Mariclaire Petty advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies on sophisticated M&A transactions, frequently involving cross-border elements, across a broad range of industries.

Mariclaire leverages professional experience as a strategy consultant for a major international consulting firm and a solutions-oriented, business-focused mindset to guide clients through all stages of ownership of a portfolio company, including:

  • Initial acquisitions and final dispositions
  • Add-on acquisitions and divestitures
  • Management co-investment in portfolio companies
  • General corporate matters

She helps clients identify risks they may face and devises strategies to protect against them. Mariclaire collaborates with clients to understand their commercial objectives and unlocks Latham’s platform to provide comprehensive support on day-to-day issues that arise, including regulatory compliance, executive compensation and employment, and other matters.

Mariclaire has served as a member of the firm's Training and Career Enhancement Committee.

Mariclaire’s experience includes advising:

  • Permira on its US$6.9 billion take-private acquisition of Squarespace
  • Loc Performance Products on its US$950 million acquisition by Rheinmetall
  • CorroHealth, a leading provider of revenue cycle management solutions to health systems and health plans, on its strategic partnership with Patient Square Capital
  • Carlyle on its US$4.2 billion acquisition of ManTech, a provider of innovative technologies and solutions for national security programs
  • Carlyle and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a UK-organized, Nasdaq-listed global leader in in vitro diagnostics, in Ortho's merger with Quidel, valuing Ortho at approximately US$6.0 billion
  • Carlyle and Unison, a provider of procurement, supply chain, and contract management software to US federal government agencies and government contractors, on selling a majority stake in Unison to Madison Dearborn Partners
  • Coalfire and Carlyle on Coalfire’s acquisition by funds advised by Apax Partners 
  • Sale of Sundyne by BC Partners and Carlyle to Warburg Pincus
  • US$1.45 billion sale of Precision Flow Systems by BC Partners and Carlyle to Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR)
  • Formation of CorroHealth through the combination of TrustHCS, Visionary RCM, T-System, and RevCycle+ and the subsequent add-on acquisitions of Versalus Health, TCP Services and Analytics, Medical Savant, ParaRev, and Aergo Solutions
  • SK Capital Partners on its acquisition of Saint-Gobain’s scintillation and photonic crystals business
  • US$775 million acquisition by SK Capital Partners of the Performance Products & Solutions (PP&S) business unit of PolyOne Corporation
  • Platinum Equity on its acquisitions of Augusta Sportswear Brands and Founder Sports Group
  • Platinum Equity on its acquisition of a controlling stake in SVP-Singer Holdings and its wholly owned subsidiaries, the world’s largest consumer sewing machine company

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Education

  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2014
  • BS, Georgetown University, 2008
    cum laude