Nick Marchica

• An alternative asset manager on the formation of a joint venture with a crude tanker operator to acquire very large crude carriers.
• Mutandis SCA, a publicly listed company on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, on the acquisition of Season Brand LLC, a U.S.-based market-leading canned seafood brand since 1921.
• An alternative asset manager on the acquisition of convertible notes issued by a student loan originator.
• Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited on its US$1.51 billion  agreement to acquire Bumble Bee Seafoods from private equity firm Lion Capital.
• PT Gunung Sewu Kencana (GSK) on its strategic partnership with Nippon Life Insurance Company (Nippon Life) through Nippon Life’s direct and indirect investment of a 20 percent effective stake in GSK’s subsidiary, PT Asuransi Jiwa Sequis Life, for IDR4.870 billion (approximately US$423.1 million).
• The sellers on the sale of a 40 percent stake in PT Bank Mayapada International Tbk to Cathay Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
• PT Nirvana Development Tbk on a joint venture and an investment by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a private equity fund, into PT NWP’s portfolio companies that operate various shopping malls in several cities in Indonesia.
• Unilever on its acquisition of Astrix S.A., one of the most important local players in the field of home and personal care products in Bolivia.
• A consortium led by hospitality group Jin Jiang International Holdings Co. in connection with its acquisition of the Radisson Hotel Group (consisting of Radisson Holdings Inc. and Radisson Hospitality AB and their subsidiaries) from HNA Group Co Ltd.
• Elsevier, an information analytics business specializing in science and health, and part of RELX Group, on the acquisition of Via Oncology, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company that provides decision support and best practices in cancer care management, from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Cancer Services.
• Daily Mail General Trust on the sale of EDR business to Silver Lake Partners and Battery Ventures for US$205 million.
• Altra Investments on the sale of Proenfar S.A.S. and its subsidiaries to Weener Plastic Iberica, S.L.U, a subsidiary of Weener Plastics.
• Avocado Group LLC on the contribution of Avocado Mattress LLC to Brentwood Home Holdings LLC in exchange for a 44 percent interest in Brentwood Home Holdings LLC.
• Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc on its US$415 million acquisition of Chromalox, Inc., a U.S.-based provider of electrical products, systems and solutions for industrial process heating and temperature management, from Irving Place Capital.
• Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd. on its US$45 million acquisition of PPG's U.S. fiberglass business.
• Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a global holistic healthcare company, on its acquisition of Daiya Foods Inc., a privately held Vancouver, Canada-based company specializing in the manufacture of plant-based foods.
• Global Win Capital Corporation, an affiliate of Shanying International Holdings Co., Ltd., in connection with the acquisition of a shuttered paper mill located in Wickliffe, Kentucky, for a total initial investment commitment of US$166 million.
• Sika Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Rmax, a building products manufacturer, from the Hart Group.
• Ospraie Special Opportunities Fund on the sale of Core Metals Group, LLC, one of North America's largest producers and marketers of high-purity ferrosilicon and other specialty steel ingredients, to Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.
• Pegasus Capital in its acquisition from Casella Waste Systems of all the outstanding capital stock of its wholly owned subsidiary FCR, a landfill gas to energy business, and related debt and equity financing with HarbourVest Partners, MissionPoint Capital Partners and Ares Capital.
• Harvest Partners, Inc. on its acquisition of PSI Holdings, North America’s largest and only nationwide provider of mission-critical outsourced cleaning and sanitation services to the food processing industry, Arbonne and Levlad.
• Pegasus Capital in its acquisition of a significant equity interest in Six Senses Group, a luxury resort and spa management and development company, which manages resorts and spas under the brand names Soneva, Six Senses and Evason and Six Senses Sanctuary.
• Quad-C Management in connection with several portfolio company sponsor-to-sponsor sales including is sale of NuSil Technology, a manufacturer of silicone compounds for the healthcare, aerospace, defence and photonics industries, to New Mountain Capital (US$735 million), Universal Fibers to The Sterling Group and Polaris Pools to Zodiac.
• Quad-C Management on its acquisitions of Augusta Sportswear Holdings, Royal Adhesives and Sealants and Balboa Instruments.
• A subsidiary of Grupo ISA, Interconectado Eléctrica ISA Perú, in the acquisition of Peruvian energy transport company Orazul Energy Group from Inkia Energy for USD$158.5 million.
• Inner Mongolia Manshi Coal Group Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of a 55 percent interest in an Indonesia coal mining company.
• H.C. Starck in relation to the construction of a tungsten ore concentrate processing plant, one of Vietnam's largest proposed mining joint ventures, and as the primary off-taker of the joint venture.
• Tyco Australia on its acquisition of National Fire Holdings.

Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm