David K. Boston

M&A
Dave’s representative M&A transactions include advising:

• Level 3 Communications in numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including its:
  • sale to CenturyLink ($34 billion)
  • acquisition of tw telecom ($7.3 billion)
  • acquisition of Global Crossing Limited ($3 billion)
  • acquisition of Broadwing Corporation ($1.4 billion)
  • acquisition of TelCove, Inc. ($1.1 billion)
  • acquisition of WilTel Communications from Leucadia ($680 million) 
  • and its sale of Technology Spectrum to Insight Enterprises, Inc.
• Curtis Instruments in its sale to Kohler Co.
• Man Group plc in its acquisition of Varagon Capital Partners, L.P. and Bardin Hill
• Franklin Templeton in its acquisitions of Legg Mason ($4.5 billion), Lexington Partners ($1.75 billion), Putnam Investments ($925 million), Alcentra, Apera Asset Management, Benefit Street Partners and AdvisorEngine
• Victory Capital in its strategic partnership with Amundi combining Amundi US into Victory Capital in exchange for a 26.1% economic stake in Victory Capital and establishing long-term reciprocal distribution agreements
• Victory Capital in its acquisitions of USAA Asset Management Company, WestEnd Advisors, RS Investment Management and Munder Capital
  
• Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus in their $1.15 billion sale of Telcordia Technologies to Ericsson
• Neuberger Berman in its $2.6 billion sale to Lehman Brothers
• Hedge fund manager Ramius LLC in its business combination with Cowen Group
• Cowen Group in its acquisition of LaBranche & Co.
• Virtus Investment Partners in its acquisition of RidgeWorth Investments
• Aberdeen Asset Management in its acquisition of Artio Global Investors, FLAG Capital Management, Arden Asset Management and ETF Securities
• Elior in its acquisition of TrustHouse Services Group
• The Titan Corporation in its $2.6 billion sale to L-3 Communications
• América Móvil in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico from Verizon 
• Teléfonos de Mexico in several transactions, including its:
  • acquisition of AT&T Latin America
  • acquisition of MCI’s controlling interest in Embratel Participacoes 
  • and the sale of its equity interest in MCI to Verizon
• Cadmus Communications in its sale to Cenveo
• Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of TransDigm Holding
• Marsh in its sale of Crump Group to an affiliate of J.C. Flowers
• Peter Kiewit Sons’ in its spin-off of Kiewit Materials
• Kiewit Materials in its sale to Rinker Materials

Capital Markets
Dave’s representative capital markets transactions, include advising:

• Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup, BofA Securities and the other underwriters in the $577 million initial public offering of Ibotta, Inc.
• Franklin Templeton in notes offerings
• Victory Capital in its initial public offering and secondary offering
• CenturyLink in notes offerings
• Level 3 Communications in numerous offerings of common stock, convertible notes and notes
• Lennar in numerous notes offerings
• Virtus Investment Partners in an offering of common stock and preferred stock
• Ventas, Inc. in numerous offerings of common stock, convertible notes and notes
• Deutsche Bank Securities and another underwriter in notes offerings of Rialto Holdings
• Deutsche Bank Securities and J.P. Morgan in numerous common stock, preferred stock and convertible notes offerings of Strategic Hotel & Resorts
• BofA Merrill Lynch and another underwriter in a preferred shares offering of Arch Capital
• Telcordia Technologies in offerings of notes
• Cowen Group in its initial public offering following its combination with Ramius
• Neuberger Berman in offerings of common stock and convertible notes