Welcome to Weil Boston Welcome to Weil Boston Located in the heart of the financial district, Weil has been a presence in the Boston community since 2002. Our strong local roots combined with the resources of a renowned international law firm enable us to advise clients on a wide range of corporate and litigation matters. We recognize that our clients expect excellence, and our attorneys proactively seek to exceed expectations. With our longstanding record of success in New England, we strive to be the city’s premier law firm, providing clients with trusted and innovative legal solutions. Our attorneys are invested in the success of our clients and work closely to identify opportunities, minimize risk and advance their business objectives. At Weil, our goal is to provide high-quality legal counsel complemented by a loyal partnership that goes beyond the law. We are Weil Boston. Strong Boston Presence Weil’s Boston office has one of the most active and highly regarded private equity practices in New England, representing many of the region’s leading institutions in a variety of complex corporate and litigation matters. Weil’s Boston private equity lawyers are an integral part of the Firm’s global Private Equity practice. Our lawyers not only collaborate regularly with other private equity attorneys across our U.S. offices (Providence, New York, Silicon Valley and Dallas) but also with our European and Asia counterparts. We advise many of the region’s leading sponsors, including Ranked Band 1 in Advent International, Berkshire Partners, Providence Equity Massachusetts for Private Partners, Summit Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners on Equity: Buyouts & Venture their most significant transactions. Capital Investment by Our Boston attorneys are consistently recognized as leaders in Chambers USA 2015 both the Boston and global private equity markets by the legal media. For example, Boston’s Co-Managing Partner, Marilyn Ranked Band 2 in French Shaw, was recently named among the 2015 “Dealmakers Massachusetts for of the Year” by The American Lawyer and recognized as a 2015 Corporate/M&A by “Top Women of Law” honoree by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Chambers USA 2015 Ms. Shaw has also been listed as a leading private equity lawyer in IFLR1000 and recognized by Expert Guides’ 2014 “Women in Co-Managing Partner of Business Law” as an expert in Private Equity. Co-Managing the Boston office Marilyn Partner Kevin Sullivan is consistently recognized as a leading French Shaw was named a private equity lawyer for Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture “Dealmaker of the Year” Capital Investments in Massachusetts by Chambers USA and for her role in advising Legal 500 US. Boston partner Shayla Harlev was named an “Up Advent International in and Coming” lawyer in Massachusetts for Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment and Corporate/M&A by Chambers its acquisition of Noosa USA 2015. She was also recognized as a 2014 “Top Women of Yoghurt by The American Law” honoree by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Lawyer 2015 Weil’s Private Equity practice is complemented by our global Weil’s Boston office was Private Funds practice comprised of more than 60 full-time, included in “The New dedicated lawyers across the U.S., Europe and Asia. David Kreisler is a Boston-based Private Funds partner with more England 50,” a list of than 20 years of experience advising the region’s leading the biggest offices in the sponsors, including Berkshire Partners, on the formation of region among NLJ 350 law its $4.5 billion buyout fund. Mr. Kreisler was recently named firms, by The National Law a “Best Lawyer” in Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law in 2015 Journal in 2014 by The Best Lawyers in America. 1 Our Commitment to Client Service In today’s marketplace, private equity sponsors and blue-chip corporations have no shortage of firms to choose from for outside legal representation. To stand out, lawyers must do more than spot legal trends and devise cookie-cutter legal solutions—they must deliver excellent client service while using sound judgment to make hard calls. That is the promise Weil makes to each client. Our relationships with our clients are business partnerships. Weil’s Boston attorneys make it their mission to really know their clients. We strive to provide thoughtful, experienced, partner-level attention to each matter with accessibility and responsiveness. Our clients benefit from recognized leaders in their field who have been steeped in the industry from the start of their legal careers, providing insight that goes beyond just transactional advice. Our attention to client service rests upon a few core values: ▪ Full understanding of our clients’ business and culture ▪ Thorough focus on our clients’ objectives, both short- term and long-term ▪ Unwavering commitment to helping clients solve problems in the most efficient, cost-effective way 2 Go-To Firm for First-Tier Private Equity Sponsors Boston’s Private Equity Group has handled some of the largest, most high-profile private equity transactions and related financings. Weil Boston has represented some of New England’s top sponsors including: Advent International in its acquisition of a majority Oaktree Capital Management and its portfolio stake in Distribution International, Inc.; in its company ILEOS, SA (France) in its joint venture with approximately $845 million acquisition of an Visant Corporation, a portfolio company of affiliates of approximately 14% stake in lululemon athletica, inc. KKR and DLJ Merchant Banking, to provide sampling (Canada), from the founder of lululemon athletica; solutions for the beauty, fragrance and personal care and in its acquisition of Noosa Yoghurt, LLC, a producer market segments. of flavored yogurts. Co-Managing Partner Marilyn Providence Equity Partners in its sale of a 25 percent French Shaw was named among the 2015 “Dealmakers equity interest in the AutoTrader Group; its acquisition of the Year” and recognized for her work on the Noosa of Learfield Communications, Inc.; and the Yoghurt deal by The American Lawyer. recapitalization of World Triathlon Corporation, owner Berkshire Partners and its portfolio company, of the Ironman triathlon brand. Weil also represented National Vision, Inc., one of the largest optical retailers Providence in its $180 million acquisition of five in the U.S., in National Vision’s sale to an affiliate of corporate training businesses from Informa PLC; recent KKR for more than $1 billion; in its investment in the investments in IPS Learning, VitalSmarts, Portillo Restaurant Group, Inc., the owner and operator VectorLearning and Survey Sampling International of a chain of fast casual restaurants; and in its sale of (SSI); in its acquisition of the Professional Association Grocery Outlet, Inc. to Hellman & Friedman LLC and of Diving Instructors (PADI) and its affiliate, Surface Grocery Outlet’s own senior management. Weil also Dive, Inc.; in its acquisition of an equity stake in recently represented Berkshire in, together in a joint RentPath, Inc. from TPG Capital; and Providence venture with New Balance Holding, Inc., the acquisition Strategic Growth Partners in a minority investment by such joint venture of The Rockport Company, LLC in GlobalTranz Inc. from adidas AG (Germany), as well as the acquisition of Summit Partners in its recent acquisition of a majority Drydock Footwear LLC, owner of the Aravon, Dunham stake in Parts Town LLC. Weil also advised Summit, as and Cobb Hill footwear brands, from New Balance it partnered with other investors, on a $1.2 billion Holding, Inc. preferred stock investment in Uber Technologies. KTR Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) in its in its $5.9 billion sale of real estate assets and its recapitalization of Think Finance, resulting in the operating platform to Prologis Inc. Shayla Harlev was spinoff of a new independent company called Elevate. interviewed and recognized by InsideCounsel in 2015 Weil also represented TCV on its minority investment for her work on the Prologis deal for KTR. in NewVoiceMedia; in its minority investment in Spotify; North Bridge Growth Equity in its acquisition of and most recently in its $250 million investment Ingenious Med, Inc.; as well as the subsequent sale in VICE Media. of minority equity stakes in Ingenious Med, Inc. to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Acosta Sales & Ascension Ventures, Heritage Group and Kaiser Marketing, a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee Permanente Ventures. Partners, in the multibillion dollar sale of Thomas H. Montagu Private Equity in its proposed $725 million Lee’s equity investment in Acosta to The Carlyle Group. sale of Centor (formerly known as Rexam Healthcare Prescription Retail) to Gerresheimer AG. 3 Pro Bono Initiatives and Community Service Community service is deeply ingrained in the culture of Weil’s Boston office, and our lawyers are closely involved with local charities and community groups. Partners and associates currently serve on boards and committees of many non-profit organizations, including the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, City Year, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Our pro bono clients include numerous referrals from Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC), Lawyers Clearinghouse, Edesia The Boston office was Global Nutrition Solutions, Longwood Symphony Orchestra, honored for its dedication Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) and Inner City to pro bono service at the Weightlifting. We also serve as outside general counsel to the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley and the Massachusetts Lawyers Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC). The Boston Weekly’s 2014 Excellence office was honored for its dedication to pro bono service at the in the Law Awards Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2014 Excellence in the Law Awards. Client Partnership We have partnered with clients on charitable projects, educational panels, conferences and workshops.