Francesco A. Castaldi

Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

• GTCR in its $1.33 billion investment in Tricentis Corporation valuing the business at $4.5 billion
• GTCR in its acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay in a transaction valuing the business at $18.5 billion
• GTCR in its acquisition of Senske Services
• GTCR and its portfolio company Senske Services in its acquisition of Emerald Lawns
• GTCR and its portfolio company Senske Services in its acquisition of Pro Turf
• GTCR and its portfolio company RevSpring on the sale of RevSpring
• GTCR and its portfolio company Point Broadband on a significant investment from Berkshire Partners
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in its strategic investment in Smile Doctors
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and its portfolio company Fortna in its acquisition of Optricity
• Thomas H. Lee Partners and its portfolio company AmeriLife Group in the strategic investment by Genstar Capital in AmeriLife Group
• GTCR-backed Lytx in its $2.5 billion sale to Permira Funds
• Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company in its investment in ClareMedica Health Partners
• Madison Dearborn Partners in its acquisition of Velocity Technology Solutions  
• Audax Group in its sale of Rogue Wave, a provider of software development tools and code components
• Audax Group in its acquisition of Stonewall Kitchen
• Estancia Capital Management in its acquisition of Geneva Capital Management
• Summit Partners in its sale of Healthline Media to Red Ventures
• New Water Capital in its acquisition of Saline Lectronics
• Thomas H. Lee Partners in its acquisition of Technology Services Group
• Technology Crossover Ventures in its acquisition of Rave Mobile Safety
• Resilience Capital Partners in its sale of Thermal Solutions Manufacturing
• Linden Capital Partners in its preferred equity investment in IVX Health
• Vesey Street Capital Partners, LLC in its recapitalization of QualityMetric

Fund Formation

• Incline Equity Partners in the formation of its $314.5 million Incline Elevate Fund

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017

Teach for America, Chicago Region, 2013