Claire E. James

Recent work

• Turnspire Capital Partners LLC in its acquisition of Swanson Industries, a leading provider of mining equipment, hydraulic cylinders, and related industrial equipment
• iCON Infrastructure LLP in its strategic partnership with Royal Caribbean Group
• Kaseya on its $6.2 billion acquisition of Datto
• Famille C, the Courtin-Clarins family holding company and owner of the Clarins brand, in its acquisition of ILIA Beauty
• Holley in its merger with SPAC Empower Ltd., in which Holley will become a publicly traded company
• Arkema on the proposed divestment of its PMMA business to Trinseo, a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber
• Sarissa Capital Acquisition Corp. in its $200 million SPAC initial public offering
• E2open in its $2.57 billion combination with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) CC Neuberger Principal Holdings I, in which E2open will become a publicly traded company
• Stanley Capital on its acquisition of global specialty pharmaceutical company, Noden Pharma DAC
• SIX in its partnership agreement with and investment in Omniex, an institutional trading platform provider for digital assets and cryptocurrencies
• FFL Partners and its portfolio company EyeCare Partners in the sale of ECP to Partners Group
• E2open, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, in its acquisition of global trade management software provider Amber Road for $425 million
• GlaxoSmithKline in its $12.7 billion joint venture with Pfizer to combine their consumer health businesses
• Royal Resources, an entity owned by funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners and Blackstone Capital Partners, in the sale of its Eagle Ford Shale assets for a transaction value of $894 million to Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp., an energy-focused SPAC
• Conyers Park Acquisition Corp. in its $900 million combination with Atkins Nutritionals Inc. to form The Simply Good Foods Company
• Swift Transportation in its $6 billion stock-for-stock merger with Knight Transportation
• Exela Technologies, formerly known as Quinpario Acquisition, in its $2.8 billion combination with SourceHOV and Novitex
• Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of Staples’ European business
• Sagent Pharmaceuticals on its approximately $750 million sale to Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical
• Cerberus Capital Management in its carveout of Avon's North American business and strategic investment in Avon’s international business
• Corning in connection with the unwinding of its 73-year-old Dow Corning joint venture with Dow Chemical in exchange for 100% of a newly formed corporation holding a 40% stake in Hemlock Semiconductor Group and approximately $4.8 billion in cash
• Innophos Holdings, Inc. on its agreement with FrontFour Capital Group LLC to expand its board of directors
• ICV Partners in its acquisition of SirsiDynix
• Sensata Technologies in its $1 billion acquisition of Schrader International
• Endo Health Solutions in its $1.6 billion acquisition of Paladin Labs (Canada) through the formation of a new Irish holding company, Endo International plc
• Funds managed by Kelso & Company and StoneRiver Group, L.P. in connection with the merger of Progressive Medical, Inc. and PMSI, Inc.
• Colfax Corporation, a manufacturer of fluid handling products, in its $947 million acquisition of Victor Technologies Group Inc., a manufacturer of industrial equipment, from Irving Place Capital, a private equity firm
• Gardner Denver, Inc. in its $3.9 billion acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
• LifeCare Holdings, Inc., an operator of long-term acute care hospitals, and its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• UniCredit in the dismissal of $60 billion in trebled RICO claims brought by the trustee for the Securities Investor Protection Act liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and dismissal of $4 billion in common law claims also asserted by the Madoff trustee

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