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  1. Patton Byron
New York
Byron Patton
Associate
byron.patton@freshfields.com
New York: +1 (646) 231-7044
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Byron advises private equity sponsors, management teams, portfolio companies and strategic investors, as well as public companies, on a range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, carve-out transactions, reorganizations and general corporate matters.  Prior to becoming a lawyer, Byron served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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  • Sonoco on its $1.8bn sale of its Thermoformed and Flexibles Packaging business (TFP) to TOPPAN.
  • Cencora (f/k/a AmerisourceBergen) on its $4bn+ acquisition of Retina Consultants of America.
  • Ascendant Capital Partners in its strategic investment in DC BLOX to accelerate deployment of digital infrastructure across the Southeast
  • GTCR in its:
    • Acquisition of Betcha Sports by its portfolio company Vivid Seats
    • Acquisition of FD Fund Administration by its portfolio company Ultimus Fund Solutions
    • Acquisition of PathGroup Holdings, one of the largest independent laboratories in the United States
  • Madison Dearborn Partners in its:
    • Acquisition of M&T Bank’s Wilmington Trust CIT Business
    • Acquisition of MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in money transfer services and the evolution of digital P2P payments
  • The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of CBAM Partners’ CLO business and portfolio of assets
  • GCP Applied Technologies, a provider of speciality construction materials, packaging sealants and coating products, in its US$2.3 billion sale to Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
  • Opiant Pharmaceuticals, in its take-private sale to Indivior PLC
  • TechnipFMC, a global oilfield services company, in the sale of its measurement solutions business to One Equity Partners
  • Tenneco, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of automotive ride control and emission control products and systems, in its US$7.1 billion sale to Apollo Global Management
  • Hilton Worldwide Holdings, in its acquisition of the Graduate Hotels brand from Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners
  • Ohio National in a strategic transaction with Constellation Insurance Holdings involving a sponsored demutualization
  • Hagerty, in its merger with Aldel Financial Inc., resulting in a combined publicly traded company
  • Primerica, in its strategic acquisition of e-TeleQuote, a Florida-based senior health insurance distributor of Medicare-related insurance policies

*This deal list includes work that Byron completed while at a prior firm.

Byron Patton
Associate
byron.patton@freshfields.com
T +1 (646) 231-7044
new york Office

3 World Trade Center

175 Greenwich Street, 51st Floor

10007 new york
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