Blank Rome LLP

CASES AND DEALS

• Transcend United Technologies Acquired By AGC Networks

  [Deal]
  March 15, 2013
  Alan L. Zeiger and Karen L. Corliss
  Transcend United Technologies in its acquisition by AGC Networks, Inc.
  

• MacAulay-Brown Acquires Assets Relating to Secure Computing & Communications Division of Luna Innovations

  [Deal]
  March 1, 2013
  Michael J. Medveckus, Timothy A. French, Lisa Casey Spaniel and Shaun J. Bockert
  MacAulay-Brown, Inc. in its acquisition of the intellectual property and other assets relating to the Secured Computing & Communications division of Luna Innovations Incorporated
  

• Iconix Acquires 51% Interest in Buffalo David Bitton

  [Deal]
  February 1, 2013
  Rustin I. Paul, Scott R. Smith and Kathleen A. Cunningham
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc. in connection with its $76.5 million acquisition of a 51% interest in the Buffalo David Bitton® ("Buffalo") brand from Buffalo International ULC
  

• WMS Industries Acquired by Scientific Games for $1.5 Billion

  [Deal]
  January 31, 2013
  Jeffrey N. Siegel, Pamela E. Flaherty and Barry L. Klein
  WMS Industries Inc. in its acquisition by Scientific Games Corporation for approximately $1.5 billion.
  

• US Joiner, a J.F. Lehman Portfolio Company, Acquires JCI Metal Products, Inc.

  [Deal]
  December 31, 2012
  Peter Schnur, Thomas A. Cournoyer, Margaret Anne Hill, Brian S. Gocial and Colleen A. Carolan
  Affiliates of US Joiner in the acquisition of JCI Metal Products, Inc.
  

• Services Champ Acquires Prend's Automotive Supply

  [Deal]
  December 31, 2012
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Joshua L. Strober, Cory G. Jacobs, Donald D. Gamburg and Zachary A. Aria
  Services Champ in its acquisition of Prend's Automotive Supply.
  

• Rand Diversified Companies Sold to Menasha Packaging Company

  [Deal]
  December 28, 2012
  Francis E. Dehel, Arthur Bachman, Margaret Anne Hill, Barry Friedman, Dayna C. Finkelstein, Yelena M. Barychev, et al.
  Rand Diversified Companies and its owners in the sale of the company's assets to Menasha Packaging Company.
  

• SunGard Financial Systems Acquires XcitekSolutions Plus

  [Deal]
  December 21, 2012
  Kipp B. Cohen and Cory G. Jacobs
  SunGard Financial Systems in its acquisition of XcitekSolutions Plus, LLC.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Funeral Home from Allen J. Harden Funeral Homes

  [Deal]
  December 13, 2012
  Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners in its acquisition of a funeral home.
  

• MinSec Holdings Acquired By Community Education Centers

  [Deal]
  November 30, 2012
  Alan L. Zeiger, Karen L. Corliss, Kipp B. Cohen and Cory G. Jacobs
  MinSec Holdings Inc. in its acquisition by Community Education Centers.
  

• Iconix Brand Group Acquires The Umbro Brand for $225 Million

  [Deal]
  November 30, 2012
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Shaun Snitman and Joseph T. Gulant
  Iconix Brand Group in its $225 acquisition of The Umbro Brand.
  

• Michael Short & David Masterson in the Sale of an Equity Interest in Hunterdon Brewing Company

  [Deal]
  October 29, 2012
  Steven Dubow, Cory G. Jacobs and Joshua L. Strober
  Michael Short and David Masterson in the sale of a majority equity interest in Hunterdon Brewing Company to L. Knife & Son.
  

• Smith Cooper International L.L.C. Acquired By Blue Point Capital Partners

  [Deal]
  October 2012
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Louis M. Rappaport, Brett J. Schulman, Cory G. Jacobs, Joseph T. Gulant, Molly Crane, et al.
  Smith Cooper International in its acquisition by Blue Point Capital Partners
  

• BrightPoint in $849 Million Acquisition by Ingram Micro Inc.

  [Deal]
  October 15, 2012
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Joseph T. Gulant, Barry L. Klein, Rustin I. Paul, et al.
  BrightPoint, Inc. in its $849 million acquistion by Ingram Micro Inc.
  

