Jon Stott

JONATHAN STOTT represents private equity sponsors, alternative asset managers, and operating companies in complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, growth and structured equity investments, joint ventures, and other transformative capital events.

Jonathan advises clients across a broad range of industries, including aerospace, building products, consumer brands and products, financial services, food products, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, software, and technology. He has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on buyouts, exits, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions.

Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions

• Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in various transactions, including the sale of Diamonds Direct USA to Signet Jewelers.
• Cerberus Capital Management in:
  • Its acquisition of Landmark Structures, a leading provider of water storage solutions.
  • Its acquisition of Spring EQ, a leading provider of home equity financing solutions.
  • Its strategic investment in Lighthouse Autism Center, a leading provider of center-based autism behavioral health services.
  • Acquisitions by Worldwide Flight Services.
• Fabric in its sale to MSCI Inc.
• Fifth Wall in various investments in the climate technology sector.
• Graham Partners in:
  • Various buyout and exit transactions involving its investments in Advanced Barrier Extrusions, EasyPak, HemaSource, Myers Emergency Power Systems, Medbio, OptConnect, Giraffe Foods, The Atlas Group, Henry Company, Tidel Engineering, Universal Pasteurization Company, BrightPet Nutrition Group, and Mercer Foods.
  • Add-on acquisitions, dispositions, and dividend recapitalization transactions involving a number of its portfolio companies.
  • Its carve-out acquisition of Berry Global’s flexible packaging converting business and concurrent combination with Advanced Barrier Extrusions.
• Grant Thornton in connection with an alternative practice structure reorganization and related investment by New Mountain Capital in Grant Thornton Advisors.
• KKR in:
  • Its acquisition of Industrial Physics, a leading manufacturer of testing and measurement instruments.
  • Its take-private acquisition of mdf commerce, a SaaS leader in digital commerce technologies.
• KKR and its portfolio company Sovra in the acquisition of Ontopical and various dispositions.
• KKR and its portfolio company Alchemer in the acquisitions of Apptentive and Chatmeter.
• Precisely, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, in the sale of its Confirm business, a provider of critical infrastructure services, to Dude Solutions.
• Resource Label Group, a leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, and RFID/NFC technology, and its financial sponsors, First Atlantic Capital and TPG Growth, in its sale to funds managed by Ares Management.
• The special committee of Steiner Leisure Limited, a global provider of spa and medi-spa services, in its US$925 million going-private acquisition by Catterton.
• Tyber Medical in its sale to Montagu and subsequent merger with Intech and Resolve Surgical Technologies.
• Versa Capital Management in various buyout and exit transactions involving its investments in Eastern Mountain Sports and Silver Airways.
• A leading financial sponsor in its acquisition of a U.S. and European CLO manager.

Growth and Structured Equity

• BC Partners in a structured equity investment in an educational platform.
• Blackstone Tactical Opportunities as an investor in Genstar Capital’s recapitalization of its portfolio company ConnectiveRx.
• Fifth Wall in various investments in the climate technology sector.
• SEMCAP Food & Nutrition in:
  • A US$50 million Series B financing for Purely Elizabeth, a leader in the natural foods category, co-led with Swander Pace Capital and Fresh Del Monte.
  • Its investment in Good Culture’s US$64 million Series C financing alongside MannaTree.
• SEMCAP Health in:
  • Its US$25 million growth capital investment in NeuroFlow, the market leader in behavioral health integration technology.
  • Its Series B investment in SafeRide Health, an on-demand non-emergency medical transportation platform.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.