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MoFo Advises Mountaingate and Ignite Visibility on Acquisition of Outliant

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MoFo advised Mountaingate and its portfolio company, Ignite Visibility, in the acquisition and related financing of the business...

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MoFo advised Mountaingate and its portfolio company, Ignite Visibility, in the acquisition and related financing of the business of Outliant, a digital product development and consulting company. The MoFo team advising Mountaingate was led by Denver corporate partner Tyler Sewell and associate Dylan Moore.The MoFo team advising Mountaingate on finance matters was led by San Francisco private equity + finance partner Dario Avram and Denver finance associate Jake Burne.Read the <a href="https://www.prweb.com/releases/ignite-visibility-acquires-outliant-a-leading-web-development-agency-302429862.html" target="_blank">client press release</a>.

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Tyler Sewell is a corporate partner in the firm’s Denver office, focusing his practice on advising clients on a broad range of corporate matters, with an emphasis on M&A and private equity transactions.Tyler has significant experience representing businesses and private equity funds (and their portfolio companies) in a broad range of corporate matters, including acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, growth equity investments, and divestitures. Clients rely on him for both his sophisticated legal counseling as well as his sharp business acumen.Tylier advises clients in all aspects of their investment activity across a wide variety of industry sectors, including aerospace, defense and government contracting; business services; technology (semiconductors, software, and Internet); consumer products; e-commerce; healthcare; industrials; and transportation.Prior to attending law school, he served as a surface warfare officer on the USS Russell and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.Representative Matters<ul dir="ltr"><li>Alpha Omega Integration, which specializes in digital modernization, AI, and cybersecurity,</li><ul><li>in its acquisition of SeKON Enterprise, which provides Federal health IT systems professional services advisory;</li><li>in its acquisition of Macro Solutions, an IT and management consulting firm.</li></ul><li>Astroscale U.S. in its acquisition of assets of Effective Space Solutions R&D</li><li>Aurotech in its acquisition by OpenGate Capital</li><li>B&A, a leading information technology systems integrator, in its investment from DFW Capital Partners. </li><li>Babel Street in its acquisition of certain assets of Dunami</li><li>Betterer Foods in its sale of RightRice to The Planting Hope Company</li><li>The Building People in its acquisition of InfoNarus</li><li>California Cryobank in its acquisition of Donor Egg Bank</li><li>CBRE Group in its acquisition of Tax Credit Group</li><li>Cydecor, Inc., which delivers mission-enabling technology solutions to national security and defense agencies, in its acquisition of Artel, provider of network solutions to the U.S. Government.</li><li>Continental Mapping Consultants in its acquisition by Bluestone Investment Partners</li><li>Definitive Logic in its acquisition of Digital Mobilizations</li><li>Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVHC), its operating subsidiaries and affiliates in multiple transactions, including the acquisitions of Guardian Healthcare Group; Life Line Ambulance Service; Phoenix Physicians; Emergency Medical Associates of New Jersey; Scottsdale Emergency Associates; Questcare Medical Services Emergency Physicians Medical Group</li><li>eTelligent Group in its strategic investment from IMB Partners</li><li dir="ltr">Excellere Partners in its investment in Concord Technologies</li><li>Genesis Water in a Series A investment</li><li>Grant Thornton, one of America’s largest audit, tax, and advisory firms, in the sale of its Public Sector Advisory practice to Guidehouse, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets.</li><li>Intelligent Software Solutions in acquisition of Xpect Software</li><li>Iovation in its acquisition by TransUnion</li><li>iPharma in its acquisition by Kindeva</li><li>KRG Capital Partners in multiple transactions, including, its acquisition of F.A. Richard & Co., its sale of Avizent to Abry and its sale of Tronair to Levine Leichtman</li><li>LinQuest in its acquisitions of Hellebore Consulting Group and Capability Analysis & Measurement Organization, LLC (CAMO)</li><li>L3Harris in its acquisition of Viasat Inc.’s Tactical Data Links (TDL) product line</li><li>Markon Solutions, a government consulting firm backed by Sterling Investment Partners,</li><ul><li>in its acquisition of Advanced Systems Engineering Corp., a small business that provides services in management, systems engineering, finance, cybersecurity and software development;</li><li>in its acquisition of JY Systems, which provides engineering and integration service for DoD;</li><li>in its acquisition of Leverage Information Technologies LLC (LIT), a software engineering and data science consultancy. </li></ul><li>McKesson Corporation in its acquisitions of Vantage Oncology LLC and Biologics, Inc.</li><li>Minerva Engineering in its acquisition by ManTech International</li><li>Mountaingate Capital in its strategic investment in Ignite Visibility and Ignite Visibility's acquisition of Integrated Digital Strategies</li><li>Novaria Group in its acquisition of Fitz Manufacturing Industries</li><li>onsemi in its acquisition of GT Advanced Technologies</li><li>RH in its acquisition of Waterworks</li><li>Sedgwick Claim Services in its acquisition of Managed Care Advisors</li><li>ShowingTime in its sale to Zillow Group</li><li>Sigma Defense Systems, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital and a leading provider to DoD,</li><ul><li>in its acquisition of Juno Technologies, which specializes in delivering IT engineering, systems integration, software development, and technical support to the DoD;</li><li>in its acquisition of the business and IP of Sub U Systems.</li></ul><li>SoftBank Corporation in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of a controlling interest in Brightstar Corp. and its sale of its controlling stake in Finnish gaming company Supercell Oy to Tencent Holdings</li><li>Splunk, Inc. in its acquisition of Caspida, Inc.</li><li>Sweetwood Smoke & Co., maker of FATTY Smoked Meat Sticks, in its sale to Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading branded food companies.</li><li>Telesis in its acquisition of Belcan</li><li>Tomkins Ltd. in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Du-Tex; its divestiture of Dexter Axle to Sterling Partners and its sale of Aquatic US Holdings to Sterling Partners</li><li>Unilever in its acquisition of Dollar Shave Club</li><li>VariQ in its sale to Capgemi</li><li>Washington Harbour Partners in its over $60 million strategic growth investment in Raft LLC, a leading modern technology and data-focused, advanced software engineering firm that pioneers solutions for critical mission sets across the DoD.</li><li>Washington Harbour Partners and its portfolio company SIXGEN, a full-spectrum provider of cyber products, operations, and solutions,</li><ul><li>in their acquisition of Secure Enterprise Engineering, Inc., a leading provider of bespoke cybersecurity products and services across various domains;</li><li>in their acquisition of Boldend, developer of leading-edge cyber and electronic warfare solutions.</li></ul><li>Westfire, Inc. in its sale to Tyco SimplexGrinnell</li><li>Yahoo! in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Brightroll</li><li>zipLogix in its acquisition by Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies</li></ul>

