Biography
Peter has advised on private equity transactions for over 25 years. During that time, he has represented many leading investors on hundreds of transactions, including Access Industries, Advent International, Anchor Equity Partners, Ardian, Avista Capital Partners, Baring Private Equity Asia, BCI, Brookfield, Hayfin Capital, Lee Equity Partners, Neuberger Berman, OMERS Private Equity, Oxford Properties Group, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity, PSP Investments and Unitas Capital, among others.
Commended as a “top private equity lawyer,” Peter is ranked by IFLR1000 as “Highly Regarded” for Private Equity in the U.S. He has been has also been consistently recognized as a leading transactional lawyer by Chambers and The Legal 500, the latter of which quotes a client affirming that "Peter Feist has an incredible understanding of corporate matters, is very intelligent and at the same time has terrific business acumen and is extremely commercial. He brings all these qualities to the fore on each and every transaction he works on to deliver fantastic results for his clients." Additionally, Peter has been named one of the "500 Leading Lawyers in America" and "500 Leading Dealmakers in America" by Lawdragon.
Selected transactions on which Peter has advised include:
- Advent International in multiple matters, including, together with Bain Capital, in the sale of a controlling stake in Boart Longyear to an investor group led by Macquarie and the subsequent disposition of certain interests in Boart Longyear in an IPO of Boart Longyear
- Ardian in its acquisition of a majority stake in Florida Food Products, and Florida Food Products in its acquisition of Comax Manufacturing Corp., Javo Beverage Company, and T-Bev
- Avista Capital Partners in multiple matters, including the sale of MPI Research to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
- Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in multiple matters, including its acquisition of certain assets of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. in connection with J.C. Penney’s chapter 11 case.
- Hayfin Capital Management in multiple matters, including in the sales of Paradigm Spine and Autovista; together with EW Healthcare Partners, a convertible preferred equity investment in MiMedx Group, Inc.; and the acquisition of Avadim Health, Inc.
- Lee Equity Partners in multiple matters, including its investment into McLarens; its acquisition of Simplicity Group Holdings; and its acquisition and subsequent disposition of K-MAC Holdings Corp.
- Neuberger Berman in multiple matters including the acquisition of Nord Anglia by a consortium comprising EQT, Neuberger Berman, CPP Investments and global institutional investors, and a significant investment in Mariner
- OMERS Private Equity in multiple matters, including its acquisitions of Inmar, Integris, Knight Commercial, Paradigm Outcomes, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, Premise Health and TurnPoint Services Inc; in the take-private acquisition, together with Harvest Partners, of Epiq Systems, Inc. and its combination with Document Technologies Inc.; together with Berkshire Partners, in the sale of Husky IMS International Ltd. to Platinum Equity; in the acquisitions by Integris’ of First Focus and TechMD, and in the investments in Medical Knowledge Group, North Highland, Novasource and Precisely
- Oxford Properties Group, as an investor, in multiple matters, including the $1.6 billion capital raise for Lineage Logistics, and in the subsequent IPO of Lineage Logistics as an investor
- Providence Equity Partners in multiple matters, including its acquisition of a majority interest in DoubleVerify, Inc.; as part of the investor group in Young Lion Holdings Limited, in the group's acquisition of a 26% stake of Television Broadcasts Limited; the acquisition of a stake in Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd.; its investments in UFO Moviez India Limited; its acquisition of a 50% stake in Star CJ Network India; with Ayala Corporation in the acquisition of eTelecare Global Solutions (dual-listed in the U.S. and the Philippines) and its subsequent sale to Stream Global Services; and its acquisition of Study Group
- PSP Investments in multiple matters, including as participant in a consortium led by TPG Capital, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Humana, Inc., in the consortium's take-private of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and the acquisition of Curo Health Services, LLC; the acquisition with Loral Space & Communications of BCE Inc.'s Telesat Canada and the related merger of Telesat Canada with Loral Skynet; and as an investor in the acquisition, alongside TPG Capital, of Thycotic Software, Ltd. and the merger of Thycotic with Centrify Corporation (a portfolio company of TPG Capital)
- White Mountains Insurance Group in its strategic investment in Bishop Street; the sale of Bamboo to CVC; and its acquisition of a majority stake in Distinguished
Peter received his law degree, with first class honors, from Victoria University of Wellington, where he also received a business degree in accounting and finance.
*Includes matters handled at another law firm.