Colin D. Phaneuf

Experience

Represented strategic buyers, sellers, and financial sponsors in domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, sales, and divestitures totaling more than $3 billion in aggregate transaction value, including representative matters such as:

• $1.6 billion acquisition of a privately-held rail car leasing company by a privately-held financial holding company.
• $158 million acquisition of a privately-held mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services company by Everus Construction Group Inc. (NYSE: ECG).
• Sale of Spire Marketing, a subsidiary of Spire Inc. (NYSE: SR) to Boardwalk Pipelines for $215 million.
• Bolt-on acquisitions of landscape service providers by private equity-backed landscape company totaling over $100 million.
• Bolt-on acquisitions of roofing service providers by private equity-backed roofing company totaling over $130 million
• Divestiture by Corbion N.V. (CRBN.AS) of its emulsifier business for $362 million.
• Sale of FinTech firm Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ) to Australia-based Zip Co. Ltd. for $356 million.
• Sale of SRG Global, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of integrated and functional decorative trim systems for the automotive, mobility, and commercial truck industries to Atlas Holdings (terms not disclosed).
• Sale of Koch Separation Solutions, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., to Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (terms not disclosed).

Represented clients in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including:

• Public offerings of over $1.0 billion of securities offerings by Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO).
• Public offerings of over $1.0 billion of senior debt by Spire Inc. (NYSE: SR).
• Initial public offering of common stock on the NYSE American by a US beverage company.

Represented financial sponsors, family offices, and other institutional investors in control acquisitions, minority investments, and structured investment transactions totaling more than $1 billion, including:

• Highmount Capital’s nine figure structured investment in Dude Perfect.
• Numerous preferred financing transactions for Koch Disruptive Technologies, and its affiliates.

Represented fund sponsors and management companies in the formation and closing of private investment funds totaling more than $700 million in aggregate committed capital, including:

• Represented the sponsor of a $200 million venture capital fund.
• Represented the sponsor of a $300 million, multi-manager, equity market neutral fund.
• Represented an emerging fund manager in structuring and launching its inaugural fund focused on investments in European sports team.

Recognitions