The Deal Awards Middle Market NYC 2020 Shortlist
Award Categories
Deal of the Year
Kaman acquires Bal Seal Engineering
Target: Bal Seal Engineering Inc.
Investment Adviser:
William Blair & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Acquirer: Kaman Corp.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
CoreVest Management and Fortress sell CoreVest American Finance to Redwood Trust
Target/Sellers: CoreVest American Finance Lender LLC/ CoreVest Management Partners LLC and Fortress Investment Group LLC
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Acquirer: Redwood Trust Inc.
Investment Adviser:
JMP Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank:
McGuireWoods LLP
Outside Counsel:
Mayer Brown LLP
Colony Capital adds Digital Bridge Holdings
Target: Digital Bridge Holdings LLC
Investment Adviser:
Dean Bradley Osborne Partners LLC
Outside Counsel:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Acquirer: Colony Capital Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Clifford Chance LLP
PR Firm:
Lambert Blicksilver
Meredith sells Fortune to Chatchaval Jiaravanon
Target/Seller: Fortune brand/Meredith Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Citigroup Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Cooley LLP
Acquirer: Fortune Media Group Holdings Ltd./Chatchaval Jiaravanon
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Adviser:
Deloitte LLP
New Jersey Resources acquires Leaf River Energy from Macquarie
Target/Seller: Leaf River Energy Center LLC/Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Sidley Austin LLP
Acquirers: New Jersey Resources Corp./NJR Midstream Holdings Corp.
Outside Counsel:
Locke Lord LLP
Piper Jaffray acquire Sandler O’Neill from Kelso and Carlyle
Target/Sellers: Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP/Kelso & Co. and Carlyle Group Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
PR Firm:
Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Piper Jaffray Cos.
Investment Adviser:
JMP Securities LLC
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Latham & Watkins LLP
Outside Counsel:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Dealmaker of the Year
Garrett Charon, Ropes & Gray LLP
Robert Frost, Lazard Ltd.
Rama Padmanabhan, Cooley LLP
Howard T. Spilko, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Matthew Zimmer, William Blair & Co. LLC
Public Relations Firm of the Year
Abernathy MacGregor Group Inc.
Brunswick Group LLP
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Lambert Blicksilver
Stanton Public Relations & Marketing LLC
Most Innovative Deal of the Year
LabCorp retools Covance through M&A with Envigo
Target/Seller: Envigo nonclinical research services business/Envigo International Holdings Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Jefferies LLC
Outside Counsel:
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Acquirers: Covance Inc./Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Outside Counsel:
Hogan Lovells
Verisk Analytics acquires Flexible Architecture from NexPhase Capital
Target/Sellers: Flexible Architecture & Simplified Technology LLC/NexPhase Capital LLC
Investment Adviser:
William Blair & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer: Verisk Analytics Inc.
Outside Counsel:
McCarter & English LLP
L Catterton acquires Cholula from Jose Cuervo parent
Target/Seller: Cholula Food Co./Becle SAB de CV
Investment Adviser:
Vace Partners
Outside Counsel:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Acquirer: L Catterton
Investment Adviser
Alvarez & Marsal LLC
McKinsey & Co.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Outside Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Canaan Partners and Bessemer sell Zoosk to Spark Networks
Target/Sellers: Zoosk Inc./Bessemer Venture Partners LP and Canaan Partners
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB
Fenwick & West LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Acquirer: Spark Networks SE
Outside Counsel:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Daimler Trucks and Buses acquires majority stake in Torc Robotics
Target: Torc Robotics Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Cooley LLP
Acquirer: Daimler AG
Outside Counsel:
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Specialty Awards
Private Equity Deal of the Year
One Equity Partners sells Anvil International to Smith-Cooper International
Target/Seller: Anvil International LLC/One Equity Partners LLC
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
BlackArch Partners LP
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
PR Firm:
Stanton Public Relations & Marketing LLC
Acquirers: Smith-Cooper International Inc./Tailwind Capital LLC and Barings LLC
Investment Adviser:
Barclays
Outside Counsel:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
PR Firm:
Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Eurazeo adds Elemica from Thoma Bravo
Target/Seller: Elemica Inc./Thoma Bravo LLC
Investment Adviser:
Aeris Partners LLC
Outside Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Acquirer: Eurazeo Capital IV
Investment Adviser:
Evercore Inc.
PR Firm:
Edelman Inc.
