We represent a wide array of companies involved in all aspects of the construction sector in the U.S. and Europe. Our clients include construction companies, equipment rental companies, home builders, and building material manufacturers and suppliers.
Experience
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of the audit committee of Shaw Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 provider of piping systems, engineering procurement and construction services.
- Represented Bank of Nova Scotia in a lien priority dispute with Suitt Construction, a national leader in design-build and a founding member of the Design-Build Institute of America.
- Platinum Equity as debt structuring counsel in its acquisition of a co-controlling stake in US LBM, a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the U.S.
- Financing counsel to Platinum Equity in its acquisition of a majority stake in The Cook & Boardman Group from Littlejohn & Co., LLC.
- STARK Group on the acquisition of Austrian building materials distributor Schilowsky Baumarkt und Baustoffhandel KG.
- Blue Wolf Capital Partners in its acquisition of Sterling Site Access Solutions, a leading provider of temporary ground protection and site access services.
- The Sterling Group and its portfolio company Construction Supply Group in Construction Supply’s acquisition of Construction Materials.
- Frontline Road Safety, a portfolio company of The Sterling Group, in its acquisition of the pavement marking contracting operations of Ozark Striping Company, LLC.
- Etanco and private equity sponsor Intermediate Capital Group in the €725 million sale of Etanco Group to Simpson Manufacturing.
- Montefiore Investment in its acquisition of a significant stake in NGE.
- Nexa Equity LLC in its majority growth investment in Leap, a leading provider of home contractor sales enablement software.
- STARK Deutschland GmbH in the following transactions:
- the acquisition of Dach & Wand Handels GmbH, a leading Austrian building material distributor.
- its acquisition of German building material distributor KONZ Group.
- its agreement to acquire Melle Gallhöfer, a leading German specialist dealer for roofs and facades, from private equity fund palero.
- the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd.
- the acquisition of Tröger & Entenmann Group, a leading German provider of water and gas supply and wastewater disposal solutions.
- Tenex Capital Management in its acquisition of Rose Paving, LLC, a leading nationwide provider of parking lot maintenance services.
- Truelink Capital in its acquisition of Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, one of North America's largest architectural glass and aluminum fabricators.
- W&W|AFCO Steel in connection with its acquisition of Texas-based steel producer Hirschfeld Industries.
- Successfully defended a major European manufacturer and two of its licensees in the ITC and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit against claims for infringing three patents relating to methods and apparatuses for mechanically locking floor panels. The ITC properly construed the patent claims as not covering the clients’ products.