• US Joiner, a J.F. Lehman Portfolio Company, Acquires Infinity Marine Offshore, LLC

  [Deal]
  October 2, 2012
  Peter Schnur, Rustin I. Paul, Thomas A. Cournoyer and Darla Hill
  US Joiner, a J.F. Lehman & Company portfolio company, in their purchase of Infinity Marine Offshore, LLC.
  

• PMC Group In Its Acquisition of An Arkema Business

  [Deal]
  October 1, 2012
  Alan L. Zeiger, Michael J. Medveckus, Arthur Bachman, Julie E. Reid, Joseph T. Gulant, Lisa Casey Spaniel, et al.
  PMC Group in its acquisition of Arkema's global organotin and organophosphine-based polymer stabilizers, catalysts and fine chemicals business in the Americas and Europe.
  

• 180 Medical Holdings, Inc. Acquired By ConvaTec Inc.

  [Deal]
  September 28, 2012
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Shaun Snitman, Kipp B. Cohen, Cory G. Jacobs, Molly Crane and Mathew S. Rotenberg
  Cortec Group in the sale of its portfolio company, 180 Medical Holdings, Inc., to ConvaTec Inc.
  

• NetMotion Wireless Acquired By Clearlake Capital Group

  [Deal]
  September 11, 2012
  Richard J. McMahon and Joshua L. Strober
  NetMotion Wireless in its acquisition by Clearlake Capital Group
  

• General Cable Corporation Acquires North American Portion of Alcan Cable

  [Deal]
  September 4, 2012
  Alan H. Lieblich, Timothy A. French, Linsey B. Bozzelli, Lisa Casey Spaniel and Joseph T. Gulant
  General Cable Corporation in its acquisition of the North American portion of Alcan Cable for $151 million
  

• Adaco, Inc. in its Sale to Fourth Hospitality Group

  [Deal]
  September 2012
  Pamela E. Flaherty, Kristina L. Trauger and Joseph T. Gulant
  Stockholders of Adaco in its sale to Fourth Hospitality Group.
  

• AK Steel Acquires Coal Innovations

  [Deal]
  August 2012
  Linsey B. Bozzelli, Joshua L. Strober, Benjamin G. Stonelake, Heather L. Demirjian, Zachary A. Aria, Molly Crane, et al.
  Subsidiary of AK Steel Holding Corporation in its acquisition of Coal Innovations, LLC
  

• L2 Capital Partners Backs Recapitalization of Surface Preparation Technologies

  [Deal]
  July 25, 2012
  Linsey B. Bozzelli, Joshua L. Strober, Shlomo Troodler and Lawrence F. Flick II
  L2 Capital Partners in an investment to faciliate the recapitalization of Surface Preparation Technologies
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Facilities From Lohman Funeral Homes, Cemeteries and Cremation

  [Deal]
  July 31, 2012
  Francis E. Dehel and Lewis J. Hoch
  StoneMor Partners in its acquisition of funeral homes, cemeteries and cremation facilities
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Meyer Industries

  [Deal]
  July 9, 2012
  Francis E. Dehel and Lewis J. Hoch
  StoneMor Partners acquired the assets of Meyer Industries
  

• Kreisler Manufacturing Sells Kreisler Polska

  [Deal]
  July 6, 2012
  Lawrence Finkelstein
  Kreisler Manufacturing in the sale of its subsidiary, Kreisler Polska, to United Technologies/Pratt & Whitney.
  

• MavenWire LLC Acquires Enterprise Integration Pte Ltd. and Enterprise Integration Pty Ltd.

  [Deal]
  July 2, 2012
  Francis E. Dehel and Louis M. Rappaport
  MavenWire in its acquisition of Enterprise Integration Pte Ltd. and Integration Pty Ltd.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Funeral Homes and Crematory Businesses

  [Deal]
  July 2, 2012
  Francis E. Dehel and Lewis J. Hoch
  StoneMor Partners in the acquisition of three funeral homes and two crematory businesses
  

• Article 9 Agents In Its Sale to CT Corporation

  [Deal]
  June 2012
  Louis M. Rappaport and Cory G. Jacobs
  Article 9 Agents LLC in its sale to CT Corporation
  

• Derivix Corp. In Its Sale To Flex Trade Systems

  [Deal]
  June 2012
  Louis M. Rappaport
  Derivix Corp. in its sale to Flex Trade Systems
  

