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| Phone: (203) 351-8022 |
Fax: (203) 327-2669 |
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| Mr. Capetta's practice focuses on private equity, including representation of funds and portfolio companies; mergers and acquisitions, including representation of sellers, financial and strategic buyers and management in public and private acquisitions and divestitures and joint ventures; securities law, including representation of underwriters, placement agents and issuers in connection with public and private offerings and public companies in connection with reporting and corporate governance requirements; and general corporate and business law, including formation of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability companies. Mr. Capetta is the Managing Partner in the Firm’s Stamford office and Chair of the Private Equity Practice Group. |
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Representative Experience:
Mr. Capetta has represented a wide range of private equity firms, portfolio companies and portfolio company management. Credit Suisse Private Equity, Tailwind Capital Partners (and its predecessor, Thomas Weisel Capital Partners) and Warburg Pincus are the most notable of the private equity firm clients, with recent representative transactions including:
- the sale of a controlling interest in the Transervice Companies to The ZS Fund L.P., a New York based private equity fund.
- investments by Credit Suisse Private Equity in: Sentient Jet, a private jet membership company; VivoMetrics, a respiratory and pulmonary monitoring products provider; eGenera, a datacenter infrastructure technology company; CRC Health Group, a behavioral healthcare company; and American Biophysics Corporation, a manufacturer of biting insect traps.
- the acquisition by Credit Suisse Private Equity and MidOcean Partners of Thompson Publishing Group, a publisher of business-related legal and regulatory publications.
- the acquisition by CRC Health Group of National Specialty Clinics, a provider of methadone-based treatment for opiate addiction.
- the acquisition by Tailwind Capital Partners of Aircast Incorporated, a medical device manufacturer.
- the acquisition by Tailwind Capital Partners of Trover Solutions, a provider of recovery services to healthcare payors and property and casualty insurers.
- the sale by Tailwind Capital Partners and Credit Suisse Private Equity of Aircast Incorporated to dj Orthopedics.
- investments by Warburg Pincus in The FeedRoom, a broadband video solutions provider.
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Speaking Engagements:
Current Legal Issues in Downstream Investments by Venture Capital Firms, Legal Compliance Division of Credit Suisse, December 8, 2005 |
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Bar Admission:
Connecticut, 1980
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| Education:
University of Connecticut, JD, 1980
Providence College, BS, 1977
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Honors and Awards:
Ranked in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA as a leading corporate/M&A attorney. |
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Office Location:
400 Atlantic Street
Stamford, CT 06901
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