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Among the many deals we closed last year, below are
representative examples in key areas of our practice.
FUND FORMATION ACQUISITIONS/DISPOSITIONS FINANCING EVENT
We advised Gamut Capital Manage- We represented Candlelight Invest- Katten represented affiliates of Sterling
ment, L.P. in the formation and related ment Partners LLC in the sale of Partners in connection with the $456.5
fundraising of the biggest buyout HALO Branded Solutions to Audax million IPO of Laureate Education, Inc.,
fund for a first-time US manager in Private Equity. HALO is one of the the owner and operator of the largest
nearly four years, Gamut Investment largest companies in the $20 billion global network of degree-granting
Fund I, L.P. (and affiliates). The fund, promotional products industry. higher education institutions. Along
started in 2015 by two former Apollo with a number of other investors,
Global Management LLC executives, We represented BBH Capital Partners Sterling previously took the company
announced its final closing at $1 billion, V in the recapitalization of American private in 2007.
exceeding the fund’s $750 million Physician Partners (APP) in December
target. 2016. APP provides emergency room PORTFOLIO COMPANY
doctors and other staff to hospitals. REPRESENTATION
This was the first deal by BBH Capital
Partners out of BBH Capital Partners V. We represented Centre Lane Partners
LLC’s portfolio company Candle-lite
Katten represented Prairie Capital Company (CL Products International)
and Skyline Global Partners in the in its combination with The Carlyle
sale of Captek Softgel International, a Group’s portfolio company PartyLite
leading manufacturer and distributor (Blyth). In a unique and complex deal,
of softgels for vitamin, mineral and Carlyle and Centre Lane partnered
supplement brands, to Swander Pace to create Luminex Home Décor &
Capital. Fragrance Holding Corporation, a
combined business jointly owned by
the private equity firms.
CHAMBERS USA 2016:
CORPORATE/M&A & PRIVATE EQUITY (ILLINOIS)
MERGERMARKET GLOBAL AND REGIONAL M&A:
US BUYOUTS AND EXITS BY DEAL COUNT, Q1 2016; US BUYOUTS BY DEAL COUNT, H1 2016
THE LEGAL 500 UNITED STATES 2016:
M&A: MIDDLE MARKET; M&A: PRIVATE EQUIT Y BUYOUTS
*“Ten Predictions for Private Equity in 2017,” Forbes 2016 ANNUAL REVIEW | 9
