Jonathan P. Solomon

Jonny's representative work includes:

Private Equity / Family Office

• Various Pritzker Family Business Interests on a wide range of transactions, including:
  • Acquisition of LaForce, LLC
  • Acquisition of Epic Staffing Group
  • Acquisition of Crown Health Care Laundry Services
  • Acquisition of Creative Office Pavilion and several add-on acquisitions
  • Acquisition of STV, Inc. and several add-on acquisitions
  • Acquisition of KBP Investments, and several add-on acquisitions
  • Acquisition of Hargray Communications
  • The US$1.0 billion leveraged buy-out / take-private of TMS International Corp.
  • Several strategic investments, including in NationsBenefits Steward Partners, Lit Communities, Mammoth Holdings, Black Buffalo, and other companies
• BDT Capital and its portfolio companies in several acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments and partnerships
• KKR & Co., L.P. in connection with:
  • Acquisition of Marmic Fire & Safety
  • Disposition of Kobalt to Universal Music Group and Dundee Partners
  • Acquisition of Kobalt and various music catalogues
  • Global carve-out acquisition of Hyperion, an industrial tool components manufacturer, from Sandvik
  • Hyperion's acquisition of AFC Hartmetall
  • The US$2.5 billion disposition of Capital Safety Group to 3M
• Ares Management in several joint venture and strategic investment transactions, as well as the formation and launch of its lending and specialty finance platform, Ansley Park Capital
• Cain International in several joint venture and strategic investment transactions, including investments in the Beverly Hilton, the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria, and Aman Hotel Group
• Real Capital in various fundraising and strategic investment opportunities
• One Equity Partners, on a significant number of acquisitions and strategic investments, including:
  • Acquisition of CoxReps and Gamut from Cox Media Group
  • Carveout acquisition of PGW Auto Glass from LKQ Corporation
  • Carveout acquisition of Norit Activated Carbon from Cabot Corporation
  • Acquisition of majority stake in Ericsson’s media solutions business
  • Minority investment in Sanken North America
• Highgate Hospitality on several acquisitions including:
  • Take-private acquisition of CorePoint Lodging valued at US$1.5 billion
  • Acquisition of wellness business from Digital Bridge in a transaction valued at US$3.2 billion
  • Acquisition of hospitality portfolios from Colony Capital in a transaction valued at US$2.8 billion
• PEAK6 Investments in its acquisition of National Flood Services from Aon
• The Carlyle Group, in its acquisition of ZeroChaos, a global provider of workforce management solutions

Public and Privately Held Companies

• Hyatt Hotels Corporation in a variety of matters, including:
  • Disposition of majority stake in its Unlimited Vacation Club business
  • Acquisition of Dream Hotel Group 
  • Acquisition of Apple Leisure Group for US$2.7 billion
  • Acquisition of Two Roads Hospitality for US$480 million
  • Disposition of Hyatt Residential Group to Interval Leisure Group
• TransUnion in a variety of matters, including:
  • Carveout divestiture of its Healthcare Division for US$1.735 billion 
• Advanced Micro Devices in a variety of matters including: 
  • The US$1.9 billion acquisition of Pensando
  • The US$35 billion acquisition of Xilinx, to create the industry’s leading high performance computing company
  • The US$371 million disposition of an 85% stake in its ATMP facilities to, and related joint venture with, Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics
  • The acquisition of SeaMicro, Inc., a leading developer of computer servers 
• NRG Energy in it carveout acquisition of Direct Energy from Centrica for US$3.625 billion
• M*Modal, a leading healthcare technology company, in connection with the US$1 billion sale of its technology business to 3M
• Bass Pro Group in its US$4 billion acquisition of Cabela’s
• Envoy Global in its sale to Palladium Equity Partners
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of SeaWorld in China-based real estate investment firm, Zhonghong Group’s, US$448 million acquisition of a 21% equity interest from The Blackstone Group
• InvenTrust Properties Corp. in a number of divestitures, including:
  • The sale of its portfolio of 52 hotels to Northstar Realty Finance and Chatham Lodging Trust for US$1.1 billion
  • The sale of 294 net lease assets to AR Capital for US$2.3 billion
• LifeStorage LP, a US provider of self-storage space services, in connection with Sovran Self Storage’s US$1.3 billion acquisition of LifeStorage
• Nord Anglia Education in its US$534 million acquisition of six schools in North America, Europe, and China from Meritas
• Koch Industries in a number of transactions, including:
  • Its acquisition of the Turf and Ornamental business of Agrium Advanced Technologies
  • A US$240.0 million non-voting preferred stock investment in the Weiss family’s take-private of American Greetings Corporation