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Allie Misner Wasserman
Partner | Philadelphia | New York
Allie Misner Wasserman

Allie Misner Wasserman represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, alternative asset managers and operating companies in complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions and other transformative capital events. She also advises on general corporate matters, including corporate governance. Ms. Wasserman has experience across a wide range of industry sectors, including business services, healthcare, industrials, financial services, technology and telecom.

In particular, Ms. Wasserman has extensive experience advising on transactions for private equity sponsors, such as Court Square Capital Partners, One Equity Partners, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, Centerbridge Partners, CVC Capital Partners and others, and their portfolio companies.

Ms. Wasserman was recognized for her transactional expertise by The Deal in its Top Rising Stars: Class of 2021 list.

Ms. Wasserman currently serves as Co-Hiring Partner of Dechert’s Philadelphia office. She is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and co- chair of the Private Equity & Venture Capital Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Key Matters

  • Court Square Capital Partners in a number of buyout and/or exit transactions, as well as advising multiple portfolio companies on add-on acquisition, disposition and dividend recapitalization transactions. Recent examples including advising:
    • AHEAD, a leading provider of enterprise cloud solutions, in connection with its sale to Centerbridge Partners and contemporaneous acquisitions of RoundTower Technologies and Kovarus.
    • DISA Global Solutions, a provider of technology-enabled workforce compliance solutions, in connection with its sale to Audax Private Equity.
    • Momentum Telecom in its acquisition of Altus Technology, a provider of cloud-based unified communications solutions, and its acquisition of DCT Telecom Group, a provider of leading-edge cloud voice and network solutions.
    • In connection with the acquisition of Data Blue, a provider of customized infrastructure, cloud architecture and virtualized solutions, and the subsequent merger with another Court Square portfolio company.
    • In connection with the acquisition of Smart City, a provider of broadband connectivity and voice services.
    • In connection with the acquisition of Momentum Telecom, a provider of business voice, broadband management and unified communications solutions.
    • In connection with its investment in Health Union, a developer and operator of digital patient communities.
    • Rocket Software, a global software development firm, in connection with numerous add-on acquisitions and its US$2 billion sale of a majority stake in the company to Bain Capital Private Equity.
    • IWCO Direct, Inc., a leading provider of direct marketing solutions, in a recapitalization transaction and US$476 million sale to ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNK) and Steel Partners Holdings (NYSE: SPLP).
    • In connection with the acquisition of Terra Millennium Corporation, a provider of industrial services, including refractory design and maintenance.
    • Wyle Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of specialized engineering, professional, scientific and technical services, in the US$570 million sale of the company to KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR).
    • In connection with the acquisition of acquisition of DISA Global Solutions, a provider of technology-enabled workforce compliance solutions.
  • One Equity Partners in a number of buyout and/or exit transactions, as well as advising multiple portfolio companies on add-on acquisitions. Recent examples including advising:
    • In connection with the acquisition of Mythics Emergent Group, a leading public sector focused IT services firm.
    • Rizing, a leading SAP-focused provider of IT systems integration and implementation services, in the sale of the company to Wipro Limited.
    • In connection with the acquisition of Momentum Manufacturing Group, a leading North American metal manufacturing services provider.
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in a number of buyout and/or exit transactions, as well as advising multiple portfolio companies on add-on acquisitions. Recent examples including advising:
    • In connection with the acquisition of US HealthConnect, a pioneering digital platform providing pharma-sponsored continuing medical education and promotional education to healthcare providers.
    • US HealthConnect in the acquisition of Bryn Mawr Communications and Evolve Medical Education, leaders in healthcare information and education.
    • Clarity Software, an industry leader in healthcare communications, in the acquisition of Premier Graphics.
    • 24 Seven, a provider of digital marketing and staffing solutions, in the acquisition of Sage Consulting.
  • Aquiline Capital Partners LP, on its majority investment with Level Equity, in DocuPhase LLC, a provider of accounting and finance process automation software.
  • Betches Media, LLC, a women-founded US-based media brand specializing in digital media content production and publication for women, in its sale to LBG Media, owner of the LADbible Group.
  • CVC Capital Partners, as the lead investor in a consortium that sponsored the combination of Worldwide Express, LLC and GlobalTranz Enterprises, LLC to create an industry leader with unique technology capabilities and market-leading solutions for the freight and parcel markets. Other consortium members include GlobalTranz's prior lead investors, Providence Equity Partners and PSG, while prior Worldwide Express lead investor, Ridgemont Equity Partners, also retained a significant stake in the combined entity.
  • MSD Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of Ring Container Technologies, a leader in the plastic container manufacturing industry.
  • MSD Partners, L.P. in its partnership with CCMP Capital Advisors, LP and Alberta Investment Management Corporation to acquire Hayward Industries, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial pool equipment and industrial flow control products.
  • Acoustic, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, in the carve-out sale of Acoustic's unified enterprise payments platform to Market Pay.
  • Precisely, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, in the carve-out sale of Confirm to Dude Solutions.
  • GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, as part of a consortium led by Ares Management Corp. and Leonard Green & Partners, together with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, to acquire Press Ganey Associates Inc., a leading health care company in the development and distribution of patient satisfaction surveys.
  • Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) in the sale of its investment adviser, Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC to an affiliate of Monroe Capital LLC.
  • Guggenheim Investments in the sale of Rydex Fund Services, a 1940 Act mutual fund administration business, to MUFG Investor Services.
  • ABBYY Plc in its cross-border acquisition of TimelinePI, Inc., a software company that provides a process intelligence platform empowering users to understand, optimize and monitor business processes.
  • Actua Corporation in its US$328 million sale of Velocity EHS and BOLT Solutions Inc. to CVC Growth Fund; in its US$199 million acquisition of FolioDynamix, a cloud-based investment and wealth management platform, and the subsequent sale of the company to Envestnet (NYSE: ENV).
  • B&G Foods in its acquisition of Spartan Foods of America.
  • Polartec, a premium provider of textiles, in the acquisition of United Knitting Inc.
  • StoreBound, the owner of the Dash brand of kitchenware and developer and distributor of housewares under brands including Dash, Sobro and Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, in its sale of a majority stake to Groupe SEB (Paris:SK).
  • Top Rising Star: Class of 2021 – The Deal
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    • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2009, cum laude
    • Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 2012, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, Research Editor for the Temple Law Review
    • New Jersey
    • Pennsylvania
    • New York