Kramer Levin represents buyers and sellers, including financial and strategic acquirers ranging from entrepreneurial startups to large multinationals, in mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies. We focus on the middle market and are exposed to a high volume of M&A deal flow in this market segment, which gives us keen insight into deal terms, conditions and trends.
Operating in small teams of experienced lawyers, we deliver sophisticated services in an efficient manner, enhancing the value proposition for our clients. Our experience representing strategic acquirers includes sustained acquisition programs for BlackRock Inc., Deloitte LLP, Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd., AmTrust Financial Services Inc. and National General Holdings Corp. Our private equity fund clients include Stone Point Capital, Atlantic Street Capital, Argand Partners, Cornell Capital, HPS Investment Partners, Paine Schwartz Partners, PIMCO Bravo Strategies PE Funds, York Capital Special Opportunities Fund, Waterfall Sentinel Funds and Sentinel Capital Partners, among others. We have developed deep relationships with these clients, enabling us to fully understand their objectives and preferences and help them achieve their goals effectively and efficiently.
We regularly advise our M&A clients regarding:
Our team has extensive experience advising insurers on the use of representations and warranties products. We helped develop these products and have gained market-leading knowledge on their strategic use in M&A transactions.
Our M&A lawyers frequently collaborate with lawyers from other departments within the firm who have developed considerable M&A proficiency within their own disciplines. Our Litigation department, for example, is often called into M&A matters, as the firm regularly represents clients in heated contests for corporate control.
On July 28, 2022, Kramer Levin client Sentinel Capital Partners announced that it has acquired Bandon Holdings, headquartered in Austin, Texas, the largest franchisee in the Anytime Fitness family. Anytime Fitness, headquartered in Woodbury, Minnesota, is the largest fitness company in the United States and the fastest growing gym franchise in the world. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
On May 23, 2022, Kramer Levin client Sentinel Capital Partners announced that it has sold portfolio company Captain D’s, a leading seafood quick service restaurant chain. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
On May 9, 2022, Kramer Levin client Atlantic Street Capital announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Advancing Eyecare, a leading provider of ophthalmic instruments, to Cornell Capital. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022.
On April 29, 2022, Kramer Levin client VICI Properties Inc. announced that it acquired MGM Growth Properties for a total consideration of $17.2 billion, adding 15 Class A entertainment resort properties to the VICI portfolio. Simultaneous with the closing of the transaction, VICI entered into an amended and restated triple-net master lease with MGM Resorts for an initial annual rent of $860 million. Upon completion of the merger, VICI had an estimated enterprise value of $45 billion, solidifying VICI’s position as the largest experiential net lease REIT.
Band 1 in Fintech in France
Leading New York M&A Practice
Technology Deal of the Year (over $1B): Acquisition of eFront by BlackRock; Restructuring Deal of the Year (over $1B): Restructuring of COFINA; Equity Financing of the Year: Majority recapitalization of SchoolAdmin by Quad Partners
Financial Services M&A Deal of the Year – for Lee Equity Partners acquisition of K2 Insurance Services
Corporate Deal of the Year – BlackRock acquisition of eFront
USA M&A Law Firm of the Year
2nd Annual Top 50 Private Equity Lawyers
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