David S. Dantzic

Mr. Dantzic’s clients include:

• Axalta Coatings
• The Carlyle Group
• Ciena Corporation
• Darden Restaurants
• Platinum Equity
• PAE
• Sequa Corporation
• Nature's Bounty
• Nouryon

Mr. Dantzic’s experience includes representation of:

• PAE in connection with its US$1.55 billion cash and stock merger with Gores Holdings III, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its €10.1 billion leveraged acquisition of AkzoNobel’s specialty chemicals business
• Liberty Tire in connection with its restructuring and subsequent acquisition of Lakin Tire
• Platinum Equity in connection with its US$860 million acquisition of PAE
• Veyance Technologies, Inc. in connection with its US$1.9 billion sale to Continental AG
• Darden Restaurants, Inc. in connection with its US$2.1 billion sale of the Red Lobster restaurant chain to Golden Gate Capital
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its US$4.9 billion leveraged acquisition of DuPont's Performance Coatings business
• CoreSite, a US based data center operator that is organized as an REIT, in its initial public offering of common stock
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its US$4.0 billion acquisition of NYSE-listed NBTY, Inc., a global manufacturer and retailer of nutritional supplements and the subsequent sale to KKR
• Ciena Corporation in its successful “stalking horse bid” and US$769 million acquisition of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networking business
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its US$2.8 billion acquisition of NYSE-listed Sequa Corporation
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its US$1.75 billion sale of Standard Aero and Landmark Aviation to Dubai Aerospace Enterprises Limited
• The Carlyle Group in connection with its US$1.475 billion leveraged acquisition of Goodyear’s Engineered Products Division
• The Carlyle Group in its investment in the US$15 billion buyout of Hertz
• The Carlyle Group in its acquisition and subsequent US$650 million sale of Horizon Lines, the largest domestic containerized shipping company in the United States