Biography

Tim Burns is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in New York. Tim advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Tim was named a 2023 “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor.
Tim’s relevant experience includes the following representations:
- American Securities in multiple matters, including in its $1.6 billion sale of Royal Adhesives & Sealants, LLC.
- 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.
- Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio company KIK Custom Products, Inc. in its sale of its KIK Personal Care business.
- Cornell Capital and its portfolio company Knowlton Development Corporation in the acquisition of CLA.
- CPP Investments in multiple matters, including,
- together with Glencore and BCI, as shareholders, in Viterra Ltd.’s approximately $18 billion business combination with Bunge Ltd.,
- together with Silver Lake, in their pending $12.5 billion take-private of Qualtrics,
- together with Blackstone, in the acquisition of Advarra, Inc., in a deal that implies an Advarra enterprise value of $5 billion,
- together with Oak Hill Capital Partners, in the recapitalization of Berlin Packaging L.L.C.,
- as a member of a consortium with Advent International and Permira Advisers, among others, in the consortium's over $14 billion take-private of McAfee Corporation,
- its capital investment in David’s Bridal,
- the merger of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. with Kronos Incorporated, in a deal that values the combined company at $22 billion on an enterprise value basis,
- the acquisition, together as co-investor with Permira and GIC, of a majority stake in Lytx, Inc., in a transaction that valued Lytx at more than $2.5 billion,
- as a member of a consortium with Hellman & Friedman, Blackstone and GIC, in the consortium's $11 billion take-private of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc., and
- its co-investment, with Insight Venture Partners, in Veeam Software.
- EQT Partners in multiple matters, including its portfolio company WS Audiology (f/k/a Sivantos Pte. Ltd.) in its acquisitions of Clearwater Clinical Limited and TruHearing, Inc.
- Falconhead Capital, LLC and its portfolio company GPSi Holdings, LLC (a/k/a GPS Industries, LLC) in its sale to Ingersoll-Rand plc.
- Goldman Sachs in multiple matters, including,
- together with Eurazeo, in their sale of their remaining 51% stake in Trader Interactive, LLC to carsales.com Ltd. in a transaction that valued Trader at $1.9 billion
- its $325 million investment in iSpot.tv and,
- together with Eurazeo, in their sale of a 49% stake in Trader Interactive, LLC to carsales.com Ltd. in a transaction that valued Trader at $1.6 billion.
- Hayfin Capital Management LLP in the up to $300 million sale of Paradigm Spine, LLC.
- OMERS Private Equity in multiple matters, including,
- its acquisition of Pueblo Mechanical & Controls,
- its minority investment in NovaSource Power Services,
- its acquisition of TurnPoint Services,
- its acquisition of Paradigm Outcomes, and
- its acquisition of Inmar, Inc.
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board in multiple matters, including,
- its portfolio company BroadStreet Partners, Inc. in a $1.4 billion incremental senior secured term and revolving facility to finance its acquisition of Westland Insurance Group Ltd.
- its portfolio company APCO Holdings in its acquisition of National Auto Care,
- together with TA Associates, in the sale of a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC,
- its participation in multiple investments in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX),
- the recapitalization of BroadStreet Partners, Inc. involving a new equity investment by affiliates of Century Equity Partners and a $100 million second lien debt and equity investment by affiliates of Penfund Partners, and
- its sale of a substantial minority stake in its portfolio company, Flexera Software LLC.
- PSP Investments in multiple matters, including,
- together with Investcorp, in their acquisition of CrossCountry Consulting,
- the merger of Loral Space & Communications and Telesat Canada to form a new publicly-traded Telesat Corporation,
- together with Lightyear Capital, in their sale of Advisor Group Inc. (f/k/a AIG Advisor Group Inc.) to Reverence Capital Partners, and
- its minority investment in Alliant Insurance Services.
- The Kroger Company in its joint venture with Lindsay Goldberg to form PearlRock Partners.
- Susquehanna Growth Equity and its portfolio companies in multiple matters, including,
- iContracts, Inc. in its sale to RLDatix Ltd, and
- Reorg Research, Inc. in its sale to Warburg Pincus.
- SoftBank Group Corp. in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress Investment Group LLC.
- Soros Fund Management in its acquisition via a plan of reorganization of Violin Memory, Inc.
Tim received his J.D. from Queen’s University and his B.Comm. from the University of Alberta.
Firm News & Announcements, Awards and Recognition
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Through its Private Equity and Hybrid Capital Teams, on New Investment in World Insurance Associates Deal Brief — August 23, 2023
- Four Weil Partners Named 2023 Emerging Leaders by The M&A Advisor Firm Announcement — June 14, 2023
- Weil Advises Goldman Sachs in its $300M Investment in Madhive Deal Brief — June 13, 2023
- Weil Advises Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on $1.3B Financing for BroadStreet Partners’ Acquisition of Westland Insurance Deal Brief — May 03, 2023
- Weil Advised Goldman Sachs in its $325M Investment in iSpot.tv Deal Brief — April 27, 2022
Awards and Recognition
- Tim Burns Named a 2023 “Emerging Leader” Award Brief — The M&A Advisor