Aisha P.
Lavinier

Aisha Lavinier is a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity M&A Groups. She advises private equity sponsors, public and private companies and other financial institutions on their most complex business transactions, both domestic and cross-border. Aisha’s practice spans the full spectrum of M&A and investment activity, including strategic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, minority and growth equity investments and related financing transactions.

Aisha has significant experience guiding clients through transformative deals across a wide range of industries, including software and technology, energy and infrastructure, specialty chemicals, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, retail and consumer products, transportation and logistics, and data centers and digital infrastructure. Known for her ability to navigate multifaceted legal and business issues, Aisha partners with clients to lead their most significant transactions, combining technical expertise with commercial insight to deliver exceptional results.

Aisha has been recognized by Savoy as one of its “Most Influential Lawyers” (2024) and “Most Influential Black Lawyers” (2022), by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in M&A (2023) and by BTI Consulting Group as a “BTI Client Service All‑Star” (2022).

Aisha’s representations have included advising:

• Clearlake Capital Group and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
  • its acquisition of BakeMark USA from Pamploma Capital
  • its $2.6 billion acquisition of Intertape Polymer Group
  • its acquisition of Pretium Packaging and subsequent acquisition of Alpha Packaging from Irving Place Capital
  • its acquisition of PrimeSource from Platinum Equity Capital
  • its acquisition of Mold‑Rite Plastics from Irving Place Capital
  • its acquisition of Springs Window Fashions from AEA Investors and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
  • its acquisition of Terrepower (formerly BBB Industries) from Genstar Capital
  • in its acquisition of The Wellness Pet Food Holding Company from Berwind Corporation
  • Janus International Group in its acquisition of DBCI
  • OnShift in its sale to ShiftKey
  • TEAM Technologies in its sale to Arlington Capital Partners
• Thoma Bravo and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
  • its C$1.8 billion acquisition of Magnet Forensics and subsequent acquisition of Grayshift
  • its $1.3 billion acquisition of UserTesting, alongside Sunstone Partners
  • its investment in Command Alkon by HeidelbergCement
  • its acquisition of Greenphire from The Riverside Company
  • its acquisition of HCSS and subsequent agreement for HCSS to be acquired by The Nemetschek Group
  • its acquisition of Majesco
  • its investment in Motus by Permira
  • its acquisition of Zipari and subsequent sale of Zipari to mPulse
  • Apryse (formerly PDFTron), a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo and Silversmith Capital Partners, in its acquisition of iText from Crescendo Equity Partners
  • Cority in its acquisition of Reporting 21
  • EQS Group in its acquisition of the Ethics and Business Division from OneTrust
  • Majesco in its acquisition of Vitech
  • Motus in its acquisition of Everlance
  • UserZoom in its acquisition of Testapic
• Madison Dearborn Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
  • its multibillion‑dollar sale of Nuveen Investments
  • its acquisition of SIRVA
  • its acquisition of U.S. Lumber
  • its acquisition of The Topps Company from Continental Partners
  • Liquid Web in its sale to One Equity Partners
• Arsenal Capital Partners in its acquisition of Peach State Labs
• Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of Viewpoint Construction Software and establishment of equity arrangements
• Beecken Petty O’Keefe in its sale of EDP Investment Holdings to Onex Corporation
• Chicago Growth Partners in its sale of Caprion Proteomics
• GTCR in:
  • its acquisition and sale of Xifin
  • its acquisition of Cision
• GTCR and Crealta Pharmaceuticals in the sale of Crealta to Horizon Pharma
• H.I.G. Capital in its sale of CPower
• Harren Equity Partners in its acquisition of the Virginia Tile Company
• Janus International Group in its $1.9 billion business combination with Juniper Industrial Holdings and its subsequent $168 million acquisition of DBCI
• Payment Alliance Holdings in its sale to Clearent
• PrimeSource Building Products in its acquisition of NWI Enterprises (d/b/a Nationwide Industries)
• PrimeSource Brands in its acquisition of Wolf Home Products from Tenex Capital Management
• Redwood Holdings in its acquisition of Newly Weds Foods
• Unifrax in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Lydall
• Virtual Radiologic Corporation in its sale to Mednax
• Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of Jamf Holdings from Summit Partners
• Willis Stein Partners in connection with its sale of Velocitel to QualTek
• A leading multinational technology company in its complex recapitalization and restructuring