton Rose Fulbright US LLPU.S. Department of Justice-Civil Division Commercial Litigation BranchUnited States of America-Internal Revenue Service
Debt Financing of Hyundai Merchant Marine by Apollo
INTL FCStoneKPMG LLCHyundai Merchant MarineLee&KoPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Refinancing of D&W Fine Pack by The Keystone Group
The Keystone GroupD&W Fine PackWells Fargo
Chapter 11 Restructuring of Nautilus AlixPartnersBlackstoneHoulihan LokeyLazardNorton Rose FulbrightSeward & KisselSkadden ArpsWhite & Case
Chapter 11 Reorganization of USEC, Inc.Centrus Energy Corp.
AlixPartnersHoulihan LokeyLatham & WatkinsLazardRichards, Layton & Finger P.A.Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Restructures of Karmaloop by Capstone Capstone PartnersComvest PartnersKarmaloop
Turnaround and Sale of LC Manufacturing O’KeefeBFC, Inc. Dold Spath KiriazisK&S Forge, Inc./LC Manufacturing Comerica Bank
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Restructuring of Allen Systems Group, Inc. (“ASG”)
Huron Consulting GroupBerger SingermanEpiq SystemsLatham and WatkinsPachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPRothschildThe Blackstone GroupYoung Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1 BILLION)
Restructuring of Indiana FinanceAuthority and Sale to IFM Investors
UBS Invstment BankKPMG Corporate Finance LLCOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBarnes & Thornburg LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPMacquarieMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLPMoelisTaft Stettinuis & Hollister LLP
Restructuring of Nextel International Holdings (NIHD)
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLPJones DayPaul WeissRothschild
Acquisition of Radio Shack storesby Sprint
McGuireWoods LLPJones Day Pepper Hamilton LLPRadio ShackSprint
Restructuring of LDK Solar CO., Ltd.
JefferiesHoulihan Lokey LDK Solar CO., Ltd. Ropes & Gray Zolfo Cooper
Restructuring and recapitalizing of Berger Group Holdings
Pillsbury LawAbrams CapitalBerger Group Holdings
Chapter 11 Reorganization of Chassix, Inc. AlixPartnersFTI ConsultingChassix, IncLazardPaul WeissWeil Gotschal
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Recapitalization of Towergate Insurance TowergateHoulihan LokeyEvercore KKRSullivan & CromwellMoelis & Co.
Chapter 9 Reorganization of The City of Detroit, Michigan
Conway MacKenzie, Inc.City of DetroitMiller Buckfire & Co., LLC-a S0fel CompanyErnst & YoungBarclaysJones DayKurtzman Carson Consultants LLCMiller Canfield Pepper Hamilton LLP
Restructuring & Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of MomentivePerformance Materials Inc.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPMilbank, Tweed, Hadkley & McCloyAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPAlix Partners, LLPDechert LLPFTI Consulting, Inc.Jefferies LLCKlee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLPKPMG LLPLazard Ltd.Moelis & Company LLCMomentive Performance Materials Inc. Ropes & Gray LLPValuation Research CorporationWillkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
Sale of Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer
Greenberg Glusker LLPBank of America Merrill Lynch Covington & Burling LLP Microsoft (ret) The Sterling Family Trust
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VII. CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR
Acquisition of Loop Transportation, Inc. by Hallcon Crew Transport, Inc.
Headwaters MBFarella Braun + Martell Finn Dixon & Herling Hallcon Crew Transport Loop Transportation, Inc. Southfield Capital
Acquisition of Oxbridge Academic Resources by WorldStrides
Capstone PartnersOxBridge Academic ResourcesWorldStrides
Sale of shares to Synergetics USA, Inc. by Sterimedix Ltd.
Benchmark InternationalSynergetics USA, Inc.Sterimedix Ltd.
Acquisition of QIC, Inc. by RINA S.p.A. GulfStar GroupQIC Ewing & Jones, PPLC Fredericks Michael & Co. PwC RINA Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Acquisition of Coolerado by Seeley International’s
JD Ford & CompanyBaker BottsCoolerado Holland and HartSeeley International
CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $25MM)
Recapitalization of ILSC Education by Quad Partners
Seward & KisselILSC EducationQuad Partners
Acquisition of Niagara Tools Ltd byApex Tool Group
Generational EquityApex Tool Group Blake, Cassels & Graydon Niagara Tools Ltd R. K. Shaver Stikeman Elliott
Acquisition of Fab Trol Systems by AVEVA
Madison Street CapitalAVEVAFab Trol Systems
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CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $25MM TO $100MM)
Sale of 38.04% stake in Systran S.A. to CSLi Co, Ltd
BDA PartnersCSLi Co, Ltd.Systran S.A.
