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lrichards@paulweiss.com
lrichards@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-202-6481
Lukas Richards is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Private Equity Group. Lukas has diverse experience advising private equity firms, portfolio companies, private companies and public companies in a wide variety of complex business transactions, including leveraged buyouts, dispositions, strategic mergers, take-privates, carve-outs, joint ventures, minority investments and other strategic transactions. Lukas also counsels clients on a variety of corporate governance matters.
EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Â鶹ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø, Weiss, Lukas’s experience included advising:Â
- AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan
- ABRY Partners in:
- its acquisition of Refresh Dental
- its acquisition of KORE Wireless and KORE’s acquisitions of Wyless and ASPIDER
- Apax Partners in:
- its acquisition and subsequent IPO of Paycor, Inc.
- its sale of Aptos to affiliates of Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division
- Apollo Global Management in its acquisition, alongside Apollo portfolio company Athene, of PK AirFinance from GECAS
- Avaya in its $500 million strategic partnership with RingCentral
- Bain Capital in its dividend / recapitalization of Physio-Control Inc.
- BayPine in:
- its acquisition of Mavis Tire Express Services
- its acquisition of Pinnacle Dermatology and Pinnacle’s acquisition of QualDerm Partners
- its acquisition of Penn Foster and Penn Foster’s acquisition of CareerStep
- The Blackstone Group in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Center for Autism and Related Disorders
- Butterfly Equity in its acquisition of Pacifico Aquaculture
- CC Capital in its de-SPAC of Utz Brands
- Centerbridge Partners in its acquisition of Heartland Food from Johnson & Johnson Consumer
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its take-private acquisition of Cornerstone Building Brands
- Equity One in its $15.6 billion merger with Regency Centers Corporation, creating the preeminent shopping center REIT in the U.S.
- iGate Corporation in its $4 billion merger with Cap Gemini S.A.
- ICV Partners in its sale of CAS Group Holdings to Platinum Equity
- KKR in:
- its acquisition of CHI Overhead Doors, CHI’s acquisition of Performax and the subsequent sale of CHI Overhead Doors to Nucor Corporation
- its acquisition of Geostabilization International
- its $5.3 billion joint take-private acquisition, alongside funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, of Cloudera
- its take-private acquisition of Circor International
- its investment in Precipart
- KPS Capital Partners in its acquisition of Briggs & Stratton as stalking horse bidder in connection with its section 363 sale process
- L Catterton in:
- its acquisition of Hanna Andersson
- its investment in The Honest Company
- its $900 million sale of ELEMIS by portfolio company Steiner Leisure
- its strategic investment in FYi Doctors
- MSD Partners in its acquisition, alongside Kainos Capital, of Nutrisystem
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of MSC Industrial Direct in connection with MSC’s dual-class reclassification transaction with its controlling shareholders
- New Mountain Capital in:
- its investment and subsequent sale of its stake in Legends Hospitality
- its acquisition of Signify Health
- Sentinel Capital Partners in:
- its acquisition of Blue Sea Systems by portfolio company Power Products
- its sale of Power Products
- Silver Lake in:
- its $500 million strategic investment in Credit Karma
- its acquisition of Cast & Crew Entertainment Services and Cast & Crew’s acquisition of Final Draft
- its investment in Airbnb
- Solera in its $6.5 billion sale to Vista Equity Partners
- Sycamore Partners in its acquisition of NBG Home
- TJC (f/k/a The Jordan Company) in:
- its acquisition of Vyne Medical and Vyne’s acquisition of Simplifeye
- its acquisition of Heartland Home Services
- its take-private acquisition of Echo Global Logistics and Echo’s acquisitions of Roadtex Transportation and Fastmore Logistics
- its acquisition of Camco Manufacturing
- its sale of Sabre Industries
- its sale of Capstone Logistics
- its acquisition of Communications & Power Industries
- its sale of Watchfire Signs
- its sale of iNRCORE
- its sale of Worldwide Clinical Trials
- its merger of Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation with AFF Global Logistics and Odyssey’s sale of Linden Bulk Transportation to Boasso Global
- its strategic investment in Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning
- Tronox Holdings in:
- its $1.64 billion acquisition of FMC Corporation's alkali chemicals business
- its $1.325 billion sale of its alkali chemicals business to Genesis Energy
- Ultra Petroleum in its cooperation agreement with its largest shareholder, Fir Tree Partners, to add two new directors to its Board
- Vista Equity Partners in:
- its acquisition of Accelya and Accelya’s acquisition of Farelogix
- its acquisition, alongside funds managed by Blackstone, of Ellucian
- Naver Corp in its acquisition of Wattpad
- Warburg Pincus in its sale of Coyote Logistics to UPS