- Parts Town (a portfolio company of Berkshire Partners) in its acquisition of Heritage Foodservice Group.*
- Giant Eagle, Inc. in its acquisition of Ricker Oil Company, Inc.*
- Catterton in its $925 million take private of Steiner Leisure Limited.*
- Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Mobile Technologies, Inc.*
- Vitamin Shoppe in its sale of its Nutriforce business.*
Transportation, Infrastructure and Manufacturing
- Mill Rock Capital, a middle market private equity fund, in its acquisition of DRT Holdings, a manufacturer and supplier of precision tools and specialized components.*
- Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal in its sale of Northwest Parkway LLC to an international consortium of infrastructure investors (named North American M&A Deal of the Year by IJ Global).*
- AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, its sale of Composites Horizons LLC to Precision Castparts Corp.*
- Tronox Limited in its $1.64 billion acquisition of FMC Corporation’s Alkali Chemicals business.*
- Berkshire Partners in, together with Warburg Pincus, a recapitalization of Consolidated Precision Products Corp.*
Health Care
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in its sale of its manufacturing facility in Swords, Ireland, to SK Biotek Co., Ltd.*
- Given Imaging Ltd. of Israel in its $1 billion sale to Covidien plc.*
- ABRY Partners in its acquisition of Aegis Toxicology Sciences Corporation, a full-service provider of forensic toxicology and health care sciences laboratories, from Metalmark Capital.*
- 21st Century Oncology Holdings, Inc., the largest global provider of integrated cancer care services, in connection with its emergence from Chapter 11 restructuring.*
Technology, Media and Telecom
- Berkshire Partners in its acquisition of Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd.*
- GlobalLogic and Apax Partners LLP in the sale of a significant minority interest to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.*
- Charter Communications its formation of a 50/50 mobile operating platform partnership with Comcast.*
- ABRY Partners in its $2.25 billion sale of RCN Telecom Services, LLC and Grande Communications Networks, LLC.*
*Matters handled prior to joining Akin Gump.