Senior Managing Associate

Ryan M. Hicks

M&A
Private Equity

ryan.hicks@sidley.com

Century City +1 310 595 9517

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RYAN HICKS has experience representing private equity clients and public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions and divestitures.

Ryan earned his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he was on the staff of the UCLA Law Review (Vol. 61) and senior editor of Vol. 62. He received both his MAcc and his B.S. in accounting from the University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business.

Experience

Owners of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) in the launch of a new North American women’s professional hockey league
Symplr in its acquisition of Phynd Technologies, a global healthcare governance, risk management, and compliance software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of nThrive’s Technology Division from nThrive Holdings, LP, a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital Management
Symplr in its acquisition of TractManager, an Arsenal Capital Partners portfolio company
Dude Solutions Inc., a SaaS provider of cloud-based operations management software backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in the acquisition of the asset management platform Confirm from Precisely
Symplr in its acquisition of ComplyTrack from the Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory division
ConvergeOne, a global IT services provider of collaboration and digital infrastructure solutions, in its acquisition of Altivon, a contact center solutions provider
9to5 in its sale to Flokk AS, a portfolio company of Triton Partners
Apollo Global Management in its US$2.6 billion acquisition of publicly traded Aspen Insurance Holdings
Siris Capital Group LLC in its US$654 million acquisition of Xura Inc. (formerly Comverse)
Siris Capital Group, LLC in its US$2 billion acquisition of Polycom, Inc.
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Dude Solutions
The founders of the Lagunitas Brewing Company in connection with the sale of their remaining equity stake to an affiliate of Heineken N.V.
An investor group led by investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC in its US$1.4 billion acquisition of 40.6 percent of OneMain Holdings, Inc. from affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC
Z Capital Group in its US$580 million acquisition of Affinity Gaming
Z Capital Group in its acquisition of Sports Information Group, LLC.
Affiliates of Castle Creek Capital LLC in their investment in Liberty Bancshares, Inc. and Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc., as well as various other investments
Pandora Radio with securing its US$480 million investment from Sirius XM

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