Acquisition of InStep Software, LLC by Schneider Electric
Skyway Capital PartnersCrowe Horwath InStep Software LLC Jenner & Block LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP PwC Schneider Electric
Sale of Damasio Educacional to DeVry Education Group
BMO Capital MarketsDamásio Educacional S.ADeVry Education Group Victoria Capital Partners
Acquisition of Wheels Group Inc. By Radiant Logistics, Inc.
Fox Rothschild LLPBennett Jones LLPRadiant Logistics, Inc.Wheels Group Inc.
Acquisition of Milre Systek Co., Ltd by Allegion, PLC
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.Allegion, PLCHanul Choongjung LLC (Crowe Horwath) KIM & CHANGMilre Systek Co.,Nexus Law Group
Majority Investment of AIM Software by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Marlin & AssociatesAIM SoftwareWelsh CarsonWelsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Acquisition of Information Mosaic Limited by Markit Group Limited
Marlin & AssociatesInformation MosaicMarkit
Investment in Lily’s Kitchen by Catterton CattertonBain Crowe Clark Whitehill LLP Deloitte Lily’s Kitchen Simmons & Simmons Stamford Partners Trethowans LLP
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CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM TO $250MM)
Financing of Lazada led by Temasek Holdings
Dechert LLPFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPLazada Group GmbH
Acquisition of PAI Group Inc (PayChoice) by Group plc (LSE:SGE)
Raymond JamesGoodwin Procter Grant Thornton Great Hill Partners RW BairdPayChoice Sage Software Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Deloitte & Touche LLPWilliam Blair
Sale of Enviro Systems, Inc. to Zodiac Aerospace
Mesirow FinancialAntares International Partners Deloitte Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Paul Hastings
Combination of Northern Lights Capital Group and Treasury Group Limited
Medley Management, Inc.Goodwin Procter LLPPepper Hamilton LLPWilliam BlairAether Investment Partners, LLCClayton UtzGresham Advisory Partner LimitedHerbert Smith FreehillsNorthern Lights Capital Partners
Acquisition of Wagg Foods by Catterton Catterton Partners CorpLatham & Watkins LLPAlvarez & MarsalGordons LLPHSBC Bank plcRothschildWagg Foods Ltd
Acquisition of Raiffeisen Energy & Environment by Contour Global
Raiffeisen Centrobank Bindergroesswang Contour Global PwC Raiffeisen Energy and Environment Raiffeisen Leasing Raiffeisen Zentralbank Schoenherr
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Acquisition of Location Labs by AVG Technologies
Bridge Street AdvisorsAllen & Overy AVG Technologies Davis Polk Ernst & Youn Goodwin Procter Location Labs Sideman & Bancroft UBS Securities
Acqusition of controlling stake in SEKO Logistics by Greenbriar Equity Group
Raymond James Greenbriar Equity GroupHorwood Marcus & BerkSEKO Logistics
CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $250MM TO $500MM)
Acquisition of Recurrent Energy, LLC by Canadian Solar Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLPCanadian Solar Inc.Recurrent Energy, LLC
Acquisition of Novartis AG by bioCSL Inc. Baker & Mackenzie LLPCenterview Partners LLCCovington & Burling LLPGoldman Sachs Group Inc.Linklaters LLP
Acquisition of WIND Mobile Q Advisors LLCBennett JonesBorden Ladner GervaisDavies Ward Phillips & VinebergGlobalive CapitalLG Capital InvestorsMcMillanTennenbaum Capital PartnerUBSWest Face Capital
Sale of 80% of KUBRA to the Hearst Corporation
FT PartnersHearst CorporationKubra
Acquisition of Cromwell Group byW.W. Grainger
Browne Jacobson LLPDLA Piper UK LLPMorgan Stanley
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Acquisition of Lucas Meyer Cosmetics by International Flavors & Fragrances
Blake CasselsCleary GottliebLazardMorgan StanleyWillkie Farr & Gallagher
Acquisition of Mytheresa by Neiman Marcus Group
Altium CapitalGoldman SachsGuett Olk FeldhausHengeler MuellerMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloyP+P Poellath + PartnersProskauer
Sale of Power Assets in Latin America White & Case LLPPower Assets
Acquisition of Intercos SpA by Catterton CattertonBain & CompanyIntercos SPALatham & WatkinsLMS Studio LegalePriceWaterhouse CoopersRothschild
CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $500MM TO $1 BILLION)
Acquisition of CSH Master Care USA, a division of the Chartwell Retirement Residences by Brookdale Senior Living
Bass Berry SimsPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrisonRBC Capital MarketsSkadden Arps
Acquisition of Borderfree by Pitney Bowes CitigroupGoodwin ProcterKirkland & EllisLazard Middle Market
Sale of Kelway Holdings Limited to CDW Corporation
William Blair & CompanyCDW CorporationBarclaysKirkland & Ellis LLPReed Smith LLPPwC
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CROSS-BORDER DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1 BILLION)
Merger of Aeroflex Holding Corp.with Cobham plc
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPAeroflex Holding Corp.Bank of AmericaBrunswick Group LLPCobham plcGoldman, Sachs & CoMerril LynchRichards, Layton & Finger PASkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Acquisition of the Liberty Living Group by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
DechertCanadian Pension Plan Investment BoardClifford ChanceLiberty Living plc
Acquisition of Access Industries by Perform Group
Credit SuisseRothschild GroupWeil Gotshal
Acquisition of All3Media by Discovery Communications and Liberty Global
AshurstBank of AmericaCenterview PartnersClifford ChanceDLA PiperFreshfieldsJP MorganMorrison & Foerster
Acquisition of Insight Pharmaceuticals by Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
Reed Smith LLPCahill Gordon & Reindel LLPCitibank, N.A.Insight Pharmaceuticals CorporationKirkland & Ellis LLPPrestige Brands Holdings, Inc.PwCSawaya Segalas & CompanySwander Pace CapitalWellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation
Acquisition of SGK by Matthews International
Evercore PartnersCohen & GrigsbyMacquarie CapitalMatthews InternationalRichards Layton & FingerWilliam Blair
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Acquisition of Stroygazconsulting by Gazprombank and United Capital Partners
DechertBaker Botts LLPStroygazconsultingGazprombankUnited Capital Partners
Acquisition of UNS Energy Corporation by Fortis
White & Case LLPFortisUNS Energy
Merger of Navig8 Crude Tankers and General Maritime
Seward & Kissel Navig8 Crude TankersGeneral Maritime
Acquisition of Cirque du Soleil by a consortium led by Fosun and TPG Capital
Fosun GroupBank of America Merrill LynchBank of Montreal Cirque du SoleilCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Deutsche Bank Fosun InternationalGoldman SachsMerrill Corp.National Bank of CanadaNorton Rose FulbrightOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt Paul HastingsPwC LLPRopes & Gray Royal Bank of Canada TD Securities UBS
Sale of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPSalix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & FlomSullivan & Cromwell LLPPharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Acquisition of Dynacast Goodwin Procter LLPDavis PolkDynacastHughes Hubbard Hunton & Williams
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VIII.CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION DEAL OF THE YEAR
CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $25MM)
Acquisition of TAKKT (PEG) by Systemax Cleary Gull Inc.CliftonLarsonAllen LLPKPMGQuarles & BradySystemax Inc.TAKKT AG
Acquisition of Loop Transportation, Inc. by Hallcon Crew Transport, Inc.
Headwaters MBFarella Braun + MartellFinn Dixon & HerlingHallcon Crew TransportLoop Transportation, Inc.Southfield Capital
Turnaround and Sale of Heeren Brothers O’Keefe42 North PartnersAdvanced Manufacturing GroupMiller JohnsonVarnum Law
Acquisition of Niagara Tools Ltd by Apex Tool Group
Generational EquityApex Tool GroupBlake, Cassels & GraydonGenerational Capital MarketsNiagara Tools LtdR. K. ShaverStikeman Elliott
Acquisition of Wachs Water Services by Pure Technologies
Capstone PartnersHusch Blackwell LLPCanaccord GenuityChuhak & Tecson PCPure TechnologiesThe Wachs CompaniesWachs Water Services
Sale of Nova Safety and Environmental to TRC Companies, Inc.
