Lauren Lieberman
Associate
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Lauren focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. She advises public and private companies, private equity funds and their portfolio companies in acquisitions, dispositions, minority equity investments and other complex corporate transactions.
Key Matters
- Represented international branded food manufacturer in its strategic acquisition of a domestic soy sauce manufacturer
- Represented payroll and human capital management company serving customers in 33 countries across Central and South America and the Caribbean in its sale to a public, global HCM software company
- Represented Kainos Capital in its acquisition of Muenster Milling, a family-owned pet food and ingredient manufacturer
- Represented portfolio company of a private equity firm in add-on acquisition of food distribution business
- Represented Frontenac Co. in the sale of its portfolio company Whitebridge Pet Brands, a pet food manufacturer, to NXMH, a Belgian-based family-owned investment firm
- Represented Nutrisystem in its strategic combination with Adaptive Health, to form a direct-to-consumer and omnichannel health and wellness company
- Represented Kainos Capital in its $575 million acquisition of Nutrisystem, a direct-to-consumer nutrition and weight management brand, through a carve-out from Tivity Health
- Represented John Eagle Dealerships in connection with the sale of 10 automobile dealerships located throughout Texas to Lithia Motors, Inc.
- Represented Paceline Equity Partners and its portfolio company 1435 Rail, Inc. in its acquisition of R.E.L.A.M., Inc., a lessor of railroad maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment, as well as Acme Construction Co., Inc. and Timiny R/R Construction Inc., the affiliated rail infrastructure and track maintenance services businesses
- Represented Atlanta Classic Cars in the sale of its Mercedes-Benz and Commercial Truck dealership in Duluth, Georgia to Krause Auto Group
- Represented Paceline Equity Partners, a Texas-based private equity manager, in connection with the acquisition of Progress Rail Equipment Leasing Corporation (PRELC), a lessor of railroad maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment and services, from Caterpillar, Inc.
- Represented Triple-S Steel, one of the largest privately-owned companies in Houston, in the add-on acquisition of a wholesale distributer of structural steel products
- Represented Trive Capital, a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm, alongside Six Pillars Partners and Swordstone Partners in connection with the acquisition of the hiring solutions business of Kronos Talent Management, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kronos Incorporated
- Represented Beauty Biosciences LLC in connection with a growth investment from Kainos Capital
- Represented Sentinel Energy Services, a SPAC, in connection with multiple proposed acquisitions
- Represented MDC Capital alongside SoftBank Group and ParkJockey Global Inc. in the acquisition of Imperial Parking Corporation and Citizens Parking Inc.