Mr. Pollack’s recent private equity & M&A assignments include representing (2017 to present):
- Altor Equity Partners in its definitive share purchase agreement to sell Orchid Orthopedic Solutions to Nordic Capital
- A sovereign wealth fund in multiple investments in Europe, Asia and the United States
- A family office in a venture capital investment in a U.S. entity
- Baker and Baker (formerly known as CSM Bakery Solutions), a portfolio business of Rhône Capital, on the sale of Brill, its North American baking business, to Olympus Growth Fund VI, and on the carve-out of its ingredients business and the sale of that business to Investindustrial VII
- BP in its agreement with Bridas Corporation to form a new integrated energy company, Pan American Energy Group, by combining their interests in the oil and gas producer Pan American Energy and the refiner and marketer Axion in a cash-free transaction
- Capital Product Partners (“CPLP”) in the spin-off of its crude and product tanker business into a separate publicly listed company, which merged with DSS Holdings in a $1.65 billion transaction, and the subsequent sale of its interest in DSS
- e& in its acquisition of a passive 9.8% stake in Vodafone Group Plc for $4.4 billion, becoming Vodafone’s largest shareholder
- EssilorLuxottica
- acquisition of GrandVision from HAL Optical Investments for €7 billion
- sale of GrandVision’s Chilean business
- sale of VistaSì and other GrandVision assets to Vision Group and GrandVision in its sale of EyeWish and GrandOpitcal to Optic Retail International Group BENE, a member of MPG Austria
- Global Knowledge Training in its sale to special purpose acquisition company, Churchill Capital Corp II, from Rhône Capital as part of a three way business combination creating a $1.5 billion company
- Kering in the divestment of its Volcom brand and operations to Authentic Brands Group
- Misland Capital Limited on the purchase of a minority equity interest in EagleTree Capital
- Rhône Capital and its affiliated investment funds
- acquisition of a 45% stake in Garda World, a subsequent 29% stake of the parent company and its subsequent sale of its equity interest in Garda World
- acquisition of Ranpak and Ranpak’s subsequent combination with One Madison Corporation, introducing Ranpak as a publicly listed company with an enterprise value of approximately $950 million
- acquisition jointly with Goldman Sachs of Neovia Logistics and subsequent agreement to provide new equity capital in connection with the comprehensive recapitalization of Neovia Logistics and its subsidiaries
- acquisition of Fogo de Chão, in an all cash transaction valued at $560 million
- acquisition of Zodiac Pool
- Silver Lake as an investor in connection with Getir’s Series D funding round, which raised over $550 million and its Series E funding round
Mr. Pollack’s other private equity & M&A assignments include representing (pre-2017):
- An investor consortium led by Silver Lake Partners in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Skype Technologies from eBay
- Aquiline in its acquisition of Conning
- ASAC II, an investment vehicle led by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and Co-Chairman Brian Kelly, in their purchase of approximately 172 million Activision shares from Vivendi, for approximately $2.34 billion
- American Express in the sale of its Tax and Business Services group to H&R Block and in its joint venture with Vente Privée
- Aventis in its acquisition by Sanofi-Synthélabo
- Banacci in its acquisition by Citigroup
- Barclays Capital in the acquisition and subsequent sale of an interest in NGP Energy Capital Management
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its investment in Asurion and subsequent increases in its ownership of Asurion, its entry into and subsequent termination of its MerchCap Solutions joint venture and its joint patent licensing program for digital television and computer display monitor with Technicolor and Sony Corporation
- Cap Gemini in its acquisition of Ernst & Young Consulting
- CGIP and CarnaudMetalbox in the sale of CarnaudMetalbox to Crown Cork & Seal and the subsequent dispositions by CGIP of its shares of Crown Cork & Seal
- China Investment Corporation in its co-investment alongside a Morgan Stanley affiliate in Triana Energy Investments
- Deloitte Consulting in its proposed separation from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