• Healthcorp Acquires Strategem Healthcare Communications

  [Deal]
  June 8, 2012
  Steven Dubow, Brett J. Schulman and Karen L. Corliss
  Healthcorp, Inc. in the acquisition of Strategem Healthcare Communications
  

• StoneMor Partners L.P. Acquires Two Funeral Homes

  [Deal]
  June 6, 2012
  Frederick D. Lipman
  StoneMor Partners in the acquisition of two funeral homes from Lodi All Faith Cremation
  

• Sabre Tubular Structures PA LLC in a Strategic Transaction

  [Deal]
  June 5, 2012
  Barry H. Genkin and Samuel H. Becker
  Sabre Tubular Structures in a strategic transaction where is purchased assets from two entities.
  

• Sabre Industries in a Joint Venture With Brametel

  [Deal]
  May 9, 2012
  Barry H. Genkin, Michael J. Medveckus and Molly Crane
  Sabre Industries, Inc. formed a joint venture with Brametel, S.A.
  

• Stockholder of Martex Fiber in the $42M Sale to Milestone Partners

  [Deal]
  April 30, 2012
  Kipp B. Cohen and Cory G. Jacobs
  The majority stockholder of Martex Fiber Southern Corp. in its $42 million sale to Milestone Partners.
  

• Halifax Group Sells Portfolio Company to Snow Phipps Group

  [Deal]
  April 2012
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Cory G. Jacobs and Mathew S. Rotenberg
  The Halifax Group in connection with the sale of its portfolio company, Service Champ, Inc., to Snow Phipps Group, a private equity firm focused on small to mid-market control investments.
  

• PRIZIM Sold to Hitachi Consulting Corporation

  [Deal]
  April 13, 2012
  Steven Dubow, James R. Staiger, Timothy A. French and Cory G. Jacobs
  PRIZIM in the sale of its equity to Hitachi Consulting Corporation
  

• Rufus Partners Acquires Chakdara

  [Deal]
  April 3, 2012
  Steven Dubow, Michael J. Medveckus, Daniel R. Blickman and Molly Crane
  Rufus Partners in its acquisition of limited partnership interests in Chakdara.
  

• Accutome, Inc. Acquired By Halma p.l.c. Subsidiary

  [Deal]
  April 2, 2012
  Steven Dubow, Stephen E. Luongo, Cory G. Jacobs and Brett J. Schulman
  Accutome, Inc. in its acquisition by a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.
  

• Apotex Acquires Aveva Drug Delivery Systems

  [Deal]
  March 30, 2012
  Jennifer J. Daniels and James R. Staiger
  Apotex, Inc. in its acquisition of the stock of Aveva Drug Delivery Systems
  

• Versa Capital Management Acquires Impressions Media

  [Deal]
  March 2012
  Lawrence F. Flick II, Steven A. Shoumer and Shaun Snitman
  Versa Capital Management, LLC in its acquisition of Impressions Media for an undisclosed amount.
  

• American Standard Energy Purchases Leasehold Working Interests

  [Deal]
  March 5, 2012
  Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Scott R. Smith, Kristina L. Trauger and Jason I. Miller
  American Standard Energy in its purchase of leasehold working interests in approximately 72,300 net acres
  

• TowerOne Partners in the Sale of Member Interests to Crown Castle USA

  [Deal]
  March 2, 2012
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Cory G. Jacobs, Philip R. Rosenfeldt and Brett J. Schulman
  TowerOne Partners in the sale of its memberships interests to Crown Castle USA Inc.
  

• AmerCable Incorporated Acquired by Nexans USA Inc.

  [Deal]
  February 29, 2012
  Mark S. Greenfield, Joseph M. Doloboff, Barry L. Klein, Kristi Lynn Swartz and Karen L. Corliss
  AmerCable Incorporated in connection with the company’s acquisition by Nexans USA Inc.
  

• Members of Alencon Systems, Inc. In a Management Buyout

  [Deal]
  February 3, 2012
  Steven Dubow and Cory G. Jacobs
  Certain former managers and employees of Alencon Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rowan Technologies, in a management buyout in which all the assets of Alencon Systems were purchased by Alencon Acquisition Co., LLC.
  

• Paskal Lighting Acquired by Production Resource Group

  [Deal]
  January 2012
  Mark S. Greenfield, Joseph M. Doloboff, Barry L. Klein and Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld
  Paskal Lighting in connection with the company’s acquisition by Production Resource Group.
  

