Joe Basile

Kenco Logistics, a third-party logistics group, in an investment by Pritzker Private Capital, a leader in family direct investing.

Fiera Comox Partners Inc., an investment manager, on its acquisition of Sweet Tree Holdings 1, LLC (d/b/a The Maple Guild), the world’s largest producer of organic maple syrup and related products.*

The shareholders of the Northern Harvest Sea Farms group on its C$315m sale to Marine Harvest (OSE:MHG), one of the largest seafood companies in the world.*

Exa Corporation (Nasdaq: EXA), a computer-aided engineering company, on its US$400m sale to French software company Dassault Systèmes.*

SOFAR S.p.A., an Italian health care company, on the acquisition of its surgical robotics division by medical device company TransEnterix (NYSE MKT: TRXC) in a cash and stock deal.*

Costa Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSI), a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of polarized sunglasses, on its US$270m sale to Essilor International SA, a France-based publicly traded ophthalmic company.*

New Zealand Superannuation Fund on the purchase of an interest in Kaingaroa Timberlands, owner of one of the world’s oldest and largest softwood plantations on New Zealand’s Central North Island.*

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO), the global biotechnology company, on its acquisition of PeproTech, a Cranbury, New Jersey-based provider of bioscience reagents for US$1.85bn.*

Novellus Therapeutics, a developer of novel medicines intended for the treatment of pediatric disease, on its sale to Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics (NYSE: BTX) for US$125m. *

OnShape Inc., creators of the first SaaS product development platform that unites robust CAD with data management and collaboration tools, on its sale to PTC Inc. for approximately US$470m.*

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) on its US$1.7bn acquisition of Brammer Bio, a leader in viral vector manufacturing for gene and cell therapies.*

New-Indy Containerboard, LLC, a The Kraft Group, LLC and Schwarz Partners, L.P. JV, on its acquisition of a business owned by Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) for approximately US$300m.*

Crane Co. (NYSE: CR), a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products, on its US$800m acquisition of Crane & Co., Inc. from PE firm Lindsay Goldberg and other shareholders.*

Mill Road Capital, a private investment firm, on the going private acquisition of Skullcandy, Inc. (Nasdaq; SKUL), a creator of world-class audio experiences, after a contested process.*

Hittite Microwave Corporation (Nasdaq: HITT), a  designer and manufacturer of integrated circuits, modules, subsystems and instrumentation, on its US$2bn acquisition by Analog Devices, Inc.*

Harbinger Capital Partners on the take-private of LightSquared (f/k/a SkyTerra Communications), a mobile satellite services provider with an enterprise value of approximately US$1.845bn.*

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation on its US$455m acquisition of U.S. and Canadian pharmaceutical assets of Graceway Pharmaceuticals via a Section 363 sale and a Canadian receivership proceeding.*

Nortek, Inc., a diversified manufacturer of building products, on the corporate and securities law aspects of its Chapter 11 restructuring resulting in the elimination of US$1.3bn in debt.*

An ad hoc unsecured bondholders’ committee on the £5.3bn debt restructuring of Marconi, PLC under a scheme of arrangement, one of the largest financial restructurings effected under English law.*

Simmons Company, the second-largest U.S. mattress producer, on its US$760m sale to Ares Management and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, under a prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.*