Tyler Sewell

Partner

Dylan Moore is a corporate associate in Morrison Foerster’s Denver office.Dylan’s practice focuses on representing publicly- and privately-held companies in connection with complex transactions, including purchases and sales of assets, merger transactions, and corporate restructurings.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Dylan was an associate at another global law firm.Dylan received his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he worked as a student attorney for the Juvenile Justice Clinic and a legal intern for the Transnational Worker Rights Clinic. He also served as a staff editor of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law.He received his B.A., magna cum laude, in political science from the University of Louisiana.

Dylan Moore

Associate

Darío Avram is co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Finance Group and a member of the Private Equity Buyouts & Investment Group. His transactional practice is focused on financings and private equity matters, with additional experience in restructurings.Darío regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a variety of complex U.S. and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and restructurings. He has led transactions covering a range of industries, including technology, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrials, professional services, and consumer products, among others.Darío has been recognized by Chambers USA as a notable practitioner for Banking & Finance in California. He was also recognized by Global M&A Network as one of Americas Top 50 Rising Dealmakers and by Legal 500 as a key partner for Private Equity Buyouts.

Dario D. Avram

Jake Burne is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s Finance Group. He represents both borrowers and lenders on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisition financings and leveraged buyouts, senior syndicated facilities, fund financings and other secured and unsecured financings.

Jake Burne

Financial Services

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