VMG exits Perfect Snacks to Mondelez
Target/Seller: Perfect Bar LLC/VMG Partners
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Acquirer: Mondelez International Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Intertrust acquires Viteos from Public Pension Capital and FiveW Capital
Target/Sellers: Viteos Fund Services LLC/Public Pension Capital LLC and FiveW Capital LLC
Investment Adviser:
Jefferies LLC
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
Trilegal
Acquirer: Intertrust NV
Investment Adviser:
Deutsche Bank AG
Counsel to I-bank:
Allen & Overy LLP
Outside Counsel:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Stibbe
Harvest Partners acquires Yellowstone Landscaping
Target/ Seller: Yellowstone Landscape Group Inc./CIVC Partners LP
Investment Adviser:
Harris Williams & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Acquirer: Harvest Partners LP
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
William Blair & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Ropes & Gray LLP
PR Firm:
Lambert Blicksilver
Restructuring Deal of the Year
Novelion unit Aegerion Pharmaceuticals merges in prenegotiated case
Seller: Novelion Therapeutics Inc.
Legal Counsel: Goodwin Procter LLP and Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Investment Adviser: Evercore Partners Inc.
Debtor: Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Legal Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Investment Adviser: Moelis & Co. LLC
Restructuring Adviser: AlixPartners LLP
Acquirer: Amryt Pharma plc
Legal Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Investment Adviser: Shore Capital & Corporate Ltd.
Floral and gifting company FTD raises bids for assets at auction
Debtor: FTD Cos.
Legal Counsel: Jones Day and Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Investment Adviser: Moelis & Co. LLC and Piper Jaffray & Co.
Restructuring Adviser: AlixPartners LLP
Acquirers: Nexus Capital Management LP (FTD.com and ProFlowers); 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (gourmet foods business); PlanetArt LLC (Gifts.com, Personal Creations and Red Envelope)
Legal Counsel: Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (Nexus); Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (1-800-Flowers.com); Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Culhane Meadows PLLC and Fox Rothschild LLP (PlanetArt)
Investment Adviser: Oppenheimer & Co. (PlanetArt)
Norpac Foods completes multifaceted sale through Chapter 11
Debtor: Norpac Foods Inc.
Legal Counsel: Tonkon Torp LLP
Restructuring Adviser: SierraConstellation Partners LLC
Acquirers: Oregon Potato Co. (most assets); Lineage Logistics Holdings LLC (food processing facilities)
Legal Counsel: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Oregon Potato); Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Lineage)
Opioid producer Insys Therapeutics sells assets in closely watched case
Debtor: Insys Therapeutics Inc.
Legal Counsel: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Investment Adviser: Lazard Ltd.
Restructuring Adviser: FTI Consulting Inc.
Acquirers: Hikma Pharmaceuticals LLC (naloxone and epinephrine nasal sprays); Chilion Group Holdings US Inc. (buprenorphine sublingual spray and other assets); BTcP Pharma LLC (Subsys)
Legal Counsel: Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Chilion); Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC (BTcP)
White Star Petroleum fetches higher price after auction at sale hearing
Debtor: White Star Petroleum Holdings LLC
Legal Counsel: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Investment Adviser: Guggenheim Securities LLC
Restructuring Adviser: Alvarez & Marsal LLC
Acquirer: Contango Oil & Gas Co.
Legal Counsel: Haynes and Boone LLP
Private Equity Adviser of the Year
Geoffrey C. Cockrell, McGuireWoods LLP
Jason Freedman, Ropes & Gray LLP
Jennifer Perkins, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jeffrey Poss, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Lucantonio Salvi, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Restructuring Advisory Firm of the Year
Alvarez & Marsal LLC
Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Piper Jaffray & Co. (Now Piper Sandler Cos.)
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
Consumer, Retail, Food & Beverage
Consumer, Retail, Food & Beverage Deal of the Year
Anheuser-Busch adds Craft Brew Alliance
Target: Craft Brew Alliance Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Outside Counsel:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Proxy Solicitor:
MacKenzie Partners Inc.
PR Firm:
Edelman Inc.
Acquirer: Anheuser-Busch Co. LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Outside Counsel:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Special Counsel:
K&L Gates LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Boston Beer acquires Dogfish Head
Target/Seller: Dogfish Head Holding Co./Dogfish Head Founders & LNK Partners LLC
Investment Adviser:
Arlington Capital Advisors LLC
Outside Counsel:
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PR Firm:
Kekst CNC
Acquirer: Boston Beer Co.
Investment Adviser:
Ardea Partners LP
Outside Counsel:
Nixon Peabody LLP
PR Firm:
Abernathy MacGregor Group Inc.
Hudson’s Bay sells Lord & Taylor to Le Tote
Target/Seller: Lord & Taylor LLC/Hudson’s Bay Co.
