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Stephen is an associate in the firm's private equity transactions group. He has extensive experience representing private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and strategic acquirors across the full spectrum of complex transactions, including leveraged buyouts, take-privates, carve-outs, divestitures, recapitalizations and growth equity investments. Stephen regularly serves as the day-to-day lead on transactions and advises clients on add-on acquisitions, dispositions, corporate governance and management equity arrangements. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Stephen developed a broad M&A practice at a leading international law firm.
Experience
- American Securities and its portfolio company Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC in Emerald's $1.1 billion sale to LANXESS AG*
- Ardena, a portfolio company of GHO Capital, in its carve-out acquisition of Catalent's drug product manufacturing facility in Somerset, NJ
- Aterian Investment Partners in its sale of Stewart Tubular Products to Pelican Energy Partners*
- Berkshire Partners in its sale of Ensemble Health
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Sustana Group*
- BV Investment Partners in its sale of Risk International
- Cornell Capital in the acquisition by INW Manufacturing LLC of Capstone Nutrition*
- CPP Investments, together with Silver Lake, in their $12.5 billion take-private of Qualtrics*
- CVC Capital Partners in its acquisitions of Radwell International (and its acquisition of ESH)*
- Dave Carter & Associates, Inc., a leading multiline distributor of RV products, as the DIP lender and stalking horse purchaser in an asset sale pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in connection with Norcold, LLC's chapter 11 case in the District of Delaware
- Gauge Capital in its partial sale of CENTEGIX, a provider of innovative workplace safety solutions, to Charlesbank Capital Partners
- General Atlantic in its investment in U.S. Urology Partners, a provider of practice management services to urology practices.
- GHK Capital Partners in its acquisition of ITS Logistics, Inc.*
- J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of a majority stake in iLendingDIRECT*
- J.C. Flowers, together with Bain Capital and others, in the $100 million acquisition of a minority stake in Insigneo Financial Group LLC*
- McNally Capital in its acquisition of Airforce Turbine Service, an aviation services company specializing in maintenance, repair, and overhaul of engines.
- McNally Capital in its majority investment in Jewett Automation, a provider of factory automation and system integration services.
- McNally Capital in its acquisition of Quiet Professionals, a defense contracting company.
- Partners Capital in the sale of a minority stake to General Atlantic
- PSG, as principal stockholder, together with Lumaverse, in the recapitalization of Lumaverse Technologies by L Squared Capital Partners*
- SEKO Logistics, a global end-to-end logistics partner with nearly 50 years of logistics expertise and 150 offices in more than 60 countries, in its 2024 comprehensive out of court recapitalization, which was supported across SEKO's capital structure by its key stakeholders and included significant new money investment
- Trailer Park Group, a portfolio company of Erie Street Growth Partners, in its carve-out sale of Mutiny, a gaming marketing and content production agency, to Shamrock Capital.
- U.S. Urology Partners in its acquisition of New Jersey Urology from Summit Health
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray