David S. Dantzic

Mr. Dantzic’s clients include:

• Axalta Coatings
• The Carlyle Group
• Ciena Corporation
• Darden Restaurants
• Nobian
• Nouryon
• Platinum Equity
• Sequa Corporation

Mr. Dantzic’s experience includes representing:

Aerospace/Defense and Government Services

• PAE in its:
  • US$1.55 billion cash-and-stock merger with Gores Holdings III, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)
  • Bolt-on acquisitions of FCi and MacFadden & Associates
• Platinum Equity in its US$860 million acquisition of PAE
• The Carlyle Group in its:
  • €10.1 billion leveraged acquisition of AkzoNobel’s specialty chemicals business
  • US$1.75 billion sale of Standard Aero and Landmark Aviation to Dubai Aerospace Enterprises Limited
  • Acquisition of Garrett Aviation from General Electric
  • US$1.475 billion leveraged acquisition of Goodyear’s Engineered Products Division
• Sequa Corporation in its:
  • Acquisition by The Carlyle Group to an affiliate of Veritas Capital
  • Sale of its Precoat Metals Business to AZZ

Automotive

• Liberty Tire in its: 
  • Sale to Energy Capital Partners
  • Restructuring and subsequent acquisition of Lakin Tire
• The Carlyle Group in its:
  • US$4.9 billion leveraged acquisition of DuPont’s Performance Coatings business
  • Investment in the US$15 billion buyout of Hertz
• Sequa Corporation in its US$338 million sale of Sequa Automotive Group to The Jordan Group

Investment Advisory M&A

• The Carlyle Group in acquiring:
  • Nobian Finance, a chemical producer, and associated term loans and revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition 
  • A 47.5% revenue interest in NGP Energy Capital Management, an energy and natural resources investor
  • Dutch fund-of-funds manager, AlpInvest, with approximately US$43 billion of funds under management
  • Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, a US-based real estate investment firm specializing in fund-of-funds investments
• Highstar in selling the Highstar Capital franchise, an infrastructure investment advisory business, to Oaktree Capital Management

Complex M&A

• Atotech, a Germany-based provider of specialty chemical processes and equipment, in its sale to MKS Instruments
• Cogent Communications acquiring T-Mobile’s Wireline Business, comprising Sprint’s long-haul fiber network
• Archroma, a SK Capital Partners portfolio company, in acquiring Huntsman’s Textile Effects business
• DigiPlex, a Norway-based developer and operator of data centers, in its sale to IPI Partners
• The Carlyle Group in:
  • Its investment in Duravant, an engineered equipment and automation solutions provider
  • Acquiring a majority stake in Sciens Building Solutions, a commercial fire and life safety company
  • Its US$4 billion acquisition of NYSE-listed NBTY, a global manufacturer and retailer of nutritional supplements
  • Its US$2.8 billion acquisition of NYSE-listed Sequa Corporation
  • Selling The Nature’s Bounty to KKR
  • Its acquisition and subsequent US$650 million sale of Horizon Lines, the largest domestic containerized shipping company in the US
  • US$260 million sale of Jazz Semiconductor
• Nouryon in selling its Redispersible Polymer Powders Business to Celanese 
• CoreSite, a US-based data center operator that is organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), in its initial public offering of common stock
• Darden Restaurants in its US$2.1 billion sale of the Red Lobster restaurant chain to Golden Gate Capital
• Ciena Corporation in its successful “stalking horse bid” and US$769 million acquisition of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networking business