Ransel Newcombe Potter

M&A

• CPP Investments and Encino Energy in the US$5.6 billion sale of Encino Acquisition Partners to EOG Resources
• CPP Investments in its joint venture with GIC and Equinix, Inc. to raise over US$15 billion to build hyperscale data centers in the US
• Aera Energy, CPPIB, and IKAV in Aera's US$2.1 billion all-stock merger with California Resources Corporation
• The Blackstone Group in its equity investment in Western LNG to fund liquefied natural gas projects in Western Canada
• An institutional investor consortium in connection with a private capital transaction for Reimagined Parking
• Holley in its 2021 merger with SPAC Empower Ltd., in which Holley will become a publicly traded company*
• The Sterling Group on its establishment of Frontline Road Safety, a new platform formed to build a national leader in the US road safety industry, and its subsequent acquisitions of:
• Stripe-A-Zone*
•  Apply-A-Line*
• Hi-Lite Airfield Services*
• DigitalBridge Group in the US$3.2 billion sale of its Wellness Infrastructure business to Highgate Capital Investments and Aurora Health Network*
• Franchise Group in its acquisition of W.S. Badcock Corporation for US$580 million*
• Franchise Group, Inc. in its acquisitions of the Sears Outlet stores business and American Freight Group, Inc.*
• Court Square capital Partners in the acquisition of Medical Knowledge Group*
• HealthEquity, Inc. in its agreement to acquire WageWorks, Inc. for approximately US$2 billion*
• HealthEquity, Inc. in a number of HSA portfolio acquisitions*
• Glansaol, a newly launched prestige beauty and personal care company, in its acquisition of Laura Geller, Julep and Clark's Botanicals*
• PayScale, Inc. in its US$325 million sale to Francisco Partners*
• Cowen Group in its acquisition of Convergex*

Capital Markets

• Underwriters in several offerings by Arch Capital Group Ltd., including an aggregate US$950 million public offering of senior notes, an approximately US$502 million secondary public offering of common shares and an approximately US$101 million public offering of preferred shares*
• Underwriters in the public offering by Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc in October 2020 of senior notes*
• Underwriters in the public offering by Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.'s in July 2020 of US$150 million depositary shares*
• Rule 144A/Reg S surplus note offerings for Guardian, New York Life, Northwestern Mutual and Western & Southern*
• HealthEquity, Inc. in the offerings under Rule 144A of US$600 million of its senior notes due 2029*
• HealthEquity, Inc. in its approximately US$412 million offering of 6.75 million common shares*
• Friedman Fleischer & Lowe and CURO Group Holdings in Curo's IPO*
• Curo Group Holdings and the selling stockholders in a secondary offering of common stock*
• Curo Group Holdings in its 144A offering of senior secured notes*
• Curo Financial Technologies Corp. in various offerings of senior secured notes*
• LSB Industries, Inc. in offerings of senior secured notes and related consent solicitation*
• The bondholders in connection with a private placement of notes as part of the in-court restructuring of CGG Holding*
• Essent Group Ltd. in its public offerings of common shares in August 2017*
• Cardtronics, Inc. and Cardtronics USA, Inc. in its offering of senior notes*

Insurance Securitizations

• Arch, Essent, NMI and Radian in multiple on-the-run and seasoned mortgage insurance-linked note securitizations*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham