David Bower

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: Current; GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. Initial Public Offering by GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. Represented GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. in its initial public offering.

: Current; Formica Corporation Sale of Formica Corporation Advised Formica Corporation (a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management and Oaktree Capital Management) in connection with its $700 million sale (excluding performance-based payments) to Fletcher Building Ltd.

: Current; Providence Equity Partners Inc.; The Carlyle Group Acquisition of APN News & Media Limited Advising Providence Equity Partners and The Carlyle Group, as part of a consortium comprising Providence, Carlyle and Independent News & Media PLC, on their $2.95 billion acquisition of APN News & Media Limited, Australia's fourth-largest media company.

: Current; Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec Acquisition of Laureate Education Inc. Represented Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, as a member of an investor group led by Douglas Becker (founder and CEO), in the $3.82 billion going private acquisition of Laureate Education Inc.

: Current; Lion Capital LLP Sale of Materne Advised Lion Capital Partners LLP in the sale of Materne, a leading French manufacturer of compote, jams, and industrial preserves, to Activa Capital.

: Current; Lion Capital LLP Acquisition of American Safety Razor Company Advised Lion Capital in connection with its $625 million acquisition of American Safety Razor Company Inc. from J.W. Childs Associates.

: Current; WL Ross & Co. LLC Acquisition of 6.8 Million Shares of Montpelier Re Holdings Advised WL Ross & Co. LLC in connection with its $100 million investment in Bermuda reinsurer Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

: Current; PMC-Sierra, Inc. Acquisition of Passave Inc. Represented PMC-Sierra, Inc. in its $300 million acquisition of Passave Inc.

: Current; Collins Stewart Limited; Bear, Stearns International Limited IPO of Peach Holdings, Inc. Represented Collins Stewart Limited and Bear, Stearns International Limited (as Joint Lead Managers) in the £120 million IPO of Peach Holdings, Inc.

: Current; EnergySolutions, LLC Acquisition of Duratek, Inc. Advised EnergySolutions (a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg) in connection with its acquisition of Duratek, Inc.

: Current; Alfa, S.A. de C.V.; Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V. Sale of Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V. Represented Alfa, S.A. de C.V. and Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V. in the $2.25 billion sale of Hylsamex, S.A. de C.V. to Grupo Techint. more

: Current; Providence Equity Partners Inc. Acquisition of a Majority Interest in Survey Sampling International, LLC Represented Providence Equity Partners Inc. in its $365 million acquisition of Survey Sampling International, LLC.

: Current; Summit Partners Acquisition of Actix Limited Advised Summit Partners on its acquisition of Actix Limited.

: Current; Emergent Genetics; HM Capital Partners LLC Sale of Emergent Genetics, Inc. Represented HM Capital Partners LLC in the $300 million sale of Emergent Genetics, Inc. to Monsanto Company.

: Current; Activant Solutions Inc. Acquisition of Speedware Corporation Inc. Represented Activant Solutions Inc. in the acquisition of Speedware Corporation Inc.

: Current; DLJ Merchant Banking; CCMP Capital Advisors LLC; THL Partners; Bain Capital Acquisition of Warner Chilcott Represented a consortium including DLJ Merchant Banking, CCMP Capital Advisors LLC, THL Partners and Bain Capital in its £1.615 billion going private acquisition of Warner Chilcott Plc. more

: Current; Applied Materials, Inc. Acquisition of Metron Technology Represented Applied Materials, Inc. in its acquisition of Metron Technology.

: Current; Molson, Inc. Merger of Equals between Molson, Inc. and Adolph Coors Company Represented Molson, Inc. in its $6.7 billion merger of equals with Adolph Coors Company. more

: Current; THL Partners Acquisition of Progressive Moulded Products Limited Represented THL Partners in its acquisition of Canadian-based Progressive Moulded Products Limited.

: Current; American Capital Strategies, Ltd. Acquisition of SynOdys Group SA Represented American Capital Strategies, Ltd. in the $72 million acquisition of SynOdys Group SA from Acland Capital Investissement SAS.

: Current; Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation /Int'l Tax Case Represented Oracle Corporation in a high profile international tax case in the United States Tax Court. The IRS recently conceded the case in Oracle's favor, after five years of litigation, including our participation on behalf of Oracle as amicus curiae in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of a similarly situated taxpayer, Microsoft, in a successful effort to overturn Microsoft's adverse decision from the Tax Court. This victory will result in savings of tax in interest to Oracle of over $150 million. more

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