JD Ford & CompanyTRC Companies, Inc.Nova Safety & Environmental
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Acquisition of Zak Incorporated by LAI International
PCE Investment BankersDLA PiperLAI InternationalRLJ Equity PartnersWhiteman Osterman & Hanna LLPZak Incorporated
Acquisition of certain subscriber assets from Sage Telecom by Birch Communications
Redwood Capital GroupBirch Communications, Inc.Telscape Truconnect
CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (OVER $25MM TO $100MM)
Acquisition of Boreas Holdings by Inland Technologies
Cronus Partners LLCInland TechnologiesStephens Inc.
Acquisition of Urbanspoon Assets byZomato
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLPIAC/InterActiveCorpWilliams MullenZomato Media Private Limited
Sale of Rocky Mountain Structures, Incto TNT Crane & Rigging Inc.
The Forbes M+A GroupTNT Crane & Rigging Inc.Rocky Mountain Structures, Inc
Carve-Out of Mobile Mini, Inc. North American Mobile Office Fleet to Acton Mobile Industries
Prophet EquityJackson Walker L.L.P.Oppenheimer & Co.PNC BankSprock Capital AdvisoryWells Fargo Capital Finance
Minority Recapitalization of Crescent City Surgical Centre by LCMC Health
GulfStar GroupBank of America Merrill LynchCrescent City Surgical CentreFoley & Lardner LLPGulfStar GroupLCMC HealthLocke LordePostlethwaite & NettervillePwC
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CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM TO $250MM)
Acquisition of Location Labs by AVG Technologies
Bridge Street AdvisorsAllen & OveryAVG TechnologiesDavis PolkErnst & YoungGoodwin ProcterLocation LabsSideman & BancroftUBS Securities
Acquisition of immixGroup by ArrowElectronics Raymond James
Arrow ElectronicsCooleyGrant ThorntonimmixGroupIntralinksMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Acquisition of EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp. by Inmar
BCMS Corporate LLCAlston & Bird, LLPEXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp.FirmexGrant Thornton LLPGunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLPInmarMyers & Myers
C.A. Bancorp Strategic Merger with Crosswinds, Federated National and Transatlantic to create Monarch National
Headwaters MBC.A. Bancorp and Crosswinds Federated National Monarch NationalTransatlantic Reinsurance
Acquisition of InStep Software, LLC by Schneider Electric
Skyway Capital PartnersCrowe HorwathInStep Software, LLCJenner & Block LLPKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLPPwCSchneider Electric
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Acquisition of BinOptics by M/A-COM BinOptics CorporationRaymond JamesBond Schoeneck & KingGoldman SachsM/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc.Merill DataSite
Sale of 80% of KUBRA to the Hearst Corporation
FT PartnersHearst CorporationKubra
Acquisition of Trico Lift by BlueLine Rental Oppenheimer & Co.Alvarez & Marsal, LLCArgosy CapitalBaker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLPBlueLine Rental, LLCCozen O’ConnorLatham & WatkinsMarsh LLCPAZ Aerial LiftsPlatinum Equity, LLCStevens & LeeTRC Solutions, Inc.Trico Lift
Acquisition of Cool Gear International by Igloo Products Corporation
Headwaters MBCool GearIgloo Products CorporationLincoln International
Acquisition of PAI Group Inc (PayChoice)by Group plc (LSE:SGE)
Raymond JamesDeloitte & Touche LLPGoodwin ProcterGrant ThorntonGreat Hill PartnersPayChoiceRW BairdSage SoftwareSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPWilliam Blair
Acquisition of Allana Potash Corp. by Israel Chemicals Ltd.
