Evercore Adds Crooks as Senior Managing Director in Financial Sponsors Group

Carolyn Crooks joined Evercore as a senior managing director in the financial sponsors group and will be based in New York. Crooks joined Evercore after 21 years at Barclays, where she was a managing director in the financial sponsors group.

August 15, 2023 Carolyn Crooks | Dan Mendelow | Evercore Ian Koplin

Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Copeland, Formerly Emerson Climate Technologies

Blackstone completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Emerson’s climate technologies business in a transaction valuing the business at $14 billion. The new standalone business will be named Copeland.

June 1, 2023 Baker & McKenzie | Barclays | Blackstone | Centerview Partners | Copeland | Davis Polk & Wardwell | Emerson | Evercore | Goldman Sachs | Guggenheim Securities | Joe Baratta | Lal Karsanbhai | RBC Capital Markets | Ross B. Shuster | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | wells fargo Ian Koplin

Evercore Adds Schwartz as Senior Managing Director and Head of Expanded Equity Capital Markets

Lyle Schwartz joined Evercore as a senior managing director and head of the firm’s expanded equity capital markets business in the EMEA region to expand the firm’s equity private placements capabilities in the region alongside its existing public equity advisory business.

April 24, 2023 Evercore | Jim Renwick | Lyle Schwartz | Matthew Lindsey-Clark Ian Koplin

Apollo-Led Investor Group Acquires Atlas Air Worldwide

Atlas Air Worldwide, a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, and the investor group led by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, together with investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital, completed its acquisition of Atlas Air Worldwide.

March 20, 2023 Alex Harman | Antoine Munfakh | Apollo Partners | Atlas Air Worldwide | Barclays | Chip Frazier | Cravath Swaine & Moore | Evercore | Goldman Sachs | Hill City Capital | J.F.Lehman & Company | Jason Scheir | John Dietrich | Jones Day | Mizuho Bank | Morgan Stanley | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Ian Koplin

Blackstone Acquires Cvent in $4.6B Transaction

Cvent Holding Corp., a meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone in a transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion.

March 15, 2023 Blackstone | Cvent Holding Corp. | David Schwartz | Evercore | Goodwin Procter | J.P. Morgan Securities | Kirkland & Ellis | Martin Brand | Monti Saroya | Morgan Stanley | Qatalyst Partners | Reggie Aggarwal | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | UBS | Vista Equity Partners Ian Koplin

Serta Simmons Bedding Commences Pre-Arranged Chapter 11 Proceedings

Serta Simmons Bedding, a global sleep company, is taking steps to strengthen its financial position as it continues to support long-term growth.

January 24, 2023 Advent International Corporation | Centerview Partners | Evercore | FTI Consulting | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | Ropes and Gray | Serta Simmons Bedding | Shelley Huff | Weil Gotshal & Manges Ian Koplin

Altera Infrastructure Emerges from Chapter 11

Altera Infrastructure, a supplier of infrastructure assets to the offshore energy industry, emerged from the Chapter 11 process in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas after successfully consummating its chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

January 10, 2023 Altera Infrastructure | Evercore | FTI Consulting | Ingvild Sæther | Jackson Walker | Kirkland & Ellis | Stretto Ian Koplin

TPC Group Commences Chapter 11 to Deleverage and Recapitalize

TPC Group, a provider of products to chemical and petroleum-based companies, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. 

June 1, 2022 Baker Botts | Eclipse Business Capital | Edward J. Dineen | Evercore | FTI Consulting | Goldberg Kohn | Moelis & Company | Paul Hastings | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | TPC Group Ian Koplin

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Terra Millennium from Court Square Capital Partners

H.I.G. Capital signed a definitive agreement to acquire Terra Millennium, a national provider of outsourced industrial maintenance services, including refractory maintenance and other specialized services, from Court Square Capital Partners.

May 27, 2022 Bryan Young | Court Square Capital Partners | Dechert | Evercore | H.I.G. Capital | Harris Williams | Macquarie Capital | Mark Stutzman | Matt Gullen | McDermott Will & Emery | Stifel | Terra Millennium Ian Koplin

Hayfin Capital Management Provides $150MM Senior Secured Term Loan Facility to Xeris

Xeris Biopharma Holdings entered into a senior secured term loan agreement with funds managed by Hayfin Capital Management to provide Xeris with up to a total of $150 million of capital.

March 11, 2022 Andrew Merrill | Evercore | Hayfin Capital Management | Steven Pieper | Xeris Biopharma Holdings Ian Koplin