Investment Adviser:
PJ Solomon LP
Outside Counsel:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Acquirer: Le Tote Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Citigroup Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Unilever acquire Olly Nutrition from Serena Ventures
Target/Seller: Olly Public Benefit Corp./Serena Ventures
Investment Adviser:
William Hood & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Goodwin Procter LLP
Acquirer: Unilever plc/NV
Outside Counsel:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Perrigo sells Sergeant’s Pet Care Products to PetIQ
Target/Seller: Sergeant’s Pet Care Products Inc./Perrigo Co. plc
Investment Adviser:
William Blair & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Acquirer: PetIQ Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Jefferies LLC
Outside Counsel:
Baker Botts LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
Adviser:
KPMG LLP
Consumer, Retail, Food & Beverage Law Firm of the Year
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
Consumer, Retail, Food & Beverage Investment Bank of the Year
Evercore Partners Inc.
Financo LLC
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Moelis & Co. LLC
PJ Solomon LP
Consumer, Retail, Food & Beverage Dealmaker of the Year
Tim Alexander, Harris Williams & Co.
Rebecca Farrington, White & Case LLP
Lori Green, Nixon Peabody LLP
Leo Greenberg, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Vennette Ho, Financo LLC
Energy & Industrials
Energy & Industrials Deal of the Year
Greenbrier acquires the manufacturing business of American Railcar
Target/Seller: American Railcar Industries Inc. – manufacturing business/ITE Management LP
Investment Adviser:
Deutsche Bank AG
Outside Counsel:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Acquirer: Greenbrier Cos.
Investment Adviser:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Outside Counsel:
Paul Hastings LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Kaman acquires Bal Seal Engineering
Target/Seller: Bal Seal Engineering Inc.
Investment Adviser:
William Blair & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Acquirer: Kaman Corp.
Investment Adviser:
JPMorgan Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Huntsman adds FFL Partners-backed Icynene-Lapolla
Target/Seller: Icynene-Lapolla/FFL Partners LLC
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Outside Counsel:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Acquirer: Huntsman Corp.
Outside Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
New Jersey Resources acquires Leaf River Energy from Macquarie
Target/Seller: Leaf River Energy Center LLC/Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Sidley Austin LLP
Acquirers: New Jersey Resources Corp./NJR Midstream Holdings Corp.
Outside Counsel:
Locke Lord LLP
Ring Energy acquires Wishbone Energy from Quantum Energy Partners
Target/Seller: Wishbone Energy LLC/Quantum Energy Partners LP
Investment Adviser:
CIBC Griffis & Small
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Outside Counsel:
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Acquirer: Ring Energy Inc.
Investment Adviser:
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Energy & Industrials Law Firm of the Year
King & Spalding LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Locke Lord LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Energy & Industrials Investment Bank of the Year
Evercore Partners Inc.
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Lazard Ltd.
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
William Blair & Co. LLC
Energy & Industrials Dealmaker of the Year
Hugh Babowal, Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Jeff Chen, Lazard Ltd.
Michael De Voe Piazza, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Jay Hughes, McGuireWoods LLP
John Pitts, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Financial Services
Financial Services Deal of the Year
Crescent Capital BDC acquires fellow business development company Alcentra
Target: Alcentra Capital Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Counsel to I-bank:
Alston & Bird LLP
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Proxy Solicitor:
D.F. King & Co.
PR Firm:
Brunswick Group LLP
Acquirers: Crescent Capital BDC Inc./Crescent Capital Group LP
Investment Adviser:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Counsel to I-bank:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Outside Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
CoreVest Management and Fortress sell CoreVest American Finance to Redwood Trust
Target/Sellers: CoreVest American Finance Lender LLC/CoreVest Management Partners LLC and Fortress Investment Group LLC
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Acquirer: Redwood Trust Inc.
Investment Adviser:
JMP Securities LLC
Counsel to I-bank:
McGuireWoods LLP
Outside Counsel:
Mayer Brown LLP
Piper Jaffray acquire Sandler O’Neill from Kelso and Carlyle
Target/Sellers: Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP/Kelso & Co. and Carlyle Group Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
PR Firm:
Sard Verbinnen & Co. LLC
Acquirer: Piper Jaffray Cos.
Investment Adviser:
JMP Securities LLC
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Latham & Watkins LLP
Outside Counsel:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Syncora Guarantee acquired by GoldenTree affiliate
Target/Seller: Syncora Guarantee Inc./Syncora Holdings Ltd.
Investment Adviser:
Moelis & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Acquirers: Star Insurance Holdings LLC/GoldenTree Asset Management LP
Investment Adviser:
Goldin Associates LLC
Outside Counsel:
Sidley Austin LLP
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
MasterCard acquires Trans-Fast Remittance from GCP Capital Partners and Apis Partners
Target/Sellers: Trans-Fast Remittance LLC/Apis Partners LLP and GCP Capital Partners LLC
Outside Counsel:
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Acquirer: MasterCard Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Sidley Austin LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
Dechert LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC
Sidley Austin LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Financial Services Investment Bank of the Year
D.A. Davidson & Co.