- Elf Aquitaine in the acquisition of Occidental Petroleum’s North Sea assets and in various other matters
- Endesa in its acquisition by Enel and Acciona, as well as in defense of unsolicited bids by E.ON and Gas Natural
- Eurazeo with respect to its investment in Lazard Frères
- GGP in its transactions involving Pershing Square Capital
- Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in the acquisition of UICI
- Hoechst in the disposition of one of its chemical businesses
- Institut Mérieux in its acquisition of Connaught BioSciences
- Israel Corp. and DS Constructions in their acquisition of Globeleq Americas Limited
- Lazard Frères in its strategic alliance agreement with Lazard Korea Limited, its acquisition of Carnegie, Wylie & Co., its joint ventures with Raiffiassen and Alfara Asesores Financieros, the merger of Rhône Poulenc and Hoechst to form Aventis, and in several other transactions
- Lightyear Capital in the sale of Collegiate Funding and in the creation of Athilon
- Reservoir Capital
- agreement with Centerbridge Partners to acquire a minority stake in Amedeo Capital Limited
- restructuring and sale of an interest in Intrepid
- restructuring of C-12 and the acquisition by Reservoir of an interest in C-12 from Sequoia Capital
- formation of a new platform company focused on acquiring mobile home/manufactured housing parks
- establishment of a platform, managed by Echo Minerals, that will invest in oil and gas mineral interests
- Rhône Capital and its affiliated investment funds
- acquisition of and subsequent increases of ownership in CSM NV’s bakery supplies business
- acquisition of GK Holdings
- acquisition and subsequent sale of Rexair Holdings
- acquisition of the Carbon Black business of Evonik Industries
- acquisition and subsequent sale of Arizona Chemical
- acquisition and recapitalizations of Quiksilver
- acquisition and subsequent sale of LWB
- acquisition and subsequent sale of Fraikin
- acquisition and subsequent sale of an interest in Coty
- acquisition and subsequent sale of Terphane
- Generali’s acquisition of an interest in Rhône and the formation of an asset management and joint venture with Generali
- Russell Platt in connection with the restructuring of Forum Partners
- Sienna Capital
- investment in Marcho Partners’ tech fund
- investment in C2 Capital’s “Global Export to China Fund”
- SITA, a subsidiary of Suez, in a number of acquisitions and dispositions, including its acquisition of BFI’s non-U.S. assets
- Société Générale in the Paribas and BNP transactions
- Strata Energy Investments, a new joint venture between Reservoir Capital and other individuals, in connection with pursuing greenfield and brownfield project developments and in its acquisitions with Divide Energy Group and its principals and Vox Capital and its principles
- Thomson in the implementation of its new group strategy, including the investment by Silver Lake Partners in Thomson
- TOTAL in its acquisitions of Synenco Energy, Deer Creek Energy and Gener’s Argentine operations, and several other matters
- York Capital in connection with Credit Suisse’s acquisition of a minority interest in York
Mr. Pollack’s private equity experience, in addition to the transactions listed above, includes representing Apollo, Barclays Capital, Compass Partners, Eurazeo, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Lightyear Capital, MatlinPatterson Partners, Navitas Capital, Olympus Capital, Ontario Teachers, Perry Capital, Reservoir Capital, Rhône Capital, Ripplewood Holdings, Sienna Capital and Silver Lake Partners in various transactions and establishing various private equity funds and joint ventures for Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Rhône Capital, Reservoir Capital, Navitas Capital, Olympus Capital and Tincium Capital.
Mr. Pollack’s capital markets experience includes acting for Elf in its privatization and for the underwriters in the privatizations of each of Pechiney and Pechiney International, as well as for the issuer or the underwriters in various offerings by Ciments Français, Elf, Euro Disney, Groupe Danone and JC Decaux. Mr. Pollack has also represented issuers and underwriters in a substantial number of securities offerings by U.S., Canadian, French, German, Spanish, Argentine, Brazilian and Mexican issuers in a wide range of industries.
