Dee joined Ropes & Gray in 2018 as an associate in Ropes and Gray’s private equity transactions group. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Dee was a mergers & acquisitions associate in the New York office of an international law firm.

Dee represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, divestitures, carve-outs, club deals, minority investments and cross-border transactions. Dee’s practice also includes advising clients on corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Experience

  • Represented New Mountain Capital in its majority investment in ALKU, a specialized contingent staffing and consulting firm, focused on providing highly skilled individuals within areas of life sciences, cloud technology, healthcare IT, data science, and cybersecurity.
  • Represented New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of Radancy, the global leader in enterprise software and services solutions for end-to-end talent sourcing, and represented Radancy in its subsequent add-on acquisitions of Ascendify (a provider of CRM-based recruiter tools) and Brazen Technologies (a provider of advanced hiring event technology).
  • Represented Charlesbank Capital Partners in its investment in Ivanti, Inc., a provider of automated IT and security operations solutions, alongside Ivanti’s existing investors, Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates.
  • Represented Summa Equity in its acquisition of G-CON Manufacturing, Inc., a leading maker of prefabricated cleanrooms used by the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Represented Advent International in connection with its acquisition of AccentCare, one of the largest home health and personal care platforms in the United States, from Oak Hill Capital Partners.
  • Represented AccentCare, a portfolio company of Advent International, in its acquisition of Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care.
  • Represented New Mountain Capital in connection with its majority investment in W2O Group, a top healthcare marketing and communications business, from Mountaingate Capital and represented W2O Group in its subsequent add-on acquisitions of 21GRAMS, Swoop, IPM.ai, ConversationHealth and TI Health.
  • Represented Partners Group in its acquisition of Careismatic Brands (f/k/a Strategic Partners), a leading healthcare apparel company, from New Mountain Capital.
  • Represented Park Place Technologies, a portfolio company of Charlesbank and GTCR, in its acquisition of Curvature, a global leader in independent, multi-vendor support and pre-owned network and data center equipment, from Partners Group.
  • Represented Convey Health Solutions, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its acquisitions of HealthScape Advisors and Pareto Intelligence and represented New Mountain Capital in its sale of Convey Health Solutions to TPG Capital.
  • Represented Weld North Education, a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners and a leading digital education technology company focused on developing digital curriculum and tools for preK-12th grade, in its acquisition of Glynlyon, Inc. from Linsalata Capital Partners.
  • Represented Advent International in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Aimbridge Hospitality, a leading third-party hotel operator, from Lee Equity Partners and General Atlantic and represented Aimbridge Hospitality in subsequent add-on acquisitions of Prism Hotels & Resorts and Terrapin Hospitality.
  • Represented Avista Capital Partners in its acquisition of GCM Holding Corporation, a leading outsourced manufacturer of high-precision components and assemblies, manufacturing solutions primarily for the medtech industry and other select diversified industrial end markets.
  • Represented Harvest Partners in connection with its acquisition of Yellowstone Landscape, the second largest commercial landscaping company in the United States and leading provider of landscape services to over 5,000 customers throughout the Southern and Southwestern United States.
  • Represented Long Point Capital in its sale of CHA Consulting, a provider of design, engineering and consulting services, to First Reserve.
  • Represented Equinox Fitness Clubs in an investment from L Catterton.*
  • Represented Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd., a leading Singapore-based real estate development, investment and capital management company, in its acquisition of the global operations of Oakwood Worldwide, a premier global provider of corporate housing and serviced apartment solutions.*
  • Represented Elanco US Inc., a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, in its acquisition of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica’s U.S. feline, canine and rabies vaccines portfolio and fully integrated manufacturing and R&D site for $885 million.*
  • Represented  Novacap, a Montreal-based private equity firm, in its sale of Oxford Networks, Inc., a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, to Oak Hill Capital Partners.*

Please note that representations with an asterisk (*) were completed prior to joining Ropes & Gray LLP

Areas of Practice