Allison D. Gargano

Private Equity

• Freeman Spogli in its investment in VIO Med Spa
• Freeman Spogli and its portfolio company, Kamps, Inc., in its acquisition of Buckeye Diamond Logistics, Inc.
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Kamps Pallets, Inc.
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Five Star Food Service
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Café Rio Inc. 
• Freeman Spogli in its leveraged recapitalization of Batteries Plus Bulbs 
• Freeman Spogli in its investment in Osprey Packs
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Plantation Products 
• Probo Medical, LLC, a portfolio company of Varsity Healthcare Partners, in its sale to Avista Capital Partners
• Varsity Healthcare Partners in its acquisition of Surgical Affiliates Management Group, Inc. 
• Varsity Healthcare Partners in its recapitalization and growth capital partnership with Probo Medical LLC
• Varsity Healthcare Partners in its investment in Colonial Family Practice
• A middle-market private equity firm in the following: 
  
  • investment a technology-enabled service provider to the investment management industry
  • investment a company that developed a video player software for embedding videos onto web pages that is used by news, video-hosting companies, and for self-hosted web videos
  • acquisition of a manufacturer and distributor of products to global life science markets
  • acquisition of a provider of comprehensive employee engagement and performance software
• Sponsors in the leveraged recapitalization of totes Isotoner Corporation
• Lincoln Peak Capital Management, LLC in its strategic minority investments in Anchor Capital Advisors and BBR Partners

Mergers & Acquisitions

• A significant private investor in the Boston Celtics sale transaction
• Conning Holdings Limited, a leading global asset manager serving the needs of insurance company and institutional clients, in U.S. matters in its sale to Generali Investment Holdings
• Zurn Water Solutions Corporation, formerly known as Rexnord Corporation, in its $1.7 billion stock for stock merger with Elkay Manufacturing Company, a market leader in the growing commercial drinking water solutions business
• Rexnord Corp, a multiplatform industrial leader, in its definitive agreement with Regal Beloit Corp. under which Rexnord will separate its Process & Motion Control segment by way of a tax-free spin-off to Rexnord shareholders and then combine it with Regal in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction creating a $10 billion PMC business
• Tempur Sealy International, Inc. in its acquisition of Sealy Corporation and its related placement of $375 million senior notes 
• Beacon Trust Company in its acquisition of Tirschwell & Loewy, Inc., an independent registered investment adviser
• Bank of America in the sale of its alternative investment feeder fund business to iCapital
• Sandvik AB in its acquisition of Varel International Energy Services
• Ferguson Enterprises in its acquisitions of S.W. Anderson Sales Corp. and Blackman Plumbing and its sale of Endries International Inc.
• Clearpool Group in its sale to BMO Financial Group
• Cambridge Global Payments in its sale, for approximately C$900 million, to Fleetcor
• UBM plc in the sale of PR Newswire 
• Advance Publications in its acquisition of 1010data 
• SamsonCapital Advisors LLC, a fixed income investment management firm, in its acquisition by Fiera Capital Corporation, a Canadian investment firm
• The MDE Group, Inc., and its affiliate Acertus Capital Management LLC, in their acquisition by Beacon Trust Company 
• Stifel Financial Corporation in its acquisition of Legg Mason Investment Counsel & Trust Co., N.A. (LMIC) from Legg Mason, Inc. 
• HF2 Financial Management, a special purpose acquisition company, in its purchase of a majority of the equity of Zais Group
• Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. in its initial public offering of securities 
• OM Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Old Mutual plc, in its initial public offering of securities 
• Bel Air Investment Advisors and Bel Air Securities in their sale to Fiera Capital Corporation 
• AIG Advisor Group in the acquisition of Woodbury Financial Services from Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company