Byron D. Patton

Byron Patton is a corporate attorney who focuses his practice on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counseling and representation.

Prior to his legal career, Byron served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

Public Company M&A and Take-Privates

• GCP Applied Technologies Inc. on its $2.3 billion take-private acquisition by Saint-Gobain.*
• Opiant Pharmaceuticals Inc. on its $145 million take-private acquisition by Indivior PLC.*
• Tenneco on its $7.1 billion take-private acquisition by funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management.*
• Hagerty, Inc. in its merger with Aldel Financial Inc., resulting in a combined publicly traded company with a market capitalization of approximately US$3.13 billion.*

Private Equity and Growth Equity Transactions

• Madison Dearborn Partners on its:
  • $1.8 billion acquisition of MoneyGram International, Inc.*; and
  • acquisition of Wilmington Trust's Collective Investment Trust business.*
• GTCR on its:
  • acquisition of FD Fund Administration by its portfolio company Ultimus Fund Solutions*; and
  • majority investment in PathGroup Holdings LLC, one of the largest independent laboratories in the U.S.*
• The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of certain collateralized loan obligations assets from CBAM Partners.*
• EQT Growth as lead investor in $500 million funding round of ReliaQuest, a global cyber security leader serving large enterprises.*

Private Strategic M&A

• Cencora (f/k/a AmerisourceBergen) on its $4.6 billion acquisition of Retina Consultants of America.*
• Sonoco Products Company on its $1.8 billion sale of its Thermoformed and Flexibles Packaging business to TOPPAN Holdings Inc.*
• Ohio National in its strategic transaction with Constellation Insurance Holdings, involving Ohio National’s sponsored demutualization, providing for Constellation to fund cash payments or policy benefits in the amount of US$500 million.*
• Primerica in its strategic acquisition of e-TeleQuote, a Florida-based senior health insurance distributor of Medicare-related insurance policies.*
• Vivid Seats, Inc. on its acquisition of Betcha Sports.*
• TechnipFMC in the sale of its measurement solutions business to One Equity Partners.*
• Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. on its acquisition of the Graduate Hotels® brand from AJ Capital Partners.*

*matter handled prior to joining Honigman

Prior Experience

• Freshfields US LLP, Associate
• Latham & Watkins LLP, Associate

Education

Admissions