• Equity Interests of PDDA Holdings Acquired by NGP Energy

  [Deal]
  December 21, 2011
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Karen L. Corliss and Cory G. Jacobs
  Penn Detroit Diesel Allison, LLC, PDDA Holdings, LLC and Management in the acquisition by NGP Energy Technology Partners L.P. of the equity interests of PDDA Holdings, LLC.
  

• Renewable Energy Project Developer Sells Solar Farm

  [Deal]
  December 2011
  Thomas P. Dwyer, Nicholas A. Giannasca, Michael Pollack and Daniel R. Blickman
  A renewable energy project developer in the development and subsequent sale of its utility sized solar farm to the renewable energy development arm a large public utility.
  

• Biohit Oy Sells U.S. Business to Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH

  [Deal]
  December 2011
  Biohit Oy, as local U.S. counsel, in connection with the sale of the company’s U.S.-based liquid handling business to Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH.
  

• A.C. Moore Acquired by Affiliate of Sbar’s, Inc. for $40.4M

  [Deal]
  November 18, 2011
  Alan H. Lieblich and Yelena M. Barychev
  A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc., a specialty retailer of arts, crafts and floral merchandise, in connection with its acquisition by an affiliate of Sbar’s, Inc. for approximately $40.4 million.
  

• Signature Community Investment Group in a Strategic Transaction with Presidential Realty Corp.

  [Deal]
  November 8, 2011
  Pamela E. Flaherty
  Signature Community Investment Group LLC and its founder, Nickolas W. Jekogian, III, in a strategic transaction with Presidential Realty Corporation.
  

• SDI Health LLC Acquired by IMS Health

  [Deal]
  October 31, 2011
  Lisa Casey Spaniel, Richard J. McMahon and Cory G. Jacobs
  SDI Health LLC in its acquisition by IMS Health.
  

• Iconix Brand Group in a $65.6M Asset Purchase Agreement with Sharper Image Acquisition

  [Deal]
  October 26, 2011
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Kathleen A. Cunningham and Rustin I. Paul
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc. in connection with its $65.6 million asset purchase agreement with Sharper Image Acquisition LLC (“Seller”).
  

• October 4, 2011

  [Deal]
  October 4, 2011
  Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners in the acquisition of three cemeteries and three funeral homes
  

• A Squared Entertainment, LLC Enters Joint Venture with Tata ELXSI, Inc.

  [Deal]
  September 30, 2011
  Mark S. Greenfield
  A Squared Entertainment, LLC in connection with its joint venture with Tata ELXSI, Inc.
  

• Xcel Brands Acquires Isaac Mizrahi Apparel Brand for $35.1M

  [Deal]
  September 29, 2011
  Brad L. Shiffman, Peter Schnur, Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Scott R. Smith, Kristina L. Trauger, et al.
  Xcel Brands, Inc. in the $31.5 million acquisition of the Isaac Mizrahi designer apparel brand.
  

• Halifax Security Acquires All Assets of Corporate Security Solutions

  [Deal]
  August 19, 2011
  Gary R. Goldenberg and Cory G. Jacobs
  Halifax Security, Inc. d/b/a North American Video in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Corporate Security Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Nexus Technologies Group, for an undisclosed amount.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Five Cemeteries and Four Funeral Homes

  [Deal]
  August 17, 2011
  Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners in the acquisition of five cemeteries and four funeral homes in Puerto Rico
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Cemetery From Prince George Cemetery Corporation

  [Deal]
  August 11, 2011
  Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners in its acquisition of a cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia
  

• Sole Shareholder of Chemtec UK Ltd. Sells Company to Armstrong Engineering Associates

  [Deal]
  July 2011
  Linsey B. Bozzelli and Steven Dubow
  A. Joseph Armstrong, Jr. in the sale of the Chemtec UK Limited to Armstrong Engineering Associates, Inc.
  

• Travaillance Acquires Assets of Destination Ventures

  [Deal]
  July 2011
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Jennifer J. Daniels and Linsey B. Bozzelli
  Travaillance, LLC in the acquisition of the assets of Destination Ventures Ltd.
  

• Fortress Technologies Sold to General Dynamics

  [Deal]
  July 25, 2011
  Richard J. McMahon, Linsey B. Bozzelli and Joshua L. Strober
  Fortress Technologies, Inc. in its sale to General Dynamics.
  

