Constantine N. Skarvelis, P.C.
Overview
Constantine is a partner in the M&A/Private Equity Practice Group. His practice focuses on representing large and mid-market private equity funds as well as public and private companies in complex domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve-out transactions, minority investments, joint ventures, divestitures and corporate restructurings. Constantine has broad experience counseling clients in a variety of industries, including industrial, manufacturing, aerospace, technology, software, business services, healthcare, consumer products, retail, media and telecom.
Constantine serves on several Firmwide committees, including the Finance Committee, Co-Chair of the Associate Review Committee and Pro Bono Management Committee.
Experience
Representative Matters
Bansk Group in its acquisition of Foundation Wellness
Gamut Capital in its carveout acquisition of Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning from NRG Energy Inc.
Vestar Capital Partners in its recapitalization of Roland Foods
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of Zafin Labs Americas, Inc., a provided of SassA core moderinsation solutions
Clearwater Analytics in its carvfeout acquisition of Wilshire AxWilshire Axiomâ„ , Wilshire Atlasâ„ , Wilshire Abacus, and Wilshire iQComposite from Wilshire Advisors
Nordic Capital in its investment in One Inc, a provider of a digital payments platform
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of IntegriChain, a platform for pharma commercialization and market access, from Accel-KKR
Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Tech24
iQor Holdings Inc. in connection with its sale
Bansk Group in its acquisition of No Man’s Land Foods
Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a portfolio company of Bansk Group, in its acquisition of the Avrio Healthcare business from Purdue Pharma
ABRY Partners-backed Millennium Trust Company in its acquisition of Benefit Resource
Bansk Group in its acquisition of Red’s All Natural
Welsh Carson in its sale of Intoxalock
Vestar Capital Partners in its investment into Titan Frozen Fruit
Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, a portfolio company of Bansk Group, in its acquisition of Rowpar Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Welsh Carson in its sale of Alert Logic, Inc.
Nordic Capital in its take-private acquisition of Inovalon
Vestar Capital Partners in its investment in Nox Health
ABRY Partners-backed Millennium Trust on its acquisition of PayFlex Holdings from CVS/Aetna
Vestar Capital Partners in its investment in 360 Training LLC
Abry in its roll-up of Fire & Life Safety assets
Abry in its sale of Smart Start inc.
Bansk Group in its acquisition of Arcadia Consumer Healthcare
Vestar Capital Partners in its investment in Friday Health Plans
Welsh Carson and GovernmentCIO in their acquisition of Salient CRGT
Vestar Capital Partners and Mercury Healthcare in the sale of Healthgrades.com
Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Stratus Unlimited
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of United Veterinary Care LLC
Welsh Carson in its acquisition of Absorb Software
Nordic Capital and Astorg in their acquisition of Cytel, Inc.
Abry in its acquisition of Cardinal Memorial Holdings LLC
Welsh Carson and Clearwater Analytics in connection with a new equity investment by Permira, Warburg Pincus, Dragoneer and Durable Capital
Welsh Carson in its acquisition of GovernmentCio
iQor Holdings Inc. in connection with its Chapter 11 restructuring
Vestar Capital Partners in its sale of Woodstream Corp to Bansk Group
Bansk Group in its debt and equity investment in Voyant Beauty
Direct Travel, Inc. in a balance sheet recapitalization
Abry in its sale of Unison Software to The Carlyle Group
TZP Group in its investment in Vegas.com
Abry in its acquisition of Hersha Hospitality Management
Nordic Capital and other stakeholders in the partial sale and co-investment in eResearchTechnology, Inc. (ERT)
TZP Group in its sale of Water Cooler Group / Media Storm to Merkle
Vestar Capital Partners and its portfolio company, Healthgrades, in its acquisition of Evariant
Vestar Capital Partners in its investment in Simple Mills, Inc.
Gamut Capital Partners in its carve out acquisition of Grede, Inc. from American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of ArisGlobal LLC
iQor Holdings Inc. in its carve out sale of its international logistics and product services business to Staple Street Capital
FastMed Holdings and certain of its affiliates in a balance sheet recapitalization
Welsh Carson in its sale of QuickBase to Vista Equity Partners
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of Orchid Orthopedics
Abry in its sale of a minority stake in Acrisure to a consortium led by Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners and Tactical Opportunities businesses
TZP Group in its growth equity investment in Saatva
TZP Group in its acquisition of Dwellworks, Inc.
