Neil Goldman

Significant private equity representations include:

• General Atlantic:
  • in various investments, including Adyen, Aimbridge Hospitality Holdings, Airbnb, Alignment Healthcare, AppDynamics, Authentic Brands Group, Avant, Barteca Holdings, Coalition, Chime, Devo, Facebook, Flint Group, Flo Health, Grove Collaborative, Incode, Jüsto, Mi9 Retail, Opendoor, OSEA, Panorama Education, Peixe Urbano, Plusgrade, Qualicorp Group, Red Ventures, Restore Hyper Wellness, Seismic Software, SigFig, SnapAV, Sonendo, Suvida Healthcare, Tilting Point, Transmit Security, Tripleseat, Uber, Vegamour, Vida Health, Village Pet Care and XP Investimentos
  • in the formation of various continuation funds, including its debut multi-asset fund totaling $3 billion, the largest secondaries fund raised at the time
  • portfolio company Benevity in a strategic investment by Hg
  • its climate solutions investing venture BeyondNetZero in its investment in RoadRunner Recycling
  • portfolio company Too Faced Cosmetics in its $1.45 billion sale to The Estée Lauder Companies
  • portfolio company Aperture New Holdings (OptionsHouse) in its $725 million sale to E*TRADE Financial
  • portfolio company Align Networks in its acquisition of Universal SmartComp and its sale to Apax Partners
  • portfolio company Network Solutions in its sale to Web.com Group
  • together with KKR in their $1.65 billion acquisition of TASC, Inc. from Northrop Grumman, and in its sale to Engility Holdings
• Palladium Equity Partners:
  • in its acquisition of ALC Schools and Red Rock Technology from American Logistics
  • in its acquisition of Kymera International from Platinum Equity, and in Kymera’s acquisitions of Reading Alloys from AMETEK and Fiven from OpenGate Capital
  • in its acquisition of CircusTrix Holdings, and in CircusTrix’s acquisitions of Rockin’ Jump Holdings and Sky Zone
  • in its acquisition of Q’Max Solutions and in Q’Max’s acquisition of Anchor Drilling Fluids USA from Calumet Specialty Products Partners
  • portfolio company Prince Minerals in its acquisitions of Grinding and Sizing Company, and the Erachem Manganese Chemicals business of ERAMET Group and in the sale of Prince Minerals to affiliates of American Securities
  • in its investment in HealthSun Health Plans
• Crestview Partners:
  • in its acquisition of TenCate Grass Holding B.V. from Royal TenCate, owned by a consortium led by Gilde Buy Out Partners, and in the subsequent sale of TenCate to Leonard Green & Partners
  • in its investment in Viad Corp.
  • in its acquisition of Hornblower Group, and in the subsequent restructuring of Hornblower Group
  • in its acquisition of DS Waters of America and its $1.25 billion sale of DS Waters to Cott Corporation
  • in its investment in WOW! (WideOpenWest)
  • in its investment with other institutional investors in Cumulus Media, as part of Cumulus’s acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting
  • in its investment in Camping World/Good Sam Enterprises

Significant sports and media representations include:

• Charter Communications’ ad hoc bondholder committee in one of the largest pre-arranged chapter 11 filings in history, including a $2.5 billion investment and a reduction of approximately $8 billion in Charter’s total debt
• Crestview Partners in its acquisition of NEP Broadcasting from American Securities, an investment by Carlyle Global Partners in NEP, and in the sale of its stake in NEP to Carlyle Global Partners
• Florida Panthers in general corporate and transactional matters
• General Atlantic portfolio company Authentic Brands Group in its acquisition of Sports Illustrated from Meredith Corporation
• Major League Baseball:
  • in its strategic investment in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League
  • in its investment in Rawlings Sporting Goods Company
  • in the $2.15 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers to Guggenheim Baseball Management
• Seven Seven Six (776):
  • in the sale of a controlling stake in Angel City Football Club to Willow Bay and Bob Iger
  • in the formation of the Los Angeles Golf Club alongside Serena and Venus Williams
• A controlling owner in its acquisition of a majority stake in a Spanish football (La Liga) club