• Sage Software, Inc., a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc (SGEL), in connection with its acquisition of Criterion Inc.
• GE HealthCare in its investment in Gentuity, alongside a strategic collaboration to expand access to Gentuity’s next-generation intravascular imaging technology.
• TravelPerk, a leader in business travel management, in connection with its acquisition of Yokoy, a fintech innovator specializing in AI-driven spend management solutions.
• Bitstamp and its major shareholder NXMH on the sale of the crypto exchange to Robinhood.
• Choice by Kingdom Trust, a leader in custodial services in the alternative asset space, in a business combination with Bitcoin IRA, a top provider of self-directed digital asset retirement accounts.
• Cube, a global leader in automated regulatory intelligence and a portfolio company of HG capital, in its acquisition via a global carveout of the regulatory businesses of Thomson Reuters.
• Foresight on its acquisition of crypto information services company The Block.
• Broadway Technology on the sale of its equity interests to Bloomberg.
• Altonomy on the sale of its OTC trading platform for digital assets to Blockchain.com

Representative Japanese Experience

• Brady Corporations, an International manufacturer and marketer of high-performance safety devices, printing systems and software, on it purchase of Funai Electric's thermal Inkjet microfluidics and related hardware research, development, and manufacturing business, located in the US, Japan, and the Philippines.
• NEC on the sale of its Wireless Transport Business to Aviat Networks via a global carveout.
• Sage Automotive Interiors, a wholly-owned sub of Asahi Kasei, in its acquisition of the Automotive fabric business of Adient, through a global carveout.*
• Dai Nippon Printing, a global printing and technology company, in its acquisition of Colorvision International, a leading providier of imaging systems.*
• Daiwa Securities, a global financial services company, in its acquisition of (i) Sagent Advisors and (ii) Signal Hill Holdings.*
• FUJIFILM, in its acquisition via tender offer of Cellular Dynamics International, a developer and manufacturer of fully functioning human cells in industrial quantities.

Prior firm experience:

• Verdane and Confirmit AS in its merger with FocusVision Worldwide, Inc., a portfolio company of EQT Partners.
• Vonage, a leading provider of cloud communications services for businesses, in (i) its $350 million recommended takeover of NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact center and inside sales technology; and (ii) its acquisition of Telefonica Digital and TokBox.
• Ducera as financial advisor to Monsanto Company in its $66 billion sale to Bayer AG.
• DST Systems, a leading provider of sophisticated information processing and servicing solutions, in its acquisition of (i) Kaufman Rossin Fund Services, a provider of specialized administration services to the global financial community; and (ii) Boston Financial Data Services and IFDS, previously operated as 50/50 joint ventures with State Street.
• Inovalon, a leading technology company providing cloud-based analytics and data-driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry, in its $105 million acquisition of Creehan, an independent provider of specialty pharmacy and medications management Saas platforms.
• Wentworth in connection with several acquisitions of independent broker-dealers and private wealth management companies.
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its USD2.4 billion acquisition of Sequa Corporation.
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. in connection with its USD1.3 billion acquisition of Pathmark Stores, Inc.
• Metaldyne Corporation in connection with its USD1.2 billion acquisition by Asahi Tec Corporation.
• John, Benjamin & Co. in connection with a USD600 million acquisition of a semi-conductor manufacturer.
• Ripplewood Holdings, in connection with its USD600 million cross border acquisition of U.S., Spanish and Italian telecommunication companies.
• Strategic Investments, Inc., a global financial institution’s special-purpose acquisition company, in connection with minority investments interests in several software and technology companies.
• Reservoir Media Management, a leading independent music publisher, in connection with the acquisition of the First State Media Group’s catalogs in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
• A leading supplier of precision instrumentation solutions for latency sensitive trading systems, in connection with the acquisition of all the assets of a latency management service provider.
• Scope Industries, a leader in the removal and reprocessing of bakery and cereal-grain by-products into animal feed, in connection with the acquisition of Endres Processing, LLC.
• The Estate of Robert H. Lessin, the largest stockholder of iParty Corp., in connection with the sale of IParty Corp. to Party City Holdings, Inc.
• Q2A Media Services Ltd., an India-based provider of integrated media and content solutions for education, in connection with the acquisition of U.S.-based Bill Smith Group, a leading U.S.-based educational content developer.
• Encell Technology, a provider of advanced energy storage solutions, in a convertible note financing led by Capricorn Investment Group, Integral Capital Partners, and other individual investors.
• Interalia Systems Corp., technology company specializing in information, security and communication solutions for the transportation industry, in connection with a management buyout of several subsidiaries in US, UK and Canada.
• ICON plc. in connection with the acquisition of Healthcare Discoveries, Inc.
• Centerplate Inc. in a merger with affiliates of private equity firm Kohlberg & Co.

*Denotes prior firm experience