Sean C. Denvir

sean.denvir@lw.com

+1.213.891.8504

Profile

Sean Denvir, an experienced M&A lawyer, advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies in a range of industries on strategic corporate transactions.

Mr. Denvir advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, including:

Leveraged buyouts and take-private transactions
Joint ventures
Carve-out transactions
Minority investments

His experience includes representing clients in the entertainment, sports, and media; technology; retail and consumer products; education; infrastructure; and real estate industries.

Mr. Denvir also regularly provides general corporate representation to public and private company clients in connection with corporate governance and securities law compliance matters. He combines experience in a full spectrum of complex transactions with a practical commercial sensibility to serve clients efficiently.

Experience

Mr. Denvir’s experience includes:

Private Equity Transactions

Leonard Green & Partners in the acquisitions of, or investments in, Charter NEX, Troon Golf, and West Shore Home, as well as the sales of Scitor Corporation, Charter Next Generation, and Troon Golf
Oaktree Capital Management in its investment in Foley Products Company, and the sale of Agro Merchants Group to Americold Realty Trust
Sun Capital Partners in the acquisition by its affiliate of National Tree Company
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management in the investment by its affiliated funds in Duck Creek Technologies and Security Scorecard
Ripple Industries in the acquisitions of Aftermarket Performance Group and Schumacher Electric Corporation
Peninsula Pacific in its acquisitions of Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping, Eco-Pan and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Sioux City, Iowa, as well as the sale of Concrete Pumping Holdings
Marlin Equity Partners in its acquisitions of HotSchedules and Fourth
Rizvi Traverse Management, in its take private acquisition of RealD

Entertainment and Media Transactions

MGM Studios in its acquisitions of United Artists Media Group and Big Fish Entertainment
Ithaca Holdings in its sale to HYBE and acquisitions of Big Machine Label Group and Atlas Music Publishing
Participant Media in the formation of Amblin Partners
Verizon Media in its acquisition of a minority equity interest in Awesomeness TV and its joint venture with Hearst Communications to acquire Complex Media

Other Representative Transactions

PLBY Group in its acquisition of Honey Birdette
Lucky Brand Dungarees in its Section 363 bankruptcy sale to SPARC Group and an affiliate of Authentic Brands Group
Nestlé Health Science in its acquisitions of Vital Proteins and Pamlab, as well as the sale of Nestlé Health Science-Pamlab
Nestlé USA in its acquisition of Sweet Earth
Avery Dennison in the sale of its consumer and office products and designed engineering solutions businesses to CCL Industries
Fiverr in its acquisition of ClearVoice

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

California

Education

JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2008
Order of the Coif, Southern California Law Review
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

Practices

Industries

June 2, 2021Recognition

Latham Named Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year

Chambers USA recognized the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice for “world class expertise when it comes to the most challenging transactions.”

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October 13, 2020 Our Work

3 Firms Guide REIT's $1.7B Cold Warehouse Biz Buy

Real estate investment trust Americold said Tuesday it's buying fellow temperature-controlled warehouse business Agro Merchants Group for $1.74 billion from affiliates of private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management in a deal guided by three law firms.