Cantor Fitzgerald Canada CorporationCassels Brock & Blackwell LLPMcMillan LLP
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CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (OVER $250MM TO $500MM)
Acquisition of Recurrent Energy, LLC by Canadian Solar Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLPCanadian Solar Inc.Recurrent Energy
Acquisition of TR Manufacturing byCorning
Capstone PartnersTR ManufacturingCorning Optical CommunicationsLincoln International
Acquisition of Evergreen Tank Solutions by Mini (NYSE:MINI)
Oppenheimer & Co.Evergreen Tank SolutionsOdyssey Investment PartnersKPMG LLPLatham & Watkins LLPMobile Mini, Inc.BarclaysDavis Polk & Wardell LLP
Sale of Archer Daniels Midland Company to Cargill
Jenner & BlockArcher Daniels Midland Company Cargill
Acquisition of Brunswick Corporation’s Bowling Business by Bowlmor AMF
ProskauerBowlmor AMFSidley Austin LLP
Acquisition of WIND Mobile Q Advisors LLCUBSBennett JonesTennenbaum Capital PartnerWest Face CapitalLG Capital InvestorsGlobalive CapitalMcMillanBorden Ladner GervaisDavies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Sale of 80% of KUBRA to the Hearst Corporation
FT Partners Hearst CorporationKubra
Acquisition of Parago by BlackhawkNetwork’s
Raymond JamesBlackhawk NetworkIntralinksK&L Gates
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CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (OVER $500MM TO $1B)
Acquisition of BrightRoll by Yahoo YahooBrightroll
Sale of GFI Group Inc. To BGC Partners White & Case LLPBGC PartnersGFI Group Inc
Acquisition of Compressor Systems, Inc.(CSI) by Compressco Partners L.P.
Raymond JamesCompressco Partners, L.P.Compressor Systems, Inc.PPHB
Sale of RIDLEY to Alltech Gislason & Hunter LLPRIDLEY Inc.Alltech
Acqusition of GrowHow UK Limited byCF Industries Holdings, Inc.
CF Industries HoldingsGrowHow UK Limited
Acquisition of Outfront Media VW Communications LLC by CBS Outdoor LLC
Centerview Partners LLCEvercore Partners Inc.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPGoldman Sachs & Co.Jones DayOnera Media, Inc.Peter J. Solomon Company
Acquisition of Vantage Pipeline US and Vantage Pipeline Canada ULC by Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Blake, Cassels & GraydonBracewell & GiulianiCIBC World Markets, Inc.Fulbright & JaworskiLatham & WatkinsRBC Capital Markets
Acqusition of Bill Barrett Corp., Natural Gas and Liquids Properities by Vanguard Operations, LLC
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.Davis Graham & StubbsDoherty & Doherty LLP
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Acquisition of UNS Energy Corporationby Fortis
White & Case LLPFortisUNS Energy
Acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares by BB&T Corp.
Keefe Bruyette & WoodsSusquehanna BancsharesBB&T Corporation
Restructuring of Indiana Finance Authority and Sale to IFM Investors
UBS Invstment BankKPMG Corporate Finance LLCOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBarnes & Thornburg LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPMacquarieMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLPMoelisTaft Stettinuis & Hollister LLP
Acquisition of TASC, Inc. by Engility, Inc. Bass, Berry & Sims PLCTASCKKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.)General AtlanticSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPEngility, IncWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLPBarclaysLazard Frères & Co. LLC
Merger of Aeroflex Holding Corp.with Cobham plc
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPAeroflex Holding Corp.Bank of AmericaBrunswick Group LLPCobham plcGoldman, Sachs & CoMerril LynchRichards, Layton & Finger PASkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OF THE YEAR (OVER $1B)
Merger of Navig8 Crude Tankers and General Maritime
Seward & KisselGeneral MaritimeNavig8 Crude Tankers
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Acquisition of Emerson Electric CO. by Regal Beloit Corporation
White & Case LLPEmerson Electric CO. Regal Beloit Corporation
Acquisition of Midwest Generation Assets by DYNEGY Inc
White & Case LLP DYNEGY IncMidwest Generation Assets
IX. M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (FROM $10MM TO $25MM)
Acquisition of InTech Aerospace by Ranger Aerospace
Ranger Aerospace LLCInTech Aerospace
Sale of Substantially All of its Assets to an Affiliate of Centre Lane Partners, LLC by Saladworks, LLC
SSG Capital Advisors LLCCentre Lane Partners, LLCCole Schotz P.C.EisnerAmper, LLC JVSW, LLCKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLPLandis Rath & Cobb LLP Saladworks, LLCWeir & Partners LLP WS Finance, LLC
Acquisition of Donovan & Watkins by BG Staffing
De Bellas & Co.BG StaffingWillis Group
Acquisition of Infotrieve by Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
Signal HillCopyright Clearance Center (CCC)Houlihan LokeyInfotrieve
Acquisition of Rubadue Wire Company by Pelican Wire Company
SDR VenturesAkerman LLPPelican Wire Company, Inc. Rubadue Wire Company
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M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $25MM TO $50MM)
Acquisition of ASE Holdings, Inc. by GenCap America
Cleary Gull Inc.Bass, Berry & Sims PLCBMOCenterfield Capital PartnersDecosimoEagle Private Capital, LLCGenCap America, Inc.Grant Thornton LLPLindquist & Vennum LLPSun Trust BankTonka Bay Equity Partners LLC
Sale of rogenSi to Teletech Holdings, Inc. Carl Marks AdvisorsTeletech Holdings, IncThomsons Lawyers
Acquisition of Amtech Corporation by Blackford Capital
Lambert, Edwards & AssociatesBlackford CapitalMcClarin Plastics
Acquisition of Nelson Pipeline by Beirne Pipeline Holdings partnered with Axis Private Equity
Headwaters MBAhmann MartinAxis Private EquityBauerle & CoBeirne Pipeline HoldingsFirst Western TrustFox Rothchild LLPNavigator PartnersNelson Pipeline Constructors, Inc.PolsinelliWhite Oak Global Advisor
Acquisition of Yardney by OM Group, Inc. Capstone PartnersBNP ParibasEaglePicher TechnologiesHamil/MartinJones DayOM GroupYardney Technical Products
Recapitalization of Consolo Services Group Generational Capital Markets, Inc. Consolo Services GroupBluff Point Associates
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M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $50MM TO $75MM)
Acquisition of A.R.E. Accessories by Tectum Holdings, Inc.
Western Reserve PartnersA.R.E. AccessoriesGoodwin ProcterTA Associates Inc.Tectum Holdings, Inc.
Majority Investment of AIM Software byWelsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Marlin & Associates AIM SoftwareWelsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Acquisition of Risk Management Strategies, Inc. by Alpine Investors
Allegiance Capital Corp.Alpine InvestorsAlvarez & MarsalPerkins CoieRisk Management Strategies, Inc.
Acquisition of Burke by Incline Cleary Gull Inc.BCI Burke Company, LLCCleary Gull Inc.Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.Grant Thornton LLPIncline Equity PartnersMadison Capital FundingMichael Best & Friedrich LLPPwC
Majority Recapitalization of SkillSurvey, Inc. by Primus Capital
Raymond JamesGoodwin Procter LLPMerrill DataSiteMorgan Lewis & Bockius LLPPrimus CapitalSkillSurvey, Inc.
Acquisition of Porter's Group by an affiliate of Resilience Capital Partners
Resilience Capital PartnersBrown Gibbons Lang & CompanyErnst & YoungHuntington BankHynes IndustriesJones DayRoth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge
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Acquisition of A&S Kinard by Celadon Group, Inc.
BB&T Capital MarketsA&S KinardCeladon Group, Inc.Larsen MacColl PartnersMiller & Martin PLLC
Acquisition of InStep Software, LLC by Schneider Electric
Skyway Capital PartnersCrowe HorwathInStep Software LLCJenner & Block LLPKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLPPwCSchneider Electric
Acquisition of EXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp. by Inmar
BCMS Corporate LLCAlston & Bird, LLPEXP Pharmaceutical Services Corp.FirmexGrant Thornton LLPGunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLPInmarMyers & Myers
Acquisition of The Trustees of Noble Hospital, Inc.by Baystate Health, Inc.
Nixon PeabodyBaystate Health, Inc.Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas LLPThe Trustees of Noble Hospital, Inc.
Acquisition of Information Mosaic Limited by Markit Group Limited
Marlin & AssociatesInformation MosaicMarkit
Sale of YESCO to Samsung Electronics KPMG Corporate Finance LLCDeloitte Laurus Transaction Advisors Squire Patton Boggs Stoel Rives LLP
Acquisition of Master Cutlery by Champlain Capital
Capstone PartnersChamplain Capital Kho & Patel CPA Master Cutlery Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
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Acquisition of Wheels Group Inc. by Radiant Logistics, Inc.
Fox Rothschild LLPBennett Jones LLPRadiant Logistics, Inc.Wheels Group Inc.
