Partner
Mark K. Castiglia
- M&A
- Private Equity
MARK CASTIGLIA focuses his practice on advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all stages of the life cycle of a private equity investment, which includes advising on acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and general corporate matters. Mark handles a wide range of transactions including stock and asset purchases, mergers, carve-out acquisitions and divestitures, equity financings, and structured equity transactions. Mark also advises private equity sponsors on joint transactions and structured minority investments in partnership with other investment sponsors.
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Chelsea FC Women and its affiliates in an investment by Seven Seven Six, the investment group founded by Alexis Ohanian.
- DigiCert in its Acquisition of Vercara.
- Professional Fighters League (PFL) in its acquisition of Bellator from Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA).
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its:
- US$7.7 billion take-private acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics.
- Significant majority growth investment in ModMed.
- Strategic investment in Aptean.
- US$2.1 billion acquisition of Software Integrity Group in partnership with Francisco Partners from Synopsys, Inc.
- US$4.4 billion take-private acquisition of Alteryx, Inc.
- Sale of Archer to Cinven Limited in equal partnership with Symphony Technology Group.
- Acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners.
- Acquisition of Confluence Technologies, Inc. from TA Associates.
- Equity investment in RSA Security LLC, a global provider of mission-critical cybersecurity software and governance risk and compliance management software solutions to enterprises.
- Acquisition of Precisely, a global leader in data integrity, together with TA Associates.
- US$3 billion acquisition of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a provider of cloud-based platform solutions designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses succeed online.
- Acquisition of Zywave, Inc. a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of front-office insurance solutions.
- Lead investment, together with funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, in Diligent Corporation, an Insight Partners portfolio company.
- Discovery Education in its acquisition of DreamBox Learning.
- Zywave, Inc., in its acquisitions Insurance Technologies Corporation, a portfolio company of Accel-KKR, ClarionDoor, and Strategic Insurance Software.
- Confluence Technologies, Inc. in its acquisitions of Investment Metrics for US$500 million and Compliance Solution Strategies.
- DigiCert, Inc. in its acquisition of DNS Made Easy and a strategic investment by Crosspoint Capital Partners, L.P.
- Symplr Software in its acquisitions of HealthcareSource from Francisco Partners, and Phynd.
- Ivanti, Inc. in its acquisition of Cherwell Software and a strategic investment by Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC.
- Owners of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) in the launch of a new North American women’s professional hockey league.
- Eric Church as a member of the consortium that purchased the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets from Michael Jordan in a transaction valued at approximately US$3 billion.
- Kofax in its acquisition of Ephesoft Inc.
- RSA Conference Parent (RSAC) in its spinoff from RSA Security, and Crosspoint Capital Partners’ acquisition of a significant interest in RSAC, which will become a stand-alone company.
- Attralus, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies to improve the lives of patients with systemic amyloidosis, in the close of its US$116 million Series B Preferred Stock financing.
- Precisely in its acquisition of Winshuttle.
- Dude Solutions Inc. in the acquisition of Confirm from Precisely.
- ConvergeOne, a global IT services provider of collaboration and digital infrastructure solutions, in its acquisition of Altivon, a contact center solutions provider.
- Perforce Software Inc. in its acquisition of Methodics Holdings Inc., a leading provider of intellectual property life cycle management and traceability solutions.
- Drunk Elephant, LLC in its US$845 million sale to Shiseido America Corporation.
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in its US$410 million acquisition of cloud native security platform Twistlock.
- NetDocuments Software in an equity investment by Cove Hill Partners, L.P.
- Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, and certain of their affiliates in connection with a joint venture with IMG to launch Athleticon, a multi-day live event focused on athletics, wellness, and entertainment.
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- California
- New York
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2012 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
- Colgate University, B.A., 2009 (magna cum laude)