Clayton Culler

Clayton Culler

Associate
About

Clayton represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies in a variety of transactional matters, including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, equity investments, divestitures and restructurings, and general corporate governance, including cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. His practice encompasses numerous industry sectors, including business services, consumer goods and services, industrials and manufacturing, food, agriculture, healthcare and life sciences.

Bar admissionsDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaNew York

EXPERIENCE

Private Equity Experience
  • Represented Atlas Holdings in its leveraged acquisition of Foster Farms
  • Represented Bregal Partners in its leveraged acquisition of Juniper Landscaping
  • Represented Stellex Capital Management in its leveraged acquisition of Peltram Plumbing Holdings, G2 Web Services, Lundquist Consulting and Fintellix India
  • Represented The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company iC Consult Group in its acquisitions of ICSynergy, SecureITSource and Kapstone Technologies
  • Represented private equity-sponsored oilfield services company Tally Energy Services in its acquisition of artificial lift solutions company Epic Lift Systems and oil field data company Restream Solutions
Other M&A Experience
  • Represented Starling Physicians in its sale to VillageMD
  • Represented InfoDesk in its sale to Cuadrilla Capital
  • Represented Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO) in its leveraged acquisition of Dorner from EQT Mid Market US
  • Represented Freightos Limited in its US$434 million business combination with Gesher I Acquisition Corp
  • Represented Bowlero Corp, the largest global operator of bowling entertainment centers, in its acquisition of Bowl America Incorporated (NYSE American: BWL-A)
  • Represented Aphria, a leading global cannabis company based in Canada, in its acquisition of SweetWater Brewing Company, one of the largest independent craft beer brewers in the US
  • Represented Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: FREE), one of the world's leading manufacturers of zero/low sugar and calorie sweeteners as well as reduced sugar products, in its acquisition of Swerve, L.L.C., a rapidly growing manufacturer and marketer of a portfolio of zero sugar, keto-friendly, and plant-based sweeteners and baking mixes
  • Represented Antenna Research Associates in its acquisition of Aqyr Technologies
  • Represented Remote Operations Group and The Compliance Group in their sale to Linestar Integrity Services
Education
  • J.D./M.B.A., Florida State University 2017
    magna cum laude
  • B.A., Denison University 2014

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Phone

+1 212 335 4766
(Work, New York)