Carve-Out of Mobile Mini, Inc. North American Mobile Office Fleet to Acton Mobile Industries
Prophet EquityJackson Walker L.L.P.Oppenheimer & Co.PNC BankSprock Capital AdvisoryWells Fargo Capital Finance
Sale of SJ Partners LLC Portfolio Company Spectrio LLC to The Riverside Company
SJ Partners LLCSpectrio LLCKirkland & EllisLazard Middle Market LLCNXT CapitalShumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLPThe Riverside Company
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $75MM TO $100MM)
Merger of Sandbox Studio, LLC and KSC Studio, LLC to create Digital Content Services (DCS) Holding Company by Bertram Capital
Bertram CapitalCross Keys CapitalFirst RepublicFTI ConsultingHSBCSandbox Studio, LLCTuckman
Acquisition of Quality Metalcraft by Watermill Group
Watermill GroupGoodwin Procter LLP Greystone Strategies Medley Capital Phoenix Management Services PNC Quarton Partners
Majority Investment in Trax Technologies by Strattam Capital
Strattam CapitalCapital Southwest CorporationPartners for GrowthRiver Cities Capital FundsSilicon Valley BankStrattam CapitalTrax TechnologiesWilliam BlairWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $100MM TO $250MM)
Sale of The Flexan Corporation to Linden Capital Partners
Mesirow FinancialErnst & YoungGolub CapitalIntralinksKirkland & Ellis LLPLevenfeld Pearlstein, LLCLinden Capital PartnersPlante Moran
Acquisition of Fox River Fiber by HIG Capital
Cleary Gull Inc.Fox River Fiber Company, LLCGrant ThorntonH.I.G. Capital, LLCMcDermott Will & Emery LLPPNC BankQuarles & Brady LLPWipfli LLP
Merger of DLH Industries and Bowles Fluidics, a portfolio company of Morgenthaler Private Equity
P&M Corporate FinanceBowles FluidicsDLH IndustriesMorgenthaler Private Equity
Sale of Motor Vehicle Software Corporation to Accel KKR
J.D. Ford & Company Accel KKRMotor Vehicle Software Corporation
Sale of Columbus Data Services’ to Cardtronics
Raymond JamesCardtronics Columbus Data Services Jones Walker KPMG Merrill DataSite
Acquisition of Ariad Communications by High Road Capital Partners
High Road Capital Partners Ariad Custom Communication Babson Capital Management Blake, Cassels & Graydon Blue Spire Marketing Fifth Third Bank IGS KPMG Petsky Prunier Royal Bank of Canada Thompson Hine U.S. Bank
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Sale of The Cleaning Authority KPMG Corporate Finance LLCThe Cleaning Authority
Acquisition of PAI Group Inc (PayChoice) by Group plc (LSE:SGE)
Raymond JamesDeloitte & Touche LLPGoodwin ProcterGrant ThorntonGreat Hill PartnersPayChoiceRW BairdSage SoftwareSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPWilliam Blair
Acquisition of CompoSecure, LLC, by LLR Partners
Generational EquityBDO USA LLCComposecure, LLCDLA PiperDrinker BiddleFriedman LLPLLR Partners
Recapitalization of Ravn Air Group by J.F. Lehman & Company in Partnership with W Capital Partners and Bob Hajdukovich
Headwaters MBBlank RomeJ.F. Lehman & CompanyMcKinsey & CompanyNorton Rose FulbrightPwCRavn Air Group
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $250MM TO $500MM)Sale of Blue Bird Corporation to Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPCerberus Capital Management LPEvercore Partners Inc.Lowenstein Sandler LLPHennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.BMO Capital Markets Corp.Sidley Austin LLPEllenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Acquisition of Recurrent Energy, LLC by Canadian Solar Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLPCanadian Solar Inc.Recurrent Energy, LLC
Sale of Archer Daniels Midland Company to Cargill
Jenner & BlockArcher Daniels Midland CompanyCargill
Restructuring of Orange Co Citrus Grove by Berger Singerman
Berger SingermanWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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Employee Acquisition of Nation Safe Drivers
Butcher Joseph & CoMedley Management, Inc.Northport Capital, LLC. a Resource America, Inc. CompanyNSD Holdings, Inc.Alcentra Capital CorporationBankUnited NAFifth Third BankKeefe McCullough CPA’s + Trusted AdvisorsMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPNation Safe DriversProskauer Rose LLPStout Risius Ross, Inc.
Acquisition of Oasis Outsourcing byStone Point Capital
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLPLocke Lorde LLP Oasis Outsourcing
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $5000MM TO $1 BILLION)
Acquisition of Compressor Systems, Inc. (CSI) by Compressco Partners L.P.
