Michael Weisser

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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Brock Holdings III, Inc. Acquisition Financing for Steeplejack Industrial Group Inc. Represented Brock Holdings III, Inc. in the CDN $90 million acquisition financing for 1343512 Alberta Ltd. (Steeplejack Industrial Group Inc.)

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EnergySolutions, LLC Initial Public Offering of EnergySolutions Inc. Represented EnergySolutions Inc., a company previously owned by Lindsay Goldberg and other investors, in its $765.9 million initial public offering.

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Providence Equity Partners Inc. Investment in Hulu Represented Providence Equity Partners in connection with its joint venture with News Corporation and NBC Universal to form Hulu, an NBC/Fox website formed to exploit their television programs and other media content.

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Providence Equity Partners Inc. Acquisition of CDW Corporation Advised Providence Equity Partners in connection with the $7.3 billion going private leveraged buyout of computer equipment retailer, CDW Corp. by the consortium of Madison Dearborn Partners and Providence Equity Partners.

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Brock Holdings III, Inc. Acquisition of Steeplejack Industrial Group Inc. Advised The Brock Group (a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg) in connection with its C$117 million acquisition of Steeplejack Industrial Group Inc.

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Providence Equity Partners Inc. Acquisition Financing for Asurion Corporation Represented Madison Dearborn LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, in the $2.435 billion acquisition financing for Asurion Corporation.

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Providence Equity Partners Inc.; Decision Resources, Inc. Acquisition Financing for Decision Resources, Inc. Represented Providence Equity Partners Inc. in the $137 million acquisition financing for Decision Resources, Inc.

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Brock Holdings III, Inc. Acquisition of A&L Industrial Construction and Maintenance, Inc. Represented Brock Holdings III, Inc., a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer, in the $25 million acquisition of A&L Industrial Construction and Maintenance, Inc.

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Providence Equity Partners Inc. Acquisition of Asurion Corporation Advised Providence Equity Partners in connection with the leveraged buyout of Asurion, a provider of subscriber services for wireless companies, by the consortium of Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners and Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.

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Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC Acquisition of Public Safety Luxembourg S.à.r.l. Advised Diamond Castle Holdings LLC in connection with the acquisition by Diamond Castle and Stirling Square Capital Partners of Public Safety Equipment, the international highway safety solutions business from Seton House Group Limited.

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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.

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Brock Holdings III, Inc. Acquisition of XServ Inc. Advised The Brock Group, LLC (a portfolio company of Lindsay Goldberg) in connection with its acquisition of XServ Inc.

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of United Site Services, Inc. Advised DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in connection with its acquisition of United Site Services, Inc. from Odyssey Investment Partners.

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of Lunettes LLC, Morgenthal Frederics Opticians Inc., and Optical Fashion Center, Inc. Advised DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in connection with the acquisition of three US optical retail chains, Lunettes LLC, Morgenthal Frederics Opticians Inc., and Optical Fashion Center, Inc.

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Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC Acquisition of a controlling interest in Catamount Resources Corporation Represented Diamond Castle Holdings in its acquisition of Catamount Resources Corporation from Central Vermont Public Service.

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Sale of Accellent Inc. Advised DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in connection with its $1.3 billion sale of Accellent Inc. to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

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Capital Z Partners Merger of Brookdale Living Communities and Alterra Healthcare Advised Capital Z Partners in connection with the merger of Brookdale Living Communities and Alterra Healthcare Corporation to form Brookdale Senior Living.

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. Represented DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, as part of a consortium, in the $5.1 billion acquisition of Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.

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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

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc. Represented DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, as part of a consortium, in the $4.84 billion acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc. more

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of MedSource Technologies Inc. Represented DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in connection with its equity financing of UTI Corporation for its $587 million acquisition of MedSource Technologies.

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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of Jostens, Inc. Represented DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in the $1.2 billion acquisition of Jostens, Inc. more

Columbia University

J.D.

1998

University of Pennsylvania

B.A.

1995

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