Aisha Lavinier is a member of the Paul, Weiss Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity M&A Groups. She advises private equity sponsors, public and private companies and other financial institutions on their most complex business transactions, both domestic and cross-border. Lavinier’s practice spans the full spectrum of M&A and investment activity, including strategic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, minority and growth equity investments and related financing transactions.
Lavinier has significant experience guiding clients through transformative deals across a wide range of industries, including software and technology, data centers and digital infrastructure, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy and infrastructure, specialty chemicals, retail and consumer products and transportation and logistics. Known for her ability to navigate multifaceted legal and business issues, Lavinier partners with clients to lead their most significant transactions, combining technical expertise with commercial insight to deliver exceptional results.
Lavinier’s representations have included advising (in alphabetical order):
- Arsenal Capital Partners in its acquisition of Peach State Labs
- Beecken Petty O’Keefe in its sale of EDP Investment Holdings to Onex Corporation
- Clearlake Capital Group and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
- its acquisition of BakeMark USA from Pamplona Capital
- its acquisition of Mold‑Rite Plastics from Irving Place Capital
- Janus International Group in its acquisition of DBCI
- TEAM Technologies in its sale to Arlington Capital Partners
- GTCR and Crealta Pharmaceuticals in the sale of Crealta to Horizon Pharma
- Madison Dearborn Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
- its multibillion‑dollar sale of Nuveen Investments
- its acquisition of U.S. Lumber
- Liquid Web in its sale to One Equity Partners
- PrimeSource Building Products in its acquisition of NWI Enterprises (d/b/a Nationwide Industries)
- Redwood Holdings in its acquisition of Newly Weds Foods
- Thoma Bravo and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
- its C$1.8 billion acquisition of Magnet Forensics and subsequent acquisition of Grayshift
- its $1.3 billion acquisition of UserTesting, alongside Sunstone Partners
- its acquisition of Zipari and subsequent sale of Zipari to mPulse
- Majesco in its acquisition of Vitech
- UserZoom in its acquisition of Testapic
- Unifrax in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Lydall
- Virtual Radiologic Corporation in its sale to Mednax
- Willis Stein Partners in connection with its sale of Velocitel to QualTek
