Eric S. Halperin

• Named to New York Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” list from 2014-2025.

Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, “Developments in PE and Venture Capital Deals”, Florida Bar’s 41st Annual Federal Securities Institute, February 25, 2025

Eric’s experience includes advising: 

• Recognize and its portfolio companies, including:
  
  • AST Corporation, a leading cloud and digital transformation solutions provider, through the sale of AST to IBM.
  • Sprout, an emerging leader of global ITAD solutions, specializing in the retirement of complex hardware portfolios from the endpoint to the cloud. 
  • the acquisition by GTCR and Recognize of TRANZACT, a leading direct-to-consumer insurance services company, from WTW PLC. 
  • Blue Mantis, a leading IT services provider, and subsequent add-on acquisitions. 
  • the sale of Torc, a talent marketplace platform, to Randstad Digital. 
  • the merger of SpringML, a portfolio company of Recognize with Egen, a cloud migration, application modernization and platform engineering provider, and the acquisition of Qarik, a multinational Google Cloud premier partner, by Egen. 
  • 2X LLC, a leading B2B-focused marketing-as-a-service firm, subsequent add-on acquisitions and secondary investments. 
• Tenex Capital Management and its portfolio companies, including: 
  
  • Rose Paving, a national provider of parking lot maintenance and rehabilitation solutions. 
  • AquaCentral in numerous acquisitions and in the sale of AquaCentral, the second-largest distributor of pool equipment and supplies in the U.S., to Heritage Pool Supply Group, a platform within SRS Distribution, a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and Berkshire Partners. 
  • Wolf Home Products, a provider of kitchen and bath, outdoor living and building products, through its sale to PrimeSource Brands, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. 
  • Benesys, a leading provider of administrative, management, claims processing and information technology services related to multiemployer benefit plans, pension plans and health and welfare plans.
• CIP Capital and its portfolio companies, including:
  
  • 3Pillar Global, an international developer of cutting-edge digital products, through the strategic growth investment in 3Pillar by H.I.G. Capital. 
  • WilsonHCG, a global leader in total talent solutions, through its investment from 3i Group.  
  • Cisive, a leading background screening provider focused on providing high value employee background screens and industry-specific data services to highly regulated, risk-sensitive industries, through its sale to GTCR. 
  • Carnegie Learning, Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for education and formative assessment, through a strategic growth investment from Madison Dearborn. 
  • Affinitiv, Inc., a leading marketing technology company serving automotive manufacturers (OEMs), dealership groups, and individual dealerships, in its merger with Loop LLC (dba AutoLoop), creating the largest provider of data-driven marketing and software solutions exclusively focused on the automotive customer lifecycle. 
  • OnCourse Learning Corporation, a leading national provider of online training and compliance solutions to the financial services, insurance, real estate, home inspection, appraisal and IT end markets, through its sale to Bertelsmann Education Group. 
• Magnetar Capital LLC in connection with a variety of transactions, including the Chapter 11 restructuring and recapitalization of Appgate. 
• Asset manager in connection with a $100 million Series A funding round for TensorWave, an AI infrastructure provider.
• OnPoint Group, a Harvest Partners portfolio company and the largest provider of brand-independent repair, maintenance and fleet management services to retail, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare and hospitality companies, in connection with numerous acquisitions. 
• Valet Living, a leading national provider of value-added services to the multifamily housing industry and portfolio company of GI Partners, in connection with numerous acquisitions. 
• A top 20 accounting firm in its acquisition of Tidwell Group, LLC, a tax, assurance and advisory, and real estate consulting firm. 
• Mint House, a leading tech-enabled residential hospitality company, in connection with its $35 million Series B round of funding. 
• BrightSpire Capital, Inc., formerly known as Colony Credit Real Estate, in the sale of a portfolio of development and non-accrual investments.  
• Insight as an investor in the PIPE transaction as part of WeWork's $9 billion SPAC merger with BowX Acquisition Corp.  
• Various alternative asset managers in connection with PIPE transactions, including the $24 billion combination of Churchill Capital Corp IV and Lucid Motors, the $11 billion combination of Churchill Capital Corporation III and MultiPlan and the $10.4 billion combination of FinTech Acquisition Corp. V and eToro. 
• Bedford Capital and Voalte, Inc., a pioneer and leader in real-time, mobile healthcare communications, in the sale of Voalte to global medical technology company Hill-Rom. 
• A financial institution in connection with the seed investment in a multi-manager investment fund and joint venture with respect thereto.
• A sovereign wealth fund in connection with acquisitions and investments across a range of sectors.