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.
Raymond James Financial Inc.
Sandler O’Neill + Partners LP (Now Piper Sandler Cos.)
Financial Services Dealmaker of the Year
Scott Anderson, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.
William Burgess III, Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP (Now Piper Sandler Cos.)
Kirk Lipsey, Sidley Austin LLP
Edward Olifer, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Leslie Reese III, Hogan Lovells
Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech
Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Deal of the Year
Clearview Capital exits Advanced Medical Personnel Services to AMN Healthcare
Target/Seller: Advanced Medical Personnel Services Inc./Clearview Capital LLC
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Alston & Bird LLP
PR Firm:
BackBay Communications Inc.
Acquirer: AMN Healthcare Services Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Krevolin & Horst LLC
LabCorp retools Covance through M&A with Envigo
Target/Seller: Envigo nonclinical research services business/Envigo International Holdings Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Jefferies LLC
Outside Counsel:
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Acquirers: Covance Inc./Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Counsel to I-bank:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Outside Counsel:
Hogan Lovells
Merck acquires late-stage immunotherapy company Immune Design
Target: Immune Design Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Lazard Ltd.
Counsel to I-bank:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Outside Counsel:
Cooley LLP
Acquirer: Merck & Co.
Investment Adviser:
Credit Suisse Group
Outside Counsel:
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Gryphon Investors acquires majority stake in Learn Behavioral from LLR Partners
Target/Seller: Learn Behavioral/LLR Partners Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Harris Williams & Co.
Outside Counsel:
McGuireWoods LLP
Acquirer: Gryphon Investors LP
Investment Adviser:
Berkery, Noyes & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PR Firm:
Lambert Blicksilver
AtriCure acquires fellow medical device company SentreHeart
Target/Seller: SentreHeart Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Guggenheim Securities LLC
Outside Counsel:
Goodwin Procter LLP
Acquirer: AtriCure Inc.
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Law Firm of the Year
Goodwin Procter LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Investment Bank of the Year
Cain Brothers (A unit of KeyBanc Capital Markets)
Harris Williams & Co.
Piper Jaffray & Co. (Now Piper Sandler Cos.)
TripleTree LLC
William Blair & Co. LLC
Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Dealmaker of the Year
Eric Klein, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jon Krieger, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
Rama Padmanabhan, Cooley LLP
Matthew Rizzo, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Technology, Media & Telecom
Technology, Media & Telecom Deal of the Year
Colony Capital adds Digital Bridge Holdings
Target: Digital Bridge Holdings LLC
Investment Adviser:
Dean Bradley Osborne Partners LLC
Outside Counsel:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Acquirer: Colony Capital Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Clifford Chance LLP
PR Firm:
Lambert Blicksilver
Verisk Analytics acquires Flexible Architecture from NexPhase Capital
Target: Flexible Architecture & Simplified Technology LLC/NexPhase Capital LLC
Investment Adviser:
William Blair & Co. LLC
Outside Counsel:
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Acquirer: Verisk Analytics Inc.
Outside Counsel:
McCarter & English LLP
Meredith sells Fortune to Chatchaval Jiaravanon
Target/Seller: Fortune brand/Meredith Corp.
Investment Adviser:
Citigroup Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Cooley LLP
Acquirer: Fortune Media Group Holdings Ltd./Chatchaval Jiaravanon
Outside Counsel:
Dechert LLP
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Adviser:
Deloitte LLP
Etsy acquires online musical instruments retail platform Reverb.com
Target: Reverb.com LLC
Investment Adviser:
Fortis Advisors LLC
Outside Counsel:
Winston & Strawn LLP
Acquirer: Etsy Inc.
Outside Counsel:
Fenwick & West LLP
PR Firm:
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Canaan Partners and Bessemer sell Zoosk to Spark Networks
Target/Sellers: Zoosk Inc./Bessemer Venture Partners LP and Canaan Partners
Investment Adviser:
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Outside Counsel:
Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB
Fenwick & West LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Acquirer: Spark Networks SE
Outside Counsel:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Technology, Media & Telecom Law Firm of the Year
Cooley LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Bank of the Year
Evercore Inc.
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
LionTree Advisors LLC
Moelis & Co. LLC
Piper Jaffray & Co. (Now Piper Sandler Cos.)
Technology, Media & Telecom Dealmaker of the Year
James Anderson III, McGuireWoods LLP
Dan Connolly, William Blair & Co. LLC
Matthew Guercio, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Mehdi Khodadad, Sidley Austin LLP
Kris Withrow, Fenwick & West LLP
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