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David J. Bauer

Partner

Chicago

+1 312-558-5706

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Dave concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, other complex corporate transactions, and general corporate advice for publicly and privately held companies.

Recent representative clients in this area include Norwest Equity Partners, Industrial Opportunity Partners, Wind Point Partners, Tyree & D'Angelo Partners, Longshore Capital Partners, Silver Oak Services Partners, Charles Thayne Capital, Merit Capital Partners and Pritzker Private Capital.

Key Matters

Represented Industrial Opportunity Partners in its acquisition of Masonite Architectural, the commercial wood door business segment of Masonite International Corporation (a recently acquired business unit of Ownes Corning).

Represented Norwest Equity Partners in its sale of Bix Produce Company to FreshPoint

Represented Norwest Equity Partners in the sale of Focal Point Data Risk, LLC and Focal Point Federal, LLC to CDW Technologies LLC

Represented Sugar Foods Corporation (a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital) in its acquisition of Concord Foods

Represented TreeHouse Foods in the sale of its Ready-to-Eat Cereal Business to Post Holding, Inc.

Represented Suntory Global Spirits in the sale of the Courvoisier Cognac Brand and Related Assets to Campari Group

Represented Longshore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Annuity Health

Represented Longshore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Blue Wheel Media

Represented Longshore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Day One Digital

Represented Summit Hosting Holdco (a portfolio company of Silver Oak Services Partners) in the acquisition of ServerCentral d/b/a Deft

Represented Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of Good2Grow.

Represented Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of FreshEdge.

Recent Experience
Represented Suntory Global Spirits in its Sale of the Courvoisier Cognac Brand and Related Assets to Campari Group
Norwest Equity Partners Acquires QTI Fibers
Norwest Equity Partners' Sale of Focal Point Data Risk, LLC and Focal Point Federal, LLC to CDW Technologies LLC
Arbor Investments's Acquisition of Bagel Boy, LLC
TreeHouse Foods's US$85M Ready-to-Eat Cereal Business Sale to Post Holding, Inc.
Norwest Equity Partners Completes Sale of Avtex Solutions
Norwest Equity Partners' Investment in Recteq
The Jordan Co.'s Sale of TKE Holdings
Longshore Capital Partners Acquires Oakpoint

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Capabilities

Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity

Key Matters

Represented Industrial Opportunity Partners in its acquisition of Masonite Architectural, the commercial wood door business segment of Masonite International Corporation (a recently acquired business unit of Ownes Corning).

Represented Norwest Equity Partners in its sale of Bix Produce Company to FreshPoint

Represented Norwest Equity Partners in the sale of Focal Point Data Risk, LLC and Focal Point Federal, LLC to CDW Technologies LLC

Represented Sugar Foods Corporation (a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital) in its acquisition of Concord Foods

Represented TreeHouse Foods in the sale of its Ready-to-Eat Cereal Business to Post Holding, Inc.

Represented Suntory Global Spirits in the sale of the Courvoisier Cognac Brand and Related Assets to Campari Group

Represented Longshore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Annuity Health

Represented Longshore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Blue Wheel Media

Represented Longshore Capital Partners in its acquisition of Day One Digital

Represented Summit Hosting Holdco (a portfolio company of Silver Oak Services Partners) in the acquisition of ServerCentral d/b/a Deft

Represented Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of Good2Grow.

Represented Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of FreshEdge.

Recent Experience
Represented Suntory Global Spirits in its Sale of the Courvoisier Cognac Brand and Related Assets to Campari Group
Norwest Equity Partners Acquires QTI Fibers
Norwest Equity Partners' Sale of Focal Point Data Risk, LLC and Focal Point Federal, LLC to CDW Technologies LLC
Arbor Investments's Acquisition of Bagel Boy, LLC
TreeHouse Foods's US$85M Ready-to-Eat Cereal Business Sale to Post Holding, Inc.
Norwest Equity Partners Completes Sale of Avtex Solutions
Norwest Equity Partners' Investment in Recteq
The Jordan Co.'s Sale of TKE Holdings
Longshore Capital Partners Acquires Oakpoint

Credentials

Education

Dave received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as Associate Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. Prior to that Dave received his B.S. in Finance from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and his M.B.A., with distinction, from DePaul University, where he concentrated in Financial Analysis.

 

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