Sean P.D. Berry
- Represented large New York-based private equity firm and its portfolio company in the $80 million sale of its heavy-duty transit bus manufacturing subsidiary to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented one of the largest family offices in the United States in a $25 million equity co-investment in the acquisition of a large manufacturer of charcoal, gas and electric grills and accessories.
- Represented a leading manufacturer and marketer of non-powered lawn and garden tools, wheelbarrows, and other outdoor work products, and its private equity owner, in its $542 million sale to a diversified management and holding company.
- Represented a portfolio company of a New York-based private equity firm focused on the provision of services in support of U.S. national security, in its $1.5 billion sale to another private equity firm.
- Represented a New York-based private equity firm in its $500 million acquisition of the illumination and detection solutions business of a publicly traded health and safety company.
- Represented a leading airport rental car company in its sale to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented a New York-based private equity firm and its portfolio company, a leading operator of upscale steakhouses in its $117 million sale to an industry veteran.
- Represented one of the world’s largest restaurant franchise companies in its acquisition of technology assets and a team of employees from a Canadian ecommerce software development firm.
- Represented a family office in a $12.5 million debt and equity investment in a leading cold pressed juice and smoothie brand.
- Represented a New York-based private equity firm in a $60 billion tender offer for shares of a Japanese multi-industrial conglomerate.
- Represented a multimedia advertising company and its principal private equity fund shareholders in the sale of its outdoor billboard business to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented a New York-based credit opportunity fund in the sale of a portfolio of
radio station assets and FCC licenses to various purchasers. - Represented private equity owners in the sale of a majority interest in a franchise cable operator to an investment consortium.
- Represented a leading manufacturer of fiber optic, copper and wireless video and data transmission equipment and its controlling shareholder in its sale to private equity backed strategic acquirer.
- Represented a large New York-based private equity firm in the acquisition of one of Austria’s largest banks and subsequent recapitalization transactions. At the time the acquisition was the largest private equity investment in Austria’s history.
- Represented the asset management group of a large investment bank in the spin- off of internally managed hedge fund and private equity funds, that included a significant seed investment by the bank in each of the funds.
- Represented credit opportunity fund investment manager and its managed investment funds in connection with an auction and consequent transaction that resulted in a replacement investment manager.
- Represented private equity fund and its affiliates in a $1.25 billion rights offering by one of the largest commercial and consumer finance companies.
- Represented investor group formed to purchase the alternative asset management business of a global financial investment management and insurance company.
- Represented private equity sponsor and its affiliates, in a private exchange and cash tender offer to purchase and/or exchange outstanding notes of a large financial institution and its residential mortgage loan origination and servicing subsidiary for new senior notes, $2.6 billion of preferred stock and $2 billion in cash, resulting in the issuance of approximately $13 billion in new senior notes. At the time, the offering was the largest private bond exchange in history.
- Represented a large private equity firm and its financial institution portfolio investment in connection with the sale of $5 billion in preferred membership interests and warrants to purchase an additional $250 million in preferred membership interests to the U.S. Department of Treasury as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
- Represented family group in restructuring of $3 billion disparate portfolio of operating companies and investments into a Cayman Islands master feeder fund structure.
- Represented a private investor group in the purchase of a minority stake in the parent of a New York baseball franchise.
- Represented one of the largest global family offices in a $20 million equity co- investment in the acquisition of a provider of emergency medical services.
- Represented large private equity fund in its proposed acquisition of a publicly traded provider of pre-paid legal services and its subsequent $75 million investment in preferred stock and warrants to acquire 7.5% of the common stock issued by the ultimate acquirer.
- Represented investor consortium in the acquisition and financing of a leading court reporting and litigation support company, and in connection with subsequent refinancing.
- Represented a publicly traded U.S. based insurance company in the $250 million sale of its reinsurance brokerage business to a U.K.-based reinsurance broker.
- Represented an international specialty chemical portfolio company of a large private equity fund in its acquisition of a leading developer and marketer of specialty chemicals.
- Represented a company that operates a patented rewards platform to encourage individuals to recycle through incentive programs in its sale to a leading recycling technology company.
- Represented a leading manufacturer and servicer of motors, control components, and systems integration solutions for surface, subsurface, and land-based naval applications in its acquisition of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company specializing in motor and generator systems servicing the upstream and downstream oil and petrochemical industries.
- Represented a global consumer products company in the acquisition of a leading manufacturer of cutting boards and kitchen tools.
- Represented leading provider of motor and control solutions for military applications in its sale to a private-equity backed strategic acquirer.
- Represented owners of one of the largest heavy civil construction companies operating in the Northeast United States in the sale of a 50% interest in the company to a subsidiary of one of Italy’s largest industrial conglomerates.
- Represented the owners of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business specializing in motor and generator serving the downstream petrochemical markets as well as on-shore and off-shore oilfield industries in the sale of the company to a well-respected industry veteran.
