Luke E. Laumann

Luke was recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” for Private Equity Buyouts by Legal 500 US in 2023 and a “Leading Lawyer” for Private Equity in the United States by Euromoney in 2022. He was also the recipient of the "40 under 40 Emerging Leaders Award" by The M&A Advisor in 2018.

EXPERIENCE*

• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
• in its acquisition of DTG Recycle;
• in its $957 million acquisition of Lakeshore Recycling Systems;
• in its $2.9 billion acquisition of Cincinnati Bell;
• in the sale of Waste Industries;
• in its investment in Aligned Energy;
• in its acquisition of BlueBird Network;
• in its investment in Netrality Data Centers; and
• in its $1.2 billion sale of WCA Waste Corporation to GFL Environmental Inc.
• Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation in the $514 million sale of the MIC Hawaii businesses to an affiliate of Argo Infrastructure Partners LP.
• Quad-C Management, Inc.
• in its acquisitions of QED Technologies International, Vortex Companies, Applied Felts, MNX Logistics, Easy Flyers, Village Gourmet, Boulder Scientific Company, AIT Worldwide Logistics, Pharm-Olam International, Rainbow Early Education, Krayden, Inmark Packaging, VMG Health, Wolf Holdings Organization, Inc., C.S.U. Operations, McKissock, L.P., Engineered Fastener Company, Unitrans International Logistics, Panther Logistics, and the freight forwarding business from Fiege;
• in its merger-of-equals between its portfolio company Joerns and WoundCo Holdings, Inc. (a portfolio company of Aurora Capital); and
• in its sale of MNX, Krayden, AIT Worldwide Logistics, Pharm-Olam, EFC, Wolf, Generation Brands, Rainbow Early Education and its interest in Asset Acceptance.
• Cobepa S.A.
• in its acquisition of Ned Stevens and Ned Stevens' acquisitions of A1 Exterminators and Go Green Lawn and Pest;
• in its investment in Reaction Biology Corporation as well as the financing of the transaction;
• in its acquisition of BioAgilytix; BioAgilytix's acquisitions of Cambridge Biomedical, MicroConstants Inc., and 360biolabs, and the subsequent recapitalization of BioAgilytix;
• in its investment in Gen II Fund Services, LLC, and the subsequent recapitalization of Gen II; and
• in its investment in Corsearch.
• Fortis Inc.
• in its $11.3 billion acquisition of ITC Holdings Corp. and its related $1.2 billion partnership with GIC, a transaction which was named "Canada: M&A Deal of the Year" by AmLaw;
• in its sale of ten hydroelectric facilities to Energy Ottawa;
• in its $4.3 billion acquisition of UNS Energy Corporation; and
• in its $1.5 billion acquisition of CH Energy Group Inc., a transaction which was named "Energy Deal of the Year" by The M&A Advisor.
• Harvest Partners
• in its acquisitions of Granicus, MRI Software, PRO Unlimited, VetCor, TruckPro, Precision Door Services, Pimlico Group, Brainnet Group, PeopleTicker and WillHire;
• in its partnership with Omers Private Equity in the take-private of Epiq Systems, Inc.; and
• in its sale of Neighborly, ProUnlimited, Encanto, APC and TruckPro.
• Dominus Capital L.P.
• in its investments in Uptime Institute, Consolidated Equipment Group, Seaga, Surface Preparation Technologies, EMPG, L2 Brands, Cincinnati Fan, BluSky, SRP, HarBro, Intelliteach, W.F. Taylor and Lockmasters Inc.; and
• in its sale of its portfolio companies, L2 Brands, BluSky Restoration Contractors, Masterbuilt/Kamado Joe, Cincinnati Fan and Intelliteach.
• Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Medallion Gathering & Processing, LLC from the Energy & Minerals Group and Laredo Petroleum, Inc. for a cash purchase price of $1.825 billion plus additional cash consideration that is linked to GIP's realized profits at exit.
• IFM Investors
• in its $10.3 billion take private of Buckeye Partners, L.P.; and
• in its acquisition by IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, Vitol Group, and Vitol Investment Partnership II Ltd of Buckeye Partners LP's 50% equity interest in VTTI BV in consideration of cash proceeds of $975 million.
• Roark and its portfolio company Arby's Restaurant Group in the $2.9 billion take-private of Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
• Air France-KLM as a member of a consortium that is the winning bidder for SAS in its ongoing Chapter 11 proceedings.
• Ares Management in the formation of VMO Aircraft Leasing a company with a $1.1 billion capital base to acquire and lease commercial aircraft.
• Toys "R" Us on WHP Global's (a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital Management) investment in TRU Kids Parent LLC, parent company to the Toys "R" Us, Babies "R" Us, Geoffrey the Giraffe brands and more than 20 established related consumer toy and baby brands. TRU Kids Parent LLC was controlled by Ares Management LLC, Solus Alternative Asset Management LP and Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC.
• Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a portfolio company of QHP Capital) on its acquisition of Slayback Pharma, LLC from existing investors including KKR and Everstone Capital.
• Nordic Capital in its acquisition of Surgical Information Systems, LLC.
• Kelsian Group Limited in its $325 million acquisition of All Aboard America.
• I Squared Capital
• in its acquisition of Priority Power Management, LLC; and
• in its growth capital investment in RPower LLC with a target of up to $400 million of equity capital.
• AMP Capital
• in its acquisition of Everstream Solutions LLC; and
• in its 50-50 partnership with Invenergy on a portfolio of natural gas-fired power generation facilities.
• BlackRock and First Reserve in acquiring a 45% interest in two natural gas pipelines in Mexico from PMI, a unit of state-owned oil and gas company Petróleos Mexicanos.
• B. Riley Principal Merger Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $550 million business combination with Eos Energy Services LLC.
• The Carlyle Group in its take-private of Blyth, Inc.
• Omnicare, Inc. in its $12.7 billion sale to CVS Health.
• Riverstone Holdings LLC in numerous transactions, including in a credit bid for substantially all of the assets of Fairway Energy Partners, LLC and its affiliates in a Section 363 bankruptcy sale.
• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited in the acquisition of an 80% interest in The Bank of East Asia (USA). The transaction, which marks the first-ever acquisition of a U.S. bank by a Chinese bank, was featured as one of the "Most Innovative M&A Transactions in the United States" by The Financial Times (2012). The transaction also received an "M&A Deal of the Year Award" by The M&A Advisor (2012) and Asian-MENA Counsel (2012) and was named "Outbound M&A Deal of the Year" by China Business Law Journal (2012).
• Univar Inc. (a portfolio company of CVC Capital Partners and Clayton Dubilier & Rice, LLC) in its acquisition of Magnablend Holdings, Inc.
• Pilot Flying J (a portfolio company of CVC Capital Partners) in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Maxum Petroleum, Inc.
• Classic Party Rentals in its sale of substantially all of its assets pursuant to a bankruptcy auction process.
• Dynegy Inc. and (i) its subsidiaries in structuring and implementing an internal reorganization to align Dynegy's asset base to facilitate refinancing in the aggregate amount of $1.7 billion for the CoalCo and the GasCo subsidiaries of Dynegy; and (ii) with respect to the corporate aspects of the chapter 11 restructuring of approximately $4 billion of debt obligations.
• Manabi S.A. in its $300 million second round private placement of Class B preferred shares.
• Acumen Fund and Grameen Foundation in their quasi-equity in Juhudi Kilimo Company Limited.
• HudBay Minerals Inc. in its listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Prior to joining Weil, Luke was a partner at another international law firm.

Luke received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. from American University of Paris.

* Matters noted above include those handled prior to joining Weil.