David Beller

Mr. Beller’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity Transactions

• Searchlight Capital Partners on:
  • Its strategic investment in Mainstream Fiber Networks
  • Its strategic investment in Wecom, an Arizona-based internet service provider
  • Its take-private acquisition of Hemisphere Media Group
  • Its minority investment in Euclid Transactional
  • Its US$1 billion strategic investment in Adams Outdoor Advertising
  • Its strategic investment in All Points Broadband
  • Acquiring Care Advantage
  • Its strategic investment in Sightline Payments
  • Its US$225 million preferred equity investment in MediaMath and subsequent out-of-court restructuring
  • Its US$150 million investment in Global Eagle Entertainment
  • Portfolio company 160over90’s sale to Endeavor, as advisor to 160over90
• Astorg Partners on:
  • Portfolio company Solina’s carve-out acquisition of Saratoga Food Specialties business from Smithfield Foods
  • Portfolio company IQ-EQ’s acquisition of JGM Fund Services and JGM Fund Administration, two providers of integrated account, tax, fund management, and investor services 
  • Acquiring OPEN Health, a provider healthcare marketing, and its acquisition of Acsel Health and The CM Group
  • Acquiring Corsearch from Audax Private Equity
  • Portfolio company eResearch Technology’s US$5.9 billion merger with BioClinica, as part of a consortium, with Nordic Capital and Novo Holdings
  • Acquiring Anaqua from Insight Venture Partners
  • Its US$3.8 billion investment in eResearchTechnology
• Funds managed by Apollo Global Management affiliates on multiple transactions, including the:
  • Antitrust aspects of the US$2.7 billion acquisitions of Shutterfly and Snapfish and their subsequent combination
  • US$2.2 billion acquisition of ClubCorp
  • US$1.47 billion initial public offering of portfolio company ADT common stock
  • US$1.4 billion acquisition of NewPage Holdings by portfolio company Verso Paper 
• The Blackstone Group on:
  • Selling a US$7 billion stake in Cheniere Energy
  • Acquiring the US motorway operations of HMSHost, an Autogrill subsidiary
• Bain Capital Private Equity on acquiring:
  • American Trailer Works, a trailer manufacturer
  • Big Tex Trailers, a manufacturer of professional-grade trailers
  • MSX International, a provider of retail network and human capital solutions
• KKR on its investment in Blue Sprig Pediatrics and Blue Sprig’s subsequent acquisition of SCP Autism Services
• CVC Capital Partners on acquiring a majority stake in communications and advisory firm Teneo from BC Partners
• Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division on acquiring Capital Vision Services from Altas Partners and CDP
• Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on acquiring Apex Companies, a provider of water resource management and related environmental services

Strategic M&A Transactions

• Sightline Payments, a payment solutions provider for mobile gaming companies and the casino industry, in multiple capital raises and strategic transactions
• Via on acquiring Remix
• Talen Energy on its US$5.2 billion sale to Riverstone Holdings
• Clearwire on Sprint’s acquiring the remaining stake in Clearwire, implying a US$14 billion enterprise value, and on DISH Networks’ unsolicited competing offer for Clearwire
• The Macerich Company on Simon Property Group’s US$23.2 billion unsolicited takeover offer and the subsequent settlement agreement with two activist investors
• SunEdison’s Board of Directors on its settlement agreement with activist investor Greenlight Capital

*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Latham