David Beller

Mr. Beller’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity Transactions

• Searchlight Capital Partners on:
  • The take-private acquisition of Hemisphere Media Group
  • MediaMath’s out of court restructuring
  • Its minority investment in Euclid Transactional
  • Its strategic investment in Adams Outdoor Advertising in a deal valued at more than US$1 billion
  • Its strategic investment in All Points Broadband
  • Portfolio company Sightline Payments’ acquisition of JOINGO®
  • Acquisition of Care Advantage
  • Its strategic investment in Sightline Payments
  • Its US$225 million preferred equity investment in MediaMath
  • Its US$150 million investment in Global Eagle Entertainment
  • Portfolio company 160over90’s sale to Endeavor, as advisor to 160over90
• Astorg Capital Partners on:
  • Acquisition of Saratoga Food Specialties, a supplier of custom dry seasoning blends and liquid solutions, such as sauces, dressings, and glazes for quick service restaurants and food manufacturers, through portfolio company Solina
  • Acquisition of the CM Group, a medical communications platform, through portfolio company Open Health Communications
  • Acquisition of JGM Fund Services and JGM Fund Administration, two providers of integrated account, tax, fund management, and investor services, through portfolio company IQ-EQ
  • Acquisition of Acsel Health, a life sciences industry management consulting business, through portfolio company Open Health
  • Acquisition of OPEN Health, a leading global provider of scientific communications and market access services to the pharmaceutical industry
  • Portfolio company Clario’s divestiture of its Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Services Solutions division to Stanley Capital Partners
  • Multiple acquisitions for portfolio company IQ-EQ, including of Greyline Partners, Constellation Advisers, and Blue River Partners
  • Portfolio company Corsearch on its acquisition of Incopro
  • Acquisition of Corsearch from Audax Private Equity
  • Multiple acquisitions for portfolio company Anaqua, including of Quantify IP, O P Solutions, SeeUnity, and Actio IP
  • The US$5.9 billion merger of portfolio company eResearch Technology with BioClinica, as part of a consortium, along with Nordic Capital and Novo Holdings
  • Acquisition of Anaqua from Insight Venture Partners
  • Its US$3.8 billion investment in eResearchTechnology
• Funds managed by Apollo Global Management affiliates on numerous transactions, including on the:
  • US$2.7 billion acquisitions of Shutterfly and Snapfish and their subsequent combination
  • US$2.2 billion acquisition of ClubCorp
  • US$1.47 billion initial public offering of portfolio company ADT common stock
  • US$1.4 billion acquisition of NewPage Holdings by portfolio company Verso Paper 
• Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of:
  • American Trailer Works, a manufacturer and supplier of trailers
  • Big Tex Trailers, a manufacturer and supplier of professional-grade trailers
  • MSX International, a provider of retail network and human capital solutions
• The Blackstone Group on:
  • Selling a US$7 billion stake in Cheniere Energy
  • Acquisition of US motorway operations of HMSHost, a subsidiary of Autogrill
• KKR on its investment in Blue Sprig Pediatrics and Blue Sprig’s subsequent acquisition of SCP Autism Services
• CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition a majority stake in communications and advisory firm Teneo from BC Partners
• Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division on its acquisition of Capital Vision Services from Altas Partners and CDP
• Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in their acquisition of Apex Companies, a provider of water resource management and related environmental services for commercial industries 
• One Equity Partners and its portfolio company Infobip on the carve-out acquisition from Amdocs of OpenMarket, a leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to enterprises 
• Beach Point Capital’s strategic investment in Walker Digital Table Systems, a provider of smart casino table games solutions
• Inflexion on its acquisition of Enviolo, a Netherlands-based e-bike components manufacturer

Strategic M&A Transactions

• Sightline Payments, a provider of payment solutions for mobile gaming companies and casino industry, in multiple capital raises and strategic transactions
• Via on its acquisition of Remix
• Talen Energy on its US$5.2 billion sale to Riverstone Holdings
• Clearwire on Sprint’s acquisition of the remaining stake in Clearwire, implying a US$14 billion enterprise value, and on DISH Networks’ unsolicited competing offer for Clearwire
• The Macerich Company on Simon Property Group’s US$23.2 billion unsolicited takeover offer and the subsequent settlement agreement with two activist investors
• SunEdison’s Board of Directors on its settlement agreement with activist investor Greenlight Capital

*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Latham