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Spencer D. Klein

Global Co-Chair of M&A Practice | New York

Experience

The rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of substantially all rights related to KISS to Pophouse Entertainment.

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. in its $1.85 billion sale to entities affiliated with Apollo Global Management.

Ascendent Capital Partners in its $1.66 billion acquisition of Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

Astellas Pharma Inc. in its acquisition of Propella Therapeutics, Inc.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to the Special Committee of Zuora, Inc. in its $1.7 billion sale to Silver Lake and GIC.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to WalkMe Ltd. in its $1.5 billion sale to SAP SE.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to HashiCorp, Inc. in its $6.4 billion sale to IBM.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to ANSYS, Inc. in its $35 billion sale to Synopsys, Inc.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to New Relic, Inc. in its $6.5 billion sale to Francisco Partners and TPG.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Coupa Software Incorporated in its $8.0 billion sale to Thoma Bravo.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Zendesk, Inc. in its $10.2 billion sale to an investor group led by Permira and Hellman & Friedman.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Anaplan, Inc. in its $10.7 billion sale to Thoma Bravo.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. in its $5.2 billion sale to Clearlake­ Capital Group.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Five9, Inc. in its $14.7 billion sale to Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Pluralsight, Inc. in its $3.5 billion sale to Vista Equity Partners.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Galileo Financial Technologies in its $1.2 billion sale to SoFi.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to CA, Inc. in its $18.9 billion sale to Broadcom.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to QLogic in its $1.4 billion sale to Cavium.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Ebay Inc. in its sale of Ebay Enterprise to affiliates of Sterling Partners and Permira Partners.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Fusion-io in its $1.1 billion sale to SanDisk Corporation.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Standard Microsystems Corporation in its sale to Microchip Technology Incorporated.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Conexant Systems, Inc. in its sale to Golden Gate Capital.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Isilon Systems, Inc. in its $2.25 billion sale to EMC Corporation.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Palm, Inc. in its $1.2 billion sale to Hewlett-Packard Company.

Qatalyst Partners as financial advisor to Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks, Inc.

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. in its defense against a hostile tender offer and proxy contest for board control by Carl Icahn, and negotiated resolution.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. in its acquisition of U-POL Holdings Limited.

A consortium of investors in the formation of Winterhawks Sports Group, LLC and its acquisition of the Portland Winterhawks junior hockey league team and related assets.

Vimian Group AB in its acquisition of the assets of New Generation Devices, Inc.

Vimian Group AB in its acquisition of the animal health business of STERIS Instrument Management Services, Inc.

Vimian Group AB in its acquisition of Vertical Vet, LLC.

Vimian Group AB in its acquisition of IMEX Veterinary, LLC.

Fidelio Capital in its acquisition of BioMedtrix, LLC.

Fidelio Capital in its acquisition of Veterinary Orthopedic Implants, LLC.


Recommended for M&A / Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1BN+)

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