David Arnold

Prior to joining Willkie in 2019, David was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

David has advised on the following significant matters*:

• Trive Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, on its investment in Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA)
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Zero100, an intelligence company for global operations and supply chain leaders
• Second Nature Brands, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners, on its acquisition of the Voortman cookie brand from The J.M. Smucker Co.
• Natra, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners, on its acquisition of the Gudrun, a leading Belgian chocolate manufacturer
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Improve International Group, a leader in veterinary postgraduate training and education
• Recochem, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners, on its acquisition of KIK Consumer Products’ Auto Care business
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) in connection with LLCP and ICG’s strategic partnership with Law Business Research
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and portfolio company Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS) on GLAS’s acquisition of the Watiga group
• Hanover Investors on its acquisition of New Era Energy, a leading UK distributor of liquid fuels and related consumables
• Datasite, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, on its acquisition of Sherpany, a board reporting and meeting management software provider
• CapVest Partners in its acquisition of Recochem
• Second Nature Brands, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, on its acquisition of Sahale Snacks from The J.M. Smucker Co.
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its portfolio company Global Loan Agency Services’ (GLAS) acquisition of Pristine SAS
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on the sale of portfolio company SK AeroSafety to Bridgepoint
• CapVest Partners in its acquisition of Kerridge Commercial Systems
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on portfolio company Law Business Research’s acquisition of MBL Seminars Limited
• Second Nature Brands, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners, in its acquisition of Brownie Brittle
• CapVest in its acquisition of leading European chocolate maker Natra
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS)
• CapVest Partners in its acquisition of Second Nature Brands
• BigHand Inc., a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Iridium Technology, a legal business intelligence and analytics software provider
• CapVest Partners on the sale of its portfolio company, leading food manufacturer Valeo Foods, to Bain Capital
• CapVest Partners on its agreement to sell portfolio company Eight Fifty Food Group to Sofina Food Inc.
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Creditinfo Group in partnership with its founder and management team
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition of BigHand Ltd., a leading provider of workflow software solutions
• NextPharma on its agreement to acquire the Ploermel and Edinburgh production sites of biotechnology company Lonza
• Valeo Foods, a CapVest Partners portfolio company, on its acquisition of German confectionery manufacturer Schluckwerder
  
• Campaign Monitor, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, in its acquisition of Selligent, Holdings Limited from HGGC
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in its acquisition of SiPM, in partnership with management and its founding partners
• CapVest Partners and its portfolio company Valeo Foods in its acquisition of Campbell’s European Chips Business
  
• CapVest Partners and its portfolio company Karro Food Group in the acquisition of Young’s Seafood
  
• CapVest Partners and Valeo Food Group on Valeo’s acquisition of the Tangerine Confectionery Group from Blackstone
• Law Business Research, a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Globe Business Media Group
• New Mountain Capital on its sale of talent acquisition and management company Alexander Mann Solutions to OMERS Private Equity for £820 million
• EMR Capital in relation to its consortium arrangements with PT Adaro Energy Tbk and the consortium’s acquisition of Rio Tinto’s 80% interest in the Kestrel coking coal mine for total cash consideration of $2.25 billion
• Actera Group and Esas Holdings on the sale of shipping operator U.N. Ro-Ro to DFDS for approximately €950 million ($1.17 billion)
• Marguerite Adviser S.A. on the sale by The Marguerite Fund of a portfolio of five European infrastructure assets to Pantheon
• Cartesian Group LLC in its investment in Flybondi, Argentina’s first ultra-low cost airline
• CapVest Partners on its acquisition of Karro Food Group, a leading UK-based pork processing firm, from Endless LLP
• Solera Holdings Inc. on its acquisition of Autodata, a leading UK provider of digital technical solutions to the automotive industry
• Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, in a definitive agreement to acquire Luvata Heat Transfer Solutions for a total consideration of approximately $422 million, to be financed through a combination of cash, debt, and $25 million of Modine common stock
• Maxis Communications Berhad in a transaction with Reliance Communications (RCOM) to combine RCOM’s Indian wireless business with Aircel Limited, a subsidiary of Maxis. The transaction is the largest ever consolidation in the Indian telecommunications sector and one of the largest merger of equals in India
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its acquisition, and later disposition, of GL Education
• Actera Group and others on their sale of Mars Entertainment Group to an investment group led by CJ CGV at an enterprise value of approximately $800 million
• I Squared Capital on its acquisition of Viridian
• Montagu Private Equity on its sale of CliniSys to Roper Technologies
• S C Johnson & Son Inc. on its acquisition of DEB Group
• Goldentree Asset Management LP and the other shareholders of the Peermont Group, in the agreement with Sun International to sell Peermont to Sun International for approximately $775 million
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its acquisition of Ocean Outdoor
• Solera Inc. on its acquisition of CAP Automotive
• CDW Corporation on its acquisition of Kelway Limited
• Summit Partners on its acquisition of Independent Vetcare Holdings
• GTCR in its acquisition of Callcredit Information Group Limited
• Bain Capital and Altor on their agreement to acquire EWOS (a world leading fish feed business) from Cermaq ASA at a value of NOK 6.5 billion (approximately €830 million).
• ABRY Partners on its acquisition of Basefarm AS
• ABRY Partners on its investment in Claranet
• Cinven and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners on their €1.8 billion sale of Ahlsell to CVC Capital Partners
• Apax Partners on its $830 million buyout of leading IT security company Sophos plc
• Cinven Limited on its acquisition of Coor Service Management Group for €536 million

_{*David advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.}