Law360 | Alston-Led Builders FirstSource Boosts Tech via $450M Deal

Alston & Bird client Rocky Research, a technology leader specializing in thermal, energy, and power management solutions, has been acquired by Honeywell International Inc. The transaction is the second significant aerospace and defense deal Alston & Bird has advised on in the past month.

Alston & Bird represented T2S Solutions, a founder-led provider of advanced technologies that support U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security missions, on its acquisition of Blue Marble Communications, a leading provider of space-qualified communications and computing technologies. Headquartered in Belcamp, Maryland, T2S Solutions is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners.

Alston & Bird represented Veritiv, a leading provider of packaging and portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its acquisition of PAX Global, a distributor and converter of custom packaging products.

Jeremy Silverman, Charlie Yates, Scott Kitchens, Matt Strumph, Jonathan DiChiara, Nick Mugge, Jeff Belkin, Jamie Furst, David Teske, Amy Mushahwar, Lance Taubin, Sara Guercio, Blake MacKay, John Snyder, Jason Waite, Michael Press, Scott Harty, John Harden, Alex Barnett, Nick Chandler, Chris Troutman, and Trenton Hafley are noted for representing APM Human Services International Limited in its planned acquisition of Equus Workforce Solutions.

Alston & Bird client APM Human Services International Limited, an Australia-based human services provider, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire all issued shares of Equus Workforce Solutions (and certain affiliates), a wholly owned company of BrightSpring Health Services, in a transaction valued at approximately $153 million.