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Our firm has long been a leading adviser in private equity. Our lawyers are known not only for the quality of their advice, but also for their pragmatic and decisive approach. Our clients include many of the most active independent private equity firms, as well as the private equity groups within major financial institutions.
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We are advising Crestview Partners in connection with its $7.2 billion acquisition with an investor group including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Natural Gas Partners and Itochu of Samson Investment Company, one of the largest, private oil and gas exploration and production companies in the U.S.
We advised General Atlantic, a private equity firm, as the largest shareholder in connection with the $3 billion sale of its portfolio company Emdeon, a Nashville, Tennessee-based provider of revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, to Blackstone.
We advised DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, the private equity investment arm of Credit Suisse, as selling shareholder of FDR Holdings Limited (Frontier), a Houston, Texas-based independent oil and gas drilling company, in connection with the acquisition of Frontier by Noble Corporation in a cash transaction which values the enterprise at $2.16 billion.
We advised Grupo Qualicorp, a Brazilian health care benefits and insurance services company, on the acquisition of a controlling stake by The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm.
We advised Quicksilver Resources in connection with the sale of 100% of its interests in Quicksilver Gas Services LP to First Reserve Crestwood Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm First Reserve, for approximately $1 billion.

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We advised Quadrangle Group as selling shareholders in connection with the $828 million acquisition of Protection One, a Lawrence, Kansas-based security and alarm services company, by affiliates of GTCR Golder Rauner, a Boston-based private equity firm.
We are advising Metalmark Capital in connection with the $550 million sale of Tegrant Corporation, a Metalmark portfolio company and DeKalb, Illinois-based provider of protective retail packaging solutions, to Sonoco Products Company, a Hartsville, South Carolina-based manufacturer of industrial and consumer products and provider of packaging services.
We advised a consortium of investors and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners as the lead investor in connection with an investment of approximately US$425 million in Asian Genco Pte., an infrastructure development company with investments in Indian power generation assets and engineering services businesses. In addition to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, the consortium consists of General Atlantic LLC, Goldman Sachs Investment Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Everstone Capital and other investors.
We advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Veolia Energy North America in connection with the formation of a joint venture and the $320 million cash acquisition by that joint venture of the Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) from NSTAR. MATEP's principal asset is a cogeneration plant that produces electricity, steam and chilled water, and a distribution system that delivers these products to several hospitals, medical research and biotechnology centers and teaching institutions in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston.
We advised Crestview Partners on its investment with MidOcean Partners in a 42% stake in Insight Communications, a New York-based cable operator.
We advised Quadrangle Capital Partners on a $300 million combined equity and debt financing by a Quadrangle-led consortium of private equity investors in Tower Vision, an Indian telecom tower management company. Seven other equity co-investors invested alongside Quadrangle. This investment marks Quadrangle’s first transaction in Asia.
We advised GS Capital Partners, a merchant banking unit of Goldman Sachs, in connection with its up to $291.6 million investment in up to a 19.9% interest in Enstar Group, a Bermudan company that acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies in run-off and portfolios of insurance.
We advised Vector Capital, a San Francisco, California-based private equity firm, on its approximately $281.8 million acquisition of Gerber Scientific, a Tolland, Connecticut-based supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for the sign making, specialty graphics, packaging, apparel and industrial industries. We also advised Vector Capital in connection with the divestiture of Spandex AG, Gerber Scientific's Swiss business unit and trade sign making business in Europe, to Gilde Buyout Partners.
We advised Tailwind Capital Partners on its acquisition of Apex Companies, a Rockville, Maryland-based environmental, health, safety, and engineering company.
We advised Metalmark Capital in connection with the sale of its portfolio company SouthernCare, a Dallas, Texas-based provider of comprehensive hospice care, to Kohlberg & Company, a U.S. private equity firm headquartered in Mt. Kisco, New York.

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