Nathan D. Sawyer

• Insight Partners and the shareholder consortium on the sale of Blinks Labs GmbH (Blinkist)
• CivicPlus, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, in its acquisition of Optimere
• Insight Partners on its Series B investment in incident automation company Shoreline.io
• Insight Partners in a substantial investment in DistroKid, valuing the company at $1.3 billion
• Thycotic and Insight Partners in the sale of Thycotic to TPG Global
• Insight Partners in its acquisition with Stone Point Capital of real estate data firm CoreLogic for approximately $6 billion
• KPS Capital Partners in connection with various acquisitions and divestitures, including its acquisitions of C&D Technologies, Trojan Battery Company and Howden, and related portfolio company matters
• Kohlberg & Company in connection with various acquisitions and divestitures, including its acquisitions of Parts Authority and SpecialtyCare and its divestitures of Troon Golf and Sabre Industries, and related portfolio company matters
• Oak Hill Capital Partners in connection with various acquisitions, investments and divestitures, including its divestiture of Vantage Oncology
• D1 Capital Partners in connection with more than a dozen venture capital investments as well as its acquisition of Collectors Universe
• Hexcel Corporation in its acquisition of ARC Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of custom radio frequency and electromagnetic interference and microwave-absorbing composite materials for military, aerospace and industrial applications
• An ad hoc group of pre- and post-petition secured noteholders in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Toys “R” Us, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries
• The special committee of independent directors of Perry Ellis International, a NASDAQ-listed apparel company, in the acquisition of Perry Ellis by a private company owned by founder George Feldenkreis and his family in a transaction valued at $437 million
• Ply Gem Holdings, Inc., a NYSE-listed company, in its approximately $2.4 billion sale to an affiliate of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
• Michael Kors Holdings Limited in its $1.35 billion acquisition of luxury footwear and accessories brand Jimmy Choo PLC
• Tricon Capital Group Inc., a TSX-listed company, in its approximately $1.4 billion acquisition of Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp., a publicly-traded real estate investment trust
• Performance Sports Group Ltd. in connection with its sale of substantially all of its assets under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code to an acquisition vehicle co-owned by affiliates of Sagard Holdings Inc. and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
• Apollo Global Management, LLC in its approximately $2.2 billion acquisition of Diamond Resorts
• Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation in connection with its sales of substantially all of its assets under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code
• General Electric Capital Corp in its sale of its Transportation Finance business in the US and Canada to the BMO Financial Group
• Pall Corporation, a NYSE-listed company, in its acquisition by Danaher Corporation for approximately $13.8 billion
• McGraw Hill Financial on the sale of its McGraw Hill Construction division to Symphony Technology Group in a transaction valued at $320 million
• Zillow, Inc. in its approximately $3.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, Inc.
• SunGard Data Systems Inc. in its split-off of its Availability Services Business and its sale of its Higher Education businesses to affiliates of Hellman & Friedman
• Lafarge Cementos SAU, a subsidiary of Lafarge S.A., on its sale to Cementos Argos S.A. of a 53.5% interest in Lafarge Cementos S.A. de C.V. for a purchase price of approximately $306 million
• Citigroup, Inc. in connection with various credit card portfolio-related matters, including its early renewal and long-term extension of its credit card services agreement with Macy’s, Inc., the acquisition from Capital One Financial Corporation of $7 billion of credit card receivables and accounts related to Best Buy Co. Inc.'s existing credit card program and the related negotiation of a bank program agreement with Best Buy
• Service Corporation International in connection with its approximately $1.4 billion acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
• BAML Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in various transactions
• Datapipe Holding Company, Inc. in connection with a significant equity investment from funds affiliated with ABRY Partners, LLC
• The Aditya Birla Group in its approximately $850 million acquisition of Columbian Chemicals Co., the world's third-largest manufacturer of carbon black and a portfolio company of One Equity Partners
• Gambro AB in its approximately $2.63 billion sale of CaridianBCT Holding Corp., a major U.S. blood transfusion technology firm, to Terumo Corporation

*Nathan advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.