Victoria E. VanStekelenburg

victoria.vanstekelenburg@lw.com

+1.202.637.2354

Profile

Victoria VanStekelenburg represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies in mergers, acquisitions, and other complex business transactions.

Drawing on her experience in multifaceted and cross-border private equity matters, Victoria helps clients successfully and expeditiously navigate significant deals. She regularly advises on multijurisdictional transactions involving companies that operate worldwide. Her deal work encompasses diverse industries, from technology and manufacturing to government contracts and consumer products.

Victoria counsels clients throughout every stage of the investment lifecycle, from purchase to sale. She also works with portfolio companies over the course of their life with a fund, including in connection with add-on acquisitions and governance matters. Regardless of the matter at hand, Victoria applies big-picture thinking and a collaborative approach to help clients address key legal and business challenges.

Victoria has held several firm leadership roles and is currently on the firm's Recruiting Committee. She previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s D.C. Women Lawyers Group, an affinity group that fosters connections among women lawyers. She also previously served on the firm’s Associates Committee, a body comprising associates and partners that manages associate performance reviews and makes partnership recommendations, as well as the Training & Career Enhancement Committee, which develops and oversees in-house training and mentoring programs for associates.

Experience

Victoria’s experience includes advising:

The Carlyle Group in its:
- €10.1 billion leveraged acquisition of AkzoNobel’s specialty chemicals business
- Take-private acquisition with GTCR of Albany Molecular Research
- US$2.07 billion sale of Landmark Aviation, an operator of a global network of fixed-base operations (FBOs), aircraft maintenance and aircraft management, and charter businesses, to BBA Aviation
- Approximately US$122 million sale of Primatics Financial, an enterprise software company, to SS&C Technologies
- US$4.15 billion acquisition of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a global provider of solutions for screening and confirming diseases, from Johnson & Johnson
- US$1.45 billion sale of Precision Flow Systems by BC Partners and Carlyle to Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR)
- US$1.9 billion sale of Wesco Aircraft, a provider of supply chain management services to the global aerospace industry, to Platinum Equity
- Acquisition of Unison Software, a provider of software for federal agencies and government contractors
- Acquisition of Worldpac, Inc., a distributor of original equipment automotive replacement parts, in a carve-out from Advance Auto Parts
- Acquisition, and subsequent sale of a majority interest, of Accelerate Learning, a provider of STEM curriculum for the K-12 education market
Platinum Equity in its:
- €200 million divestiture of the European and Asian operations of Mactac, a global pressure-sensitive materials business, to Avery Dennison
- Joint venture with Ball and the acquisition of Ball’s tinplate food and aerosol packaging businesses
- US$3.85 billion acquisition of Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading supplier of injection molding equipment and services to the global plastics industry
Boldyn Networks (formerly known as BAI Communications) in acquiring:
- Apogee, a provider of on-campus connectivity infrastructure in the US higher education industry
- ZenFi Networks, a provider of digital infrastructure solutions
- Mobilitie, a telecommunications infrastructure company
Godspeed Capital Partners and their affiliates in more than 30 acquisitions
Pharmaceutical Product Development, a leading global contract research organization, in its acquisition from Symphony Technology Group of Evidera
Capitol Acquisition Corporation III in its combination with Cision at an enterprise value of approximately US$2.4 billion
An investment fund and asset management business specializing in the acquisition of cash flows arising from intellectual property in film, television, and music, in the sale of its asset management business to a blue-chip private equity firm