TZP Group in its acquisition Triangle Home Fashions
Welsh Carson in its acquisition of Consumer Safety Technology
TPG Growth in the sale of Novolex to The Carlyle Group
Abry in its investment in Acrisure Holdings, Inc.
Abry in its sale of RCN Telecom Services, LLC and Grande Communications Networks, LLC
Sun Products Corporation, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, in its $3.6 billion sale to Henkel Consumer Goods Inc.
Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Mobile Technologies Inc.
Vestar Capital Partners in connection with Merck’s majority investment in the StayWell Company LLC.
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of eResearch Technology (ERT)
Welsh Carson in its carve-out acquisition of QuickBase, Inc. from Intuit, Inc.
Abry in its acquisition of FLS Transportation
AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its acquisition of Gemcor II, LLC
Abry in its acquisition of Direct Travel, Inc.
TPG Growth in its investment in Novolex
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, a portfolio company of Welsh Carson, in its sale to Geodis SA
Abry in its acquisition of Smart Start, Inc.
AIP/Aerospace Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, its sale of Composites Horizons LLC to Precision Castparts Corp.
Vestar Capital Partners in its acquisition of Woodsteam Group, Inc.
Abry in its acquisition of CompuSearch, Inc.
Abry Senior Equity IV in connection with its preferred equity investments in Accela, Inc.
Vestar Capital Partners in its sale of the MediMedia Pharma Solutions unit of MediMedia USA to Icon plc
Abry in its sale of PRO Unlimited to Investcorp
21st Century Oncology, a Vestar portfolio company, in connection with the preferred equity investment by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Chobani, LLC in connection with the debt and warrant investment by TPG in Chobani
iQor Holdings Inc., a HGGC portfolio company, in connection with its multi-national carve-out acquisition of the global aftermarket services business of Jabil Circuit, Inc.
AION Capital Partners in connection with its investments in Avantha Holdings Limited
Apollo Global Management in connection with its acquisition of Taminco Global Chemical Corporation*
BC Partners, Inc. in connection with its PIPE investment in Office Depot, Inc.*
Tunstall Healthcare Group Limited, a Charterhouse Capital Partners portfolio company, in connection with its take private acquisition of American Medical Alert Corp.*
The Carlyle Group in connection with its take private acquisition of Syniverse Holdings, Inc. *
BC Partners, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Intelsat, Ltd. *
A consortium consisting of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, Macquarie Capital Group, CPP Investment Board, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, Alberta Investment
Management Corporation and Macquarie-FSS Infrastructure Trust in connection with the take private acquisition of Puget Energy*
Indigo Partners in connection with its investment in Volaris, a Mexican budget airline*
Bounty Investments, LLC in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in Deerfield Capital Corp.*
Bounty Investments, LLC, the controlling stockholder of Deerfield Capital Corp., in connection with Deerfield’s acquisition of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp.*
Eli Lilly and Company in connection with its minority investment in United Therapeutics Corporation*
NetApp, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Onaro, Inc.*
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company in connection with its acquisition of PrimeWest Energy Trust*
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company in connection with its acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources Canada, Inc.*
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company in connection with its acquisition of Northrock Resources Ltd.*
*Certain representations occurred prior to Constantine’s association with Kirkland
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Thought Leadership
Seminars
Moderator, “Panel on Middle Market,” Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference, April 1, 2022
Moderator, Panel on Healthcare, Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Virtual Conference, April 8, 2021
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2003New York
Education
- Tulane University Law SchoolJ.D.2002Tulane Maritime Law Journal
- Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of BusinessM.B.A., Finance2002
- United States Merchant Marine AcademyB.S., Marine Transportation1997
Other Distinctions
Adjunct Professor, “Transactional Boot Camp”, Tulane University Law School
Adjunct Professor, “Private Equity Boot Camp”, University of Pennsylvania Law School