Eric St. Bernard

Eric St. Bernard

Associate
About

Eric N. St. Bernard is a corporate and private equity lawyer focused on representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies and public companies in connection with complex public and private mergers and acquisitions, business combinations, and general corporate matters.

Bar AdmissionsNew York
Education
  • J.D., Howard University School of Law
  • B.A., DePauw University

EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Eric's experience includes the following representative matters:

  • Thoma Bravo-backed Majesco in its acquisition of Vitech, a provider of pension and benefits administration software
  • Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of Redwood Software, a provider of automation fabric solutions, from Turn/River Capital
  • GTCR-backed AssuredPartners, an independent insurance broker, in its US$13.45 billion sale to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG)
  • BRS-backed Daisy in its acquisition of Crosman Corporation, the air gun division of Velocity Outdoor, from Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI)
  • Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its acquisition of EquiLend, a technology, data and analytics company for the securities finance industry
  • Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) in its US$40 million acquisition of the Risk and Performance Analytics Solutions from Wilshire Advisors
  • Ruth's Hospitality Group (Nasdaq: RUTH), a fine dining steakhouse company, in its US$715 million sale to Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI)
  • Accenture in its US$1+ billion acquisition of Novetta, Inc., its largest-ever acquisition