Graham Foster is a senior attorney and a member of the firm’s corporate department. His practice focuses on private equity-backed and strategic mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Graham practiced both in-house at a regional investment adviser and at another large firm in Boston where he worked on a variety of corporate matters, including venture capital financings and public- and private-company mergers and acquisitions.

Experience

  • Represented TPG in its acquisition of Ellucian, a leading global provider of higher education software and services, based in Fairfax, Va.
  • Represented Bain Capital in its majority equity commitment to QuVa Pharma, Inc., a newly formed national platform for sterile compounding pharmacy services.
  • Represented Genstar Capital and its portfolio company All Web Leads in their negotiation of a definitive agreement to acquire insuranceQuotes.com, the insurance division of Bankrate, Inc..
  • Represented Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Central Florida in the closing of its acquisition of Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company.
  • Represented H.I.G. Middle Market, the dedicated middle market investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, in its acquisition of Universal Fiber Systems LLC, a Bristol, Va. company that produces high quality, highly customized solution-dyed synthetic filament-based fiber for the flooring, transportation, performance apparel and industrial fibers industries.
  • Represented MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, in its agreement with UBS Global Asset Management to acquire its alternative fund services business.
  • Represented Audax Group in its acquisition of a leading regional provider of adult day services.

Areas of Practice