Raymond JamesCompressco Partners, L.P.Compressor Systems, Inc.PPHB
Sale of Protective Industries, Inc., aWindjammer Capital portfolio company, to Berwind Corporation
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLPAlvarez & MarsalBerwind CorporationDechert LLPErnst & YoungHoulihan Lokey CapitalWindjammer Capital Investors
Sale of GFI Group Inc. To BGC Partners White & Case LLP BGC PartnersGFI Group Inc.
Sale of a Minor Stake of Penske Truck Leasing Co. to Mitsui Co. & Ltd.
Mitsui Co. & LtdGeneral Electric CompanyPenske Truck Leasing Co.
Acquisition of TR Manufacturing by Corning Capstone PartnersTR ManufacturingCorning Optical CommunicationsLincoln International
Acquisition of Brunswick Corporation’s Bowling Business by Bowlmor AMF
ProskauerBowlmor AMFSidley Austin LLP
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Acquisition of BrightRoll by Yahoo YahooBrightroll
Sale of RIDLEY to Alltech Gislason & Hunter LLPRIDLEY Inc.Alltech
Merger/Spin-Off of The E.W. Scripps Company and Journal Communications
BakerHostetlerEvercore Partners Inc.Methuselah AdvisorsSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSullivan & Cromwell LLPThe E.W. Scripps CompanyWells Fargo Securities
Acquisition of Ipreo from KKR by Goldman Sachs and Blackstone
Marlin & AssociatesBlackstone Goldman SachsIpreo KKR
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $1 BILLION TO $5 BILLION)
Acquisition of MOM Brands by Post Holdings Faegre Baker DanielsBofA Merrill LynchLewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.Post Consumer Brands
Sale of Majority Stake of Sterigenics International to Warburg Pincusby GTCR
GTCR LLCSterigenics InternationalWarburg Pincus
Acquisition of Cirque du Soleil by a consortium led by Fosun and TPG Capital
Fosun GroupBank of America Merrill LynchBank of Montreal Cirque du SoleilCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Deutsche Bank Fosun InternationalGoldman SachsMerrill Corp.National Bank of CanadaNorton Rose FulbrightOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt Paul HastingsPwC LLPRopes & Gray Royal Bank of Canada TD Securities UBS
Merger of Navig8 Crude Tankers and General Maritime
Seward & Kissel Navig8 Crude TankersGeneral Maritime
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Acquisition of TASC, Inc. by Engility, Inc. Bass, Berry & Sims PLCBarclaysEngilityGeneral AtlanticKohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.Lazard Frères & Co. LLCSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPTASCWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Sale of Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer
Greenberg Glusker LLPBank of America Merrill LynchCovington & Burling LLPGreenberg Glusker LLPMicrosoft (ret)The Sterling Family Trust
Acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares by BB&T Corp.
Keefe Bruyette & WoodsBB&T CorporationSullivan & Cromwell LLPSusquehanna Bancshares
Spin-Off of Energizer Holdings, Inc. Energizer Holdings, Inc.Edgewell Personal Care
M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR (OVER $5 BILLION)
Merger of the Safeway Grocery Store Chain
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPAlbertsons Bank of America Merrill LynchGoldman, Sachs & Co.Latham & Watkins LLPRichards, Layton & Finger PASafeway Inc.
Acquisition of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP; Kinder Morgan Management, LLC; and El Paso Partners, LP by Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLPEl Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.Kinder Morgan Management, LLC Weil Gotshal
Acquisition of Biomet, Inc. by ZimmerHoldings, Inc.
White & CaseBiomet, Inc.Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
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Acquisition of GE Capital Real Estate assets by Wells Fargo and Blackstone
DechertHogan LovellsSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Successful Completion merger of Kraft Heinz Co.
3G CapitalBerkshire HathawayCenterview PartnersPaul WeissSullivan & CromwellLazard Freres & Co. Cravath Swaine & MooreDavies Ward Philips & VinebergKirkland & Ellis
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Merger of Energy Transfer Partnersand Regency Energy Partners
Barclays Capital Inc.Latham & WatkinsRichards, Layton & Finger, P.A.Citigroup Global MarketsJ.P. Morgan SecuritiesMackenzie PartnersAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPBaker Botts LLPMorris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Restructuring of Indiana Finance Authority and Sale to IFM Investors
UBS Invstment BankKPMG Corporate Finance LLCOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPBarnes & Thornburg LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPMacquarieMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLPMoelisTaft Stettinuis & Hollister LLP
Sale of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPSalix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Sullivan & Cromwell LLPPharmaceuticals International, Inc.