• J.F. Lehman & Co. Acquires US Joiner LLC & Turnbull LLC

  [Deal]
  June 27, 2011
  Peter Schnur, Arthur Bachman, Jennifer Lynn Bell, Grant E. Buerstetta, Matthew J. Comisky, Heather L. Demirjian, et al.
  J.F. Lehman & Company in its acquisition of US Joiner LLC and Turnbull LLC.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Cemeteries and Funeral Homes for $2.15 Million

  [Deal]
  June 22, 2011
  Lewis J. Hoch, Frederick D. Lipman, James K. Freeman and Margaret Anne Hill
  StoneMor Partners in its $2.15 million acquisition of cemeteries and funeral homes from SCI.
  

• China Grill Management Sells Interests in Joint Ventures for $20M

  [Deal]
  June 20, 2011
  Kipp B. Cohen and G. Craig Lord
  China Grill Management in its sale to Morgans Hotel Group interests in joint ventures at various hotels.
  

• Singer NY Acquires Assets of M. Tucker Co., Inc.

  [Deal]
  June 17, 2011
  Kipp B. Cohen, Joel Charles Shapiro, Donald D. Gamburg and Cory G. Jacobs
  Singer NY, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singer Equipment Company, Inc., in the acquisition of certain of the assets of M. Tucker Co., Inc.
  

• Hobby Crafts Manufacturers Acquires Minority Interest in a Contract Manufacturer of Crafts Products

  [Deal]
  June 16, 2011
  Mark S. Greenfield
  A California-based manufacturer and distributor of hobby crafts product lines, in connection with its acquisition of a minority interest in a contract manufacturer of hobby crafts products.
  

• Lot 26 Studio Acquired by Artissimo Designs

  [Deal]
  May 24, 2011
  Mark S. Greenfield and Karen L. Corliss
  Lot 26 Studio, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Artissimo Designs for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Transcend United Technologies Merges with LiquidSpoke

  [Deal]
  May 23, 2011
  Alan L. Zeiger, Karen L. Corliss and Cory G. Jacobs
  Transcend United Technologies in its merger with LiquidSpoke for an undisclosed amount.
  

• NCO Group, Inc. Acquires Protocol Global Solutions, Inc.

  [Deal]
  May 19, 2011
  NCO Group, Inc. in its acquisition of Protocol Global Solutions, Inc.
  

• Millennium Storage and Transfer Corp. Sells Assets to Cornerstone Records Management

  [Deal]
  May 13, 2011
  Shaun Snitman
  Millennium Storage and Transfer Corporation in the sale of certain assets relating to its record storage business to Cornerstone Records Management for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Chantilly BioPharma Acquires Facilities from acquired from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

  [Deal]
  May 2, 2011
  James R. Staiger
  Chantilly BioPharma, LLC in a transaction in which it acquired from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., certain of the assets relating to Valeant’s former facilities.
  

• LLR Equity Partners in an Acquisition of SDI

  [Deal]
  May 2011
  Louis M. Rappaport, Linsey B. Bozzelli, Cory G. Jacobs and Joshua L. Strober
  LLR Equity Partners, in its joint acquisition with Pouschine Cook Capital Partners, of Strategic Distribution, Inc. from Platinum Equity.
  

• Iconix Acquires Ed Hardy Brand for $55 Million

  [Deal]
  April 27, 2011
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur and Kathleen A. Cunningham
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc. in its $55 million acquisition of worldwide rights to the Ed Hardy Brand® from Nervous Tattoo.
  

• BrightPoint Invests in Intcomex

  [Deal]
  April 19, 2011
  Robert J. Mittman, Richard DiStefano and Rustin I. Paul
  BrightPoint, Inc. in its strategic investment in Intcomex for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Edge Professional Services Acquired by Artech Information Systems

  [Deal]
  April 8, 2011
  Louis M. Rappaport
  Edge Professional Services, LLC, in its acquisition by Artech Information Systems, LLC.
  

• WRDC Acquires Assets of WPH Mt. Laurel & WPH Kansas City

  [Deal]
  April 6, 2011
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Brett J. Schulman, Joseph S. Finkelstein, Cory G. Jacobs and David Brier
  WRDC in the acquisition, by affiliates of WRDH Holdings