Tara M. Lancaster

A significant portion of Tara’s practice involves advising private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with M&A and joint venture transactions. She has represented some of the world’s leading private equity firms. Recent representations include:

• Apex Waste Solutions, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, in its acquisitions and related financings of Colorado-based waste management operating sites Twin Enviro Services and certain assets of WM of Colorado, Inc.
• Heritage Advisors, a London-based venture capital and investment management company, on its investment in Fort Partners, a privately held Miami-based real estate and residences in prime locations in the United  States, Caribbean, and Europe.
• RelaDyne LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its acquisition of Sun Coast Resources, Inc. and Grupo Lucalza.
• Brand Velocity Group in its investment in Jaya Apparel Group, which owns and operates the women’s contemporary fashion labels Cinq à Sept and LIKELY.
• Brand Velocity Group in its acquisition of SCORE Sports, a designer, manufacturer and seller of youth team sports uniforms and equipment.
• Northlane Capital Partners in the sale of portfolio company Discovery Data Holdings, Inc. to Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.
• EQT Private Equity and PRO Unlimited in connection with PRO Unlimited’s acquisitions of Workforce Logiq and Geometric Results, Inc.
• EQT Private Equity in its acquisition of PRO Unlimited, a leading provider of integrated contingent workforce management solutions.
• EQT Private Equity in its US$1 billion sale of Innovyze, a leading global smart water infrastructure software provider, to Autodesk.
• Northlane Capital in its investment in Choice Insurance Agency (Choice Financial Group).
• Thompson Street Capital Group in its sale of The Payment Group to Paya, a portfolio company of GTCR.
• Trive Capital and its portfolio company Oscar W. Larson Company in their acquisition of WildcoPES, a provider of comprehensive construction management services.
• Clearlake Capital Group in its launch of Vive Collective™, a new platform focused on backing innovative digital health companies.
• ZMC-affiliated investment funds in their acquisition of iconic comedy brand The Second City.
• Dallas-based Trive Capital in connection with the stock acquisition of The Oscar W. Larson Company and related entities.
• Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Motus, LLC in their acquisition of Vision Wireless.
• CVC Capital Partners and its portfolio company ConvergeOne, a global IT services provider of collaboration and digital infrastructure solutions, in their acquisition of Altivon, a contact center solutions provider.
• Clearlake Capital Group and its portfolio company Dude Solutions, Inc. in the add-on acquisition of the Australia-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Assetic Pty. Ltd.
• ZMC Capital in its acquisition of Simeio Solutions from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.
• Thoma Bravo, LLC and its portfolio company Ellie Mae, Inc. in their acquisition of Capsilon.
• M/C Partners in its investment in TowerCom, LLC, a developer of communications towers for national and regional wireless carriers.
• Neutral Connect in its acquisition of wireless infrastructure developer Connectivity Wireless.
• Neutral Connect in its acquisition of wireless infrastructure manager Simplifi Wireless.
• TriStar Group, Inc., a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, in the sale of its Tank Services division to HydroChemPSC.
• Great Hill Partners in its acquisition of a minority investment in Bombas, LLC.
• Great Hill Partners in its US$325 million sale of The Shade Store to Leonard Green.

Another important aspect of Tara’s practice is focused on advising clients in the healthcare and life sciences industries in a broad range of transactional matters. Recent representations include:

• TPG Capital LP in the acquisition of a non-controlling stake in Kelsey-Seybold Management Services, a management services organization serving the Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group.
• OMERS Private Equity in the disposition of its investment in National Veterinary Associates, a portfolio company of Ares Management, to an affiliate of JAB Holdings.
• OMERS Private Equity in its partnership with Gastro Health, a leading national United States platform supporting medical groups specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders and digestive health.
• Leon Capital Group’s portfolio company Specialty Dental Brands, a dental support organization, in connection with an investment by TSG Consumer Partners.
• Leon Capital Group’s portfolio company Frontline Dental Implant Specialists in numerous acquisitions of clinics and practices for its oral surgery dental implant platform.
• Leon Capital Group’s portfolio company Turnwell Mental Health Network in numerous acquisitions of clinics and practices for its mental health and psychiatry services platform.
• Steward Health Care System LLC in its sale of five hospitals and related hospital operations in Utah to HCA  Healthcare, Inc.
• BaseHealth, Inc. a healthcare data analytics company, in its acquisition by Genalyte, Inc.
• OMERS Capital Markets in its acquisition of a capped, tiered, declining royalty on direct annual net sales of ORLADEYO® (berotralstat) from BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for US$150 million.
• OMERS Capital Markets in the negotiation of a definitive credit facility agreement for BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. with a syndicate of lenders for up to US$750 million in financing.

In addition, Tara represents clients in the areas of international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and other major transactions. Recent representations include:

• Rexel USA, Inc. in its acquisition of Talley, Inc., a distributor of wireless infrastructure products, services, and solutions in the U.S. 
• Rithm Capital in its pending US$720 million acquisition of Computershare’s U.S Loan Services business.
• Azelis, in its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Gillco Ingredients.
• Darling Ingredients Inc. in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of Valley Proteins, a transaction that was named a finalist in the “Deals of the Year: $1 Billion +” category of D CEO’s Mergers & Acquisitions Awards.
• Rexel USA in its acquisition of Horizon Solutions, an industrial automation distributor in the northeastern United States.
• GE-Prolec, a joint venture between GE and Xignux, in its US$645 million acquisition of Transformer Solutions, a subsidiary of U.S.-based infrastructure company SPX.
• Rexel USA in its US$456 million acquisition of Mayer Electric, a distributor of electrical products and services.
• Safe Harbor Marinas, LLC, the owner and operator of the world’s largest boating network, in its US$2.11  billion sale to Sun Communities, Inc., a publicly traded REIT focused on manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities in the United States and Canada.
• Haystack Sciences in its acquisition by insitro, a machine learning-driven drug discovery and development company
• Dell in its sale of Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite to VMware, Inc.
• HNA Aviation & Tourism Group in its sale of Radisson Hospitality Inc. and a majority stake in Radisson Hospitality AB, a member of the Radisson Hotel Group, to a consortium led by Jin Jiang International Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Rexel in its divestiture of its Gexpro Services business unit to LKCM Headwater Investments.
• VWM Analytics in connection with its sale to the global consulting firm J.S. Held, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Kelso & Company.
• FlexManage, Inc., a provider of technology consulting services, in its sale to New Era Technology.
• Hawker Pacific Airservices Limited in its sale by BH Global Aviation LP, an affiliate of Britton Hill Partners, and SEACOR Capital (Asia) Limited to Eagle Enterprise, Inc.
• New Residential Investment Corporation in the “stalking-horse” acquisition of substantially all of the forward mortgage-related assets of Ditech Holding Corporation.
• HMS Holdings Corp. in its acquisition of the Accent payment-accuracy and cost-containment business from Intrado Corporation.
• Fronton Holdings, LLC in its sale of Casino Miami to affiliates of Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
• Eagle Materials Inc. in the sale of its Western Aggregates and Mathews Readymix operations for US$93.5  million to Teichert, a California-based construction company.
• Eagle Materials in its acquisition of Wildcat Minerals Holdings, LLC from Platte River Equity.
• Eagle Materials in its US$466 million acquisition of cement plants and related assets from Lafarge North America.

Tara also regularly represents energy-focused clients in upstream and midstream oil and gas property, pipeline and processing facility acquisitions, and divestitures. Representations include:

• Morgan Stanley Energy Partners and its portfolio company Presidio Investment Holdings in their acquisition of substantially all of the oil and natural-gas-producing properties in the western Anadarko Basin of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas from Templar Energy.
• Perpetual Production, LLC in its formation of a strategic partnership with Silver Hill Energy Holdings, LLC targeting the acquisition of mineral, royalty, and non-operated participation interests in targeted areas of the Mid-Continent and Permian Basin.
• Environmental Resources Management in its acquisition of Michael Pisani & Associates, Inc.
• Tug Hill in its US$390 million acquisition of Appalachian oil and gas assets from Stone Energy Corporation.
• KJ Energy in its acquisition of oil and gas-producing assets in East Texas and North Louisiana.
• Hunt Consolidated in its investments in, and restructuring or dispositions of, various oil and gas ventures.
• EnLink Midstream Partners, LP in its US$600 million acquisition of Coronado Midstream Holdings.
• The Energy & Minerals Group in its US$460 million equity commitment to an affiliate of American Energy Partners to pursue acquisitions of minerals and overriding royalty interests in onshore basins.
• EnLink Midstream Partners, LP and EnLink Midstream, LLC in their US$235 million acquisition of natural gas pipeline assets from Chevron Pipe Line Company and Chevron Midstream Pipelines LLC.

Tara serves on SidleyWomen and is its Dallas co-chair. In addition, she is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas (Tax Section).