Luke R. Ashworth

• Affiliates of ZMC in their acquisition of Simpler Trading, a platform providing interactive online education for individual traders and investors.
• ITRenew, a portfolio company of investment funds managed by ZMC, in its pending sale to Iron Mountain valued at US$925 million.
• CafeMedia, a portfolio company of investment funds managed by ZMC, in its acquisition of Topic (Chia Labs, Inc.).
• Fundamental Advisors affiliated investment funds in their acquisition of MMA Capital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMAC) for US$161.7 million.
• EW Group GmbH in its acquisition of Hygiena, a leader in food safety and environmental testing solutions, from Warburg Pincus LLC.
• Warner Gaming on the sale of its one-half joint venture interest in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City to Peninsula Pacific Entertainment.
• Affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC and Pulse Secure, LLC in the sale of Pulse Secure, LLC to Ivanti, Inc.
• The Raine Group and several of its affiliates in the formation of Thrill One Sports & Entertainment, including:
  
  • The acquisition of SuperJacket Productions (“Ridiculousness,” “The Dude Perfect Show,” “Rob & Big,” and “Rob Dydrek’s Fantasy Factory” etc.). 
  • The acquisition of Street League Skateboarding, one of the world’s premier street skateboarding competition leagues.
  • The merger into the group of Nitro Circus, one of the leading action sports live event producers in the world.
  • An equity raise led by Causeway Media Partners, a leading growth venture firm.
  • A debt raise led by MidCap Financial, an Apollo affiliate.
• Investment funds managed by an affiliate of ZMC in various transactions, including:
  
  • The acquisition of a controlling stake in ITRenew, Inc., a provider of lifecycle management services specializing in data center decommissioning, data erasure and security services.
  • The acquisition of CMI Marketing, Inc. (AdThrive), a leading ad monetization platform for high-quality, mid-sized digital publishers.
• Investment funds affiliated with Z Capital Partners, L.L.C. in various transactions, including:
  
  • The acquisition of Techniks Tool Group, a leading provider of tool holding and workholding products.
  • The acquisition of CTM Group, Inc., a leading global provider of managed entertainment and souvenir solutions.
  • The acquisition of the NitroSteel and Atmosphere Annealing assets of an affiliate of Gerdau S.A.
• Shamrock Capital Advisors and its affiliates in various media and entertainment acquisitions and dispositions.
• Entertainment One Limited in the acquisition of unscripted television production company Blackfin.
• ITRenew, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in the following transactions:
  
  • The acquisition of eSISO, LLC, an industry leader in the remarketing and remanufacturing of enterprise assets.
  • As U.S. counsel in the acquisition of Splitted-Desktop Systems (SDS), a leading design and engineering firm focused on Open Hardware compute and storage systems.
• The founders of the Lagunitas Brewing Company in connection with the sale of their remaining equity stake to an affiliate of Heineken N.V.
• GRF Management Company, LLC in the acquisitions by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, LLC of substantially all of the assets of WG&S, LLP, Flynn Family Office LLC and Skeet Kaye Hopkins LLP.
• Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman LLP in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets to a newly created affiliate of Focus Financial Partners as well as its entry into a management arrangement with such affiliate in connection with the sale.
• Advatech Pacific, Inc. in connection with its sale of substantially all of the assets of its Electronics and Communications division to General Dynamics Mission Systems.
• Pacifica, a natural makeup, skincare and perfume purveyor, with a sale of a minority interest to Alliance Consumer Growth.
• General Electric Company and Synchrony Financial in GE’s approximately US$20 billion offer to exchange Synchrony Financial’s common stock for GE’s common stock to complete the separation of Synchrony Financial from GE.*
• Atos S.E. in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of the information technology outsourcing business of Xerox Corporation.*
• Capstone Logistics, a portfolio company of investment funds affiliated with The Jordan Company, in its acquisition of Pinnacle Workforce Logistics.*
• H&R Block, Inc. in a US$1.5 billion modified “Dutch” auction common stock tender offer.*

*The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.