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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Luke A. Kessel

Represented a portfolio company of a lower-middle-market private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of the assets of a leading courier and delivery services company servicing the New York metropolitan area.
Represented Carousel Capital Partners VI, L.P., a Charlotte, North Carolina-based private equity firm, and its affiliated funds in connection with the equity recapitalization of Florida-based O.R. Colan Associates, LLC and ORC Utility & Infrastructure Land Services, LLC, which specialize in right-of-way services and real estate solutions for infrastructure.
Represented a Greensboro, North Carolina-based general contractor in its sale to a leading full-service construction company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Represented Falfurrias Management Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, in its investment in Snak King, a leading manufacturer of private-label and co-manufactured snack food products headquartered in City of Industry, California.
Represented HANS DEHN Holding SE + Co KG, a leading international electrical engineering company based in Neumarkt, Germany, in connection with its purchase of certain assets of ABB, Inc, a subsidiary of ABB Ltd., a Swedish Swiss multinational corporation primarily involved in the development and manufacturing of electrical equipment.
Represented HemaSource, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based technology-enabled specialty logistics solution provider and medical supply distributor to all 50 states, and Ridgemont Equity Partner, a Charlotte, North Carolina-headquartered middle-market private equity firm, and its affiliated funds in connection with its investment in a continuation fund with Alpinvest US Holdings, LLC.
Represented a Boston, Massachusetts life insurance company and affiliated funds in connection with an aggregate US$95 million unsecured mezzanine debt facility and a significant equity co-investment.
Represented Hadley Capital Fund IV LP, a private equity firm based in Illinois and Nashville, and its affiliated funds in connection with its acquisition of Interstate Fabrications, L.L.C.
Represented Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-based Showstopper, Inc., one of America's first, longest-running, and most prestigious youth dance competitions, in connection with its sale to Ensemble Performing Arts Intermediate LLC.
Represented a subsidiary of an international publishing and education company headquartered in London, England providing traditional publishing services as well as education services, including textbooks and online testing and tutoring software in connection with its sale of a line of language study works for an aggregate amount equal to US$7 million to a US-based language education company.
Represented Mattur Holdings, Inc., a Scottsdale, Arizona-based cutting-edge renewable energy company whose mission is to produce sustainable electricity that accelerates the globe to 100% clean energy in connection with an equity financing of common stock to Outlier Holdings.
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