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Elizabeth, a partner in the firm's San Francisco office, focuses her practice primarily on transactional matters, representing private equity firms in the structuring and negotiation of leveraged buyouts, public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and other general corporate matters.
Experience
- Represented a leading platform dental services organization in an out-of-court restructuring involving the deleveraging of its approximately $900 million capital structure, including through an equitization of approximately $300 million of senior secured obligations and the provision of a $75 million new money term loan facility.
- Represented Altamont Capital Partners and Fox Racing in the sale of Fox Racing, a motocross equipment, apparel and accessory brand, to Vista Outdoor.
- Represented Altamont Capital Partners:
- Acquisition of Big Top Manufacturing, a manufacturer of industrial fabric buildings and shelters.
- Acquisition of Mini Melts USA, a manufacturer and distributer of cryogenically frozen ice cream products.
- Acquisition of Nutrition 101, a provider of eco-friendly waste management services for food processors and retailers.
- Sale of Excel Fitness, a Planet Fitness franchise group, to Olympus Partners.
- Sale of Colorado Boxed Beef, a distributor of meat, poultry and seafood products, to Quirch Foods.
- Acquisition of Specialized Packaging Group, a manufacturer of plastic and cardboard packaging materials and supplies.
- Acquisition of Bishop Lifting Products, a manufacturer of rigging products and crane applications.
- Investment in CHE Senior Psychological Services, a provider of behavioral health services to senior care facilities.
- Acquisition of Cotton Patch Café, a southern food restaurant concept with 45 locations.
- Majority investment in Legacy ER & Urgent Care.
- Acquisitions of Tacala, a franchisee of Taco Bell fast-food restaurants in the Southeastern U.S., and related company Boom Foods, a Sonic franchisee.
- Acquisition of Richard's, Carlton's and Blue Ribbon premium specialty foods brands from Atlantic Premium Brands.
- Represented Bain Capital in its acquisition of Dessert Holdings, a dessert company, from Gryphon Investors.
- Represented DuPage Medical Group, one of the nation’s largest independent, multi-specialty physician groups, and DMG Management Services in a $1.45 billion strategic partnership with Ares Management.
- Represented Genstar Capital:
- Portfolio company Worldwide Facilities, a provider of wholesale insurance brokerage services, in its sale to Amwins Group.
- Acquisition of Tekni-Plex, a global company focused on developing highly engineered products, including medical tubing and compounds, pharma barrier films, dispensing components, closure liners and specialty food packaging; Tekni-Plex’s add-on acquisition of three Amcor manufacturing facilities that produce medical packaging; Tekni-Plex’s add-on acquisition of Grupo Phoenix, a manufacturer of packaging products; and Tekni Plex’s add-on acquisition of Seisa Medical, a premier full-service medical device manufacturer.
- Acquisition of PSKW and PDR, now ConnectiveRx, and ConnectiveRx’s subsequent recapitalization.
- Acquisition of Acrisure, a retail insurance brokerage firm, and subsequent exit via a management-led buyout.
- Represented GI Partners in its acquisition of Clinical Ink, a global clinical trial technology company, and subsequent add-on acquisition of Digital Artefacts, a digital endpoint-based technology company that specializes in data capture for complex cognitive, behavioral, and physiological research./li>
- Represented TravelClick and Genstar Capital in the sale of TravelClick to Thoma Bravo.
- Represented TPG Growth:
- $462 million sale of IPG, a provider of surgical cost management solutions.
- Acquisition of Implantable Provider Group, a provider of surgical cost management solutions.
- Minority investment in AnovoRx, a provider of pharmacy services for patients, healthcare providers, payers, and manufacturers.
- Represented TSG Consumer Partners:
- Growth partnership investment in Specialty Dental Brands, one of the largest multi-specialty-only dental support organization (DSO) in the U.S.
- Acquisition of Rough Country, a provider of automobile parts and suspension systems, from Gridiron Capital.
- Investment in Duckhorn Wine Company.
- Acquisition of Backcountry.com, one of the largest online specialty retailers of outdoor gear and apparel.
- Minority investment in Huda Beauty, a manufacturer of beauty products.
- Represented Valeas Capital Partners in its strategic investment in Baker Tilly, a leading advisory CPA firm.