Stephanie is an experienced and creative dealmaker who focuses her practice on representing private and public companies and private equity firms in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments and other general corporate matters in a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, technology, consumer products, energy/infrastructure, and retail.

Experience

  • Represented Stride Consumer Partners in its:
    • investment in Odele, a Minnesota-based hair care company
    • investment in Patrick Ta Beauty, a luxury beauty brand
    • investment in SkinFix, a clean skincare brand
  • Represented Yasso, a premium frozen Greek yogurt brand, in its sale to Unilever
  • Represented Martignetti Companies on its acquisition of privately held Hartley & Parker, a Connecticut family-owned liquor distribution company
  • Represented Exeter Capital in partnering with NOBULL, a high growth athletic footwear, apparel and accessory brand.
  • Represented Castanea Partners in its
    • investment in Tatcha LLC, a luxury skincare company
    • investment in Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, LLC, a retailer and wholesaler of branded artisanal ice creams
    • investment in Brew Dr. Kombucha, LLC, a producer of kombucha beverages
    • investment in Simms Fishing Products, a manufacturer of technical fishing apparel and accessories
    • investment in Fitness Anywhere LLC, a developer of innovative suspension training equipment and content under the TRX® brand
    • investment in Donald J. Pliner, Inc., a designer of men’s and women’s footwear and accessories
    • investment in Proenza Schouler, LLC, a leading footwear and accessories designer
    • investment in Ippolita, a luxury jewelry brand
  • Represented a consortium of hospitals in a sale transaction for a tri-gen power plant servicing the hospitals.
  • Represented TSG Consumer Partners in connection with its investments in CytoSport, Alexis Bittar, Radio Systems Corporation and Raybern’s
  • Represented Becton Dickinson most recently in its sale of its surgical instruments platform to STERIS and its acquisitions of Parata Systems, Velano Vascular, GSL Solutions and CRISI Medical Systems
  • Represented Genstar Capital in its acquisition of Telestream, a world-class provider of live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions
  • Represented Planet Fitness in its sale to TSG Consumer Partners
  • Represented Samsonite in connection with its acquisitions of the High Sierra, Speck and Gregory brands.
  • Represented State Street Bank in its acquisition of the fund administration services business of Goldman Sachs
  • Represented EMCOR Group in its $455 million acquisition of RepCon Strickland, a provider of refinery and petrochemical services
  • Represented Eversource in its merger with Northeast Utilities, which created one of the nation’s largest utilities, with an enterprise value totaling $17.5 billion
  • Represented Veolia and I Squared Capital in their acquisition of the Kendall Square Power Station, a 256 megawatt producer of electrical and steam energy
  • Represented the underwriters in the IPO of Foundation Medicine, Inc.

Areas of Practice