Howard M. Klein

• Energy Harbor in connection with its proposed acquisition of Vistra Corp., a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company.
• Court Square Capital Partners and its portfolio company, DISA Global Solutions, Inc., in Court Square’s sale of DISA to Audax Private Equity.
• Court Square Capital Partners and its portfolio company, GoEngineer, Inc., in GoEngineer’s acquisition of Computer Aided Technology, Inc.
• One Equity Partners in its agreement to acquire corporate online banking solutions from ACI Worldwide.
• Steppingstone Scholars, on a pro bono basis, in its agreement to merge with Philadelphia Future to create an educational nonprofit powerhouse to benefit city high school students.
• StoneCastle Partners, LLC in the sale of its subsidiary, StoneCastle Cash Insured Sweep, LLC, to Veritex Holdings, Inc., the parent holding company for Veritex Community Bank.
• One Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority interest in Rosboro, a leading manufacturer of glued laminated timber, from Wynnchurch Capital.
• Quilvest Capital Partners in its acquisition of a majority interest in UrgentMED, a premier network of urgent care clinics in southern California.
• Getaroom, a Court Square Capital portfolio company, in its US$1.2 billion sale to Booking Holdings Inc.
• MiddleGround Capital on a trio of acquisitions involving Lindsay Precast, Plasman Holdings and Arrow Tru-Line.
• GQG Partners on its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.
• Ridgemont Equity Partners in its acquisition of Agape Care Group, a leading provider of hospice and palliative care.
• Diamonds Direct USA in its US$490 million agreement to be acquired by Signet Jewelers, the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry.
• One Equity Partners in the sale of premier customer experience partner, ResultsCX, to Fortune 100 and 500 companies worldwide.
• One Equity Partners on its definitive agreement to sell Merfish United, a leading master distributor of tubular building products in the United States, to Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
• Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. in a strategic investment in Lighthouse Autism Center.
• H&E Equipment Services, Inc. in the definitive agreement to sell its crane business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
• Court Square Capital Partners in its investment in Connatix, the leading video technology company for premium publishers and advertisers to advance M&A, expand global reach and accelerate product innovation.
• Resource Label Group on its sale to an affiliate of Ares Management Corporation.
• Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the closing of its investment in US HealthConnect made by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.
• Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. in the acquisition by one of its affiliates of National Dentex Labs, the largest network of fully owned dental labs in the United States.
• Ridgemont Equity Partners in the acquisition of Anne Arundel Dermatology Management, a leading provider of medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatological services in the mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.
• MiddleGround Capital in its acquisition of a majority ownership in Dura Automotive Systems from Bardin Hill Investment Partners.
• Starbucks Corporation on its US$7.15 billion global coffee alliance with Nestlé.
  
• AstraZeneca plc in connection with its acquisition of Acerta Pharma LLC in a transaction valued at approximately US$7 billion.
• Novartis AG in connection with its US$5.3 billion acquisition of the Xiidra dry eye drug business from Takeda Pharmaceutical.
  
• Henderson Group on its US$6 billion all-stock merger of equals with Janus Capital to form Janus Henderson Global Investors, a leading global active asset manager with AUM of more than US$320 billion. 
  
• KLX on the US$4.2 billion sale of its aviation parts and services business to Boeing and the spinoff of its energy services business.
  
• CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition of Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing, a leading provider of OEM-licensed parts for legacy aerospace platforms, from BBA Aviation plc in a transaction valued at approximately US$1.365 billion.
  
• Formula One Group (F1), together with its shareholders including CVC Capital Partners, on the US$8 billion sale of F1 to Liberty Media Corporation.
  
• Dubai Aerospace Enterprises in its US$2.1 billion sale of StandardAero to an affiliate of Veritas Capital.
  
• Carlson Inc. in connection with the sale of Carlson Hotels Inc. to HNA Tourism Group in a transaction valued at approximately US$2 billion.
  
• Covia Holdings Corporation and its parent company, SCR-Sibelco NV, in connection with the US$6 billion acquisition of Fairmount Santrol.
  
• Japan Tobacco Inc. on its US$5 billion acquisition of the non-US operations of Natural American Spirit from Reynolds American.
  
• Smiths Group plc in its US$710 million acquisition of Morpho Detection LLC from Safran S.A.
  
• H.I.G. Capital in its agreement to acquire a 75% stake in Lagardère Sports, a business within the Paris-based media conglomerate Lagardère, in a deal valued at €110 million.
  

Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm.