Max Schleusener

Max’s market-leading clients include:

Strategic Clients

• Aon
• Atos
• Bosch
• Delphi Automotive
• Honeywell
• Paramount Skydance Corporation 
• Stericycle
• Thomson Reuters
• Trustmark

Sponsor Clients

• Carlyle
• GTCR
• Permira
• Silver Lake 

Max’s experience includes representing:

Strategic M&A

• Actuant, a provider of engineering solutions for position and motion control systems, in the sale of its engineered components and systems segment to One Rock Capital Partners
• Aon in its:
  • Sale of its cybersecurity and intellectual property litigation consulting groups to LevelBlue
  • US$80 billion merger of equals with Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking, and solutions company (terminated)
  • Acquisition of Stroz Friedberg, a provider of digital forensics services and cybersecurity consultancy worldwide (terminated prior to consummation)
• Aspen Skiing Company and KSL Capital Partners in their US$1.5 billion acquisition of Intrawest Resorts Holdings, a North American mountain resort and adventure company
• Athene in its all-stock merger with Apollo Global Management at a value of US$11 billion
• Atos in its acquisitions of Maven Wave and Nimbix
• Baxter International in its US$900 million acquisition of the Oncaspar® product portfolio of Sigma-Tau Finanziaria, a multi-agent chemotherapy regimen to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Bosch in its:
  • Acquisition of substantially all the assets of TSI Semiconductors
  • Acquisition of HydraForce, a designer and manufacturer of hydraulically powered mobile equipment
• Bunge Limited, a global grains merchant manufacturer, in its planned US$34 billion merger with Viterra
• CenterPoint Energy in its: 
  • US$850 million sale of Miller Pipeline, a provider of infrastructure services to the natural gas and electric industries
  • Sale of Minnesota Limited, a contractor of pipeline construction and gas distribution services
• CrossFit in its sale to XFit Holdings and Berkshire Partners 
• DB Schenker, a logistics service provider, in its US$435 million business combination with USA Truck, a capacity solutions provider
• Delphi Automotive in the: 
  • US$727 million sale of its thermal systems business, an automotive parts manufacturer, to MAHLE
  • US$4.5 billion tax-free spinoff of its Powertrain Systems Segment to its shareholders
• Ellen S. Bresky, the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Seaboard Corporation, and other members of the Bresky family, in its US$600 million sale of common stock back to Seaboard, a diversified group that operates in agricultural and ocean transport businesses
• FMC Technologies in its US$13 billion merger of equals with Technip, a France-based designer and developer of offshore oil and gas processing facilities, via the EU cross-border merger regime 
• Funding Circle, a leading UK lending platform, in the sale of its US business segment to iBusiness Funding
• Honeywell in its £1.8 billion all-cash acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s Catalyst Technologies business
• Imago BioSciences, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing new medicines for the treatment of bone marrow diseases, in its US$1.35 billion sale to Merck
• Informatica in its US$8 billion acquisition by Salesforce
• ironSource, a business platform that empowers mobile content creators, on its all-stock merger with Unity Software, a platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, at a value of US$4.4 billion
• Itamar Medical in its US$538 million acquisition by ZOLL Medical
• Lazard as financial advisor in the acquisition of Evoqua Water Technologies, a provider of critical water treatment solutions, by Xylem, a global water technology company, at a value of US$7.5 billion
• Level Access, a digital accessibility solutions provider, in acquiring UserWay, a publicly traded pioneer in accessibility AI technologies
• New Enterprise Associates in the take-private acquisition of NeueHealth with a consortium of investors, at an enterprise value of US$1.3 billion
• Opiant Pharmaceuticals in its sale to Indivior Inc., a subsidiary of Indivior PLC
• Paramount Skydance Corporation in its acquisition of The Free Press
• Safeway in its US$830 million sale of Property Development Centers, its property development subsidiary, to Terramar Retail Centers
• Skydance Media in its merger with Paramount, valuing New Paramount at an enterprise value of US$28 billion and Skydance at US$4.75 billion, as well as the investor group in an over US$8 billion investment into Paramount Global and acquisition of National Amusements
• Stericycle in its: 
  • US$7.2 billion acquisition by Waste Management
  • Sale of its Communication Solutions business to Carenet Health, a provider of healthcare consumer engagement solutions
  • US$462.5 million sale of its Domestic Environmental Solutions Business, a hazardous waste transportation provider, to Harsco
  • Sale of its operations in Chile, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil to three buyers
• Tenneco in its sale to Apollo Global Management affiliates at an enterprise value of US$7.1 billion
• Thomson Reuters in the:
  • Sale of its Legal Managed Services business to Ernst & Young 
  • Sale of its Manatron government software business to Harris Computer Systems 
• Trustmark Mutual Holding Company, a third-party health benefits administrator, in its US$400 million sale to Health Care Service Corporation
• William Blair as financial advisor in the all-stock merger of PowerFleet and MiX Telematics, a South Africa-based provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions

Private Equity M&A

• GTCR in multiple transactions, including in the: 
  • Purchase of AssuredPartners, a US insurance brokerage firm
  • Purchase of Cole-Parmer, a US medical device company
  • Purchase of Onvoy, a telecommunications services company
  • Sale of Onvoy to Sinch AB for US$1.14 billion
• Onvoy, a portfolio company of GTCR, in several acquisitions, including its US$786 million take-private acquisition of Inteliquent, an interconnection partner for communication service providers
• Permira on its US$6.9 billion take-private acquisition of Squarespace
• The Carlyle Group in its:
  • Acquisition of Apollo Aviation Group, a global commercial aviation investment and servicing firm with US$5.6 billion in assets under management, including 243 aircraft owned, managed, or committed to purchase, which became a new business line within Carlyle’s Global Credit Segment
  • Acquisition of CBAM Partners' CLO business and portfolio of assets for US$615 million in cash and approximately 4.2 million newly issued common shares
  • Acquisition of Novetta Solutions, a provider of data analytics solutions for the defense, intelligence, and security services sectors
• Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) in multiple transactions, including:
  • The purchase of Dense Air Networks, a wireless infrastructure as a service company
  • StepStone Group’s investment in SIP
  • Financing rounds for the SIP-founded connected roads and infrastructure company, Cavnue
• Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Nonni’s Food Group, a manufacturer and marketer of baked goods
• Silver Lake in its:
  • US$12.5 billion acquisition of Qualtrics, an experience management software provider
  • US$8.75 billion investment in Intel Corporation's Altera business

Activism Defense

• Sinovac Biotech in its defense against certain actions by dissident shareholders seeking board seats and other changes
• Stericycle in its negotiated resolution of a campaign by Saddle Point Management