Edmond R. Parhami

Mr. Parhami’s representative experience includes advising:

Energy and Infrastructure

• Antin Infrastructure Partners on a number of matters, including its acquisition of a majority stake in Origis Energy, a vertically integrated renewable energy platform in the United States 
• Searchlight Capital Partners in its strategic investment in:
  • Adams Outdoor Advertising, an out of home media operator in a deal reported to be valued at more than US$1 billion
  • All Points Broadband, an internet service provider (ISP) employing a unique model of public-private and electric-utility partnerships to provide universal high-speed broadband access across the Commonwealth of Virginia and in adjacent markets
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) in the sale of their 44% interest in Puget Holdings, a provider of electric and natural gas services and indirect parent entity of Puget Sound Energy, to a consortium of investors including OMERS Infrastructure and PGGM
• Energy Transfer Partners in the US$1.6 billion joint venture investment with Blackstone Energy Partners in ET Rover Pipeline, a pipeline designed to transport domestically produced natural gas
• Cogentrix Power, a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group, in its acquisition of a portfolio of three power generation facilities with 1,000-MW of peaking generation units in the PJM Interconnection of Illinois
• ArcLight Capital in the US$2 billion sale of NET Midstream, a provider of midstream natural gas transportation services, to NextEra Energy Partners
• Energy Capital Partners, along with a consortium of investors, in the US$17 billion acquisition of Calpine Corporation, a wholesale power generation company, operating natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants

Healthcare

• Searchlight Capital Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Care Advantage, a leading at-home care provider in the United States 
• Consonance Capital Partners in a number of matters, including the:
  • Sale of Enclara Healthcare, a solution provider to healthcare organizations
  • Sale of TurnKey Health, a community-based palliative care organization
  • Sale of Kepro, a solution provider to government-sponsored healthcare programs
  • Acquisition of Bako Integrated Physician Services, a provider of specialty laboratory testing services
  • Acquisition of excelleRx and PBH Holding, providers of medication consultation and pharmaceutical distribution services
  • Acquisition of Priority OnDemand
• Astorg in its acquisition of Open Health
• Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division in its acquisition of Capital Vision Services from Altas Partners and CDPQ

Tech and Manufacturing

• Searchlight Capital Partners in the recapitalization of MediaMath and merger of an affiliate of Searchlight into MediaMath, making Searchlight the indirect majority owner of MediaMath
• 363 sale of MD Helicopters
• Universal Instruments, a provider of precision automation solutions for smart manufacturing, in its sale to Delta Electronics 
• Performance Designed Products, a developer of video game accessories and peripherals, in its sale to Diversis Capital Partners 
• Digital Colony Partners in connection with the:
  • Formation of a consortium with EQT Partners and other investors for the acquisition of Zayo Group Holdings
  • Formation of a consortium of investors to develop and acquire digital infrastructure assets
• DXC Technology Company in its US$2 billion all-cash take-private acquisition of NYSE-listed Luxoft Holding
• KKR in connection with the global carve-out of Hyperion Materials & Technologies, an industrial tool component manufacturer, from Sandvik
• Rakuten Marketing in a number of matters, including in the:
  • Acquisition of Deep Forest Media, an operator of programmatic mobile platforms
  • Acquisition by Slice Technologies of Unroll.Me, a provider of email management services
• Koch Industries in its US$7.2 billion take-private acquisition of Molex Incorporated

Retail, Services, and Hospitality

• Searchlight Capital Partners in its minority investment in Euclid Transactional, a managing general agent focused on transactional risk insurance solutions, including representation and warranty, tax indemnity, and contingent liability insurance products across North America and Europe 
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in connection with the US$1.5 billion Reverse Morris Trust transaction between Starwood’s vacation ownership business, Vistana Signature Experiences, and Interval Leisure Group
• Safeway, a national food and drug retailer in North America, in its US$9.4 billion take-private sale to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management
• Ares Management in the acquisition of the asset-based lending portfolio of First Capital Holdings, a commercial finance company