Christina Edling Melendi

Christina serves as the global leader of the firm’s corporate and business transactions practice, a former co-leader of the firm's global private equity practice and a member of the firm’s advisory board, and is a former leader of the firm’s retail and ecommerce industry team.

While Christina represents clients in investments across many industries, she has a strong focus on the retail and ecommerce, hospitality, financial services, and healthcare industries. She also represents asset management firms in M&A and investment transactions and frequently advises companies on corporate and governance matters.

Christina also assists companies to raise capital in the public markets, including initial public offerings and secondary offerings, and counsels clients on SEC reporting and securities law disclosures.

• Freeman Spogli in the sale of Baseline Fitness to Mayfair Capital Partners
• Freeman Spogli in its investment in EverVet Partners
• A middle-market private equity fund in its investment in a transportation and logistics company
• Freeman Spogli in the acquisition of US Med-Equip, and add-on acquisitions by US Med-Equip
• Covington Capital Management in its sale to Cerity Partners
• Green Garden Products in the sale of its business to Central Garden & Pet 
• Freeman Spogli in the acquisition of Five Star Food Service from PNC Riverarch, and several add-on acquisitions by Five Star Food Service 
• Kamps Pallets in its acquisition of Buckeye Diamond Logistics, Inc.
• DentalOne Partners in its sale to Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners
• Freeman Spogli in a minority investment in Brooklinen, Inc.
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Kamps Pallets
• MicroStar Logistics cross-border acquisition of Kegstar
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Easy Ice
• A lender group in connection with the recapitalization of a software development company 
• Institutional investors in the acquisition of a minority interest in a marketing and technology services company in the education space 
• An aquaculture company in its acquisition of shrimp farms in Latin America
• A financial services organization in numerous co-investments transactions with equity sponsors across industries
• Mezzanine investors advising on equity investments and restructurings in numerous transactions across industries
• A global private equity fund in a co-investment transaction for an infrastructure project
• First Watch Restaurants in its leveraged recapitalization 
• Plantation Products in its acquisition of several seed brands and plant supplement products
• Freeman Spogli in its leveraged recapitalization of Batteries Plus Bulbs
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of Café Rio Restaurants
• Freeman Spogli in its acquisition of City Barbeque restaurants
• Freeman Spogli in its minority investment in Osprey Packs
• The Paradies Shops in its sale to Lagardère Travel Retail
• Sponsors in the leveraged recapitalization of totes Isotoner Corporation
• OM Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Old Mutual plc, in its initial public offering of securities and subsequent secondary offerings of securities
• Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. in its initial public offering
• Tempur Sealy International, Inc. in its acquisition of Sealy Corporation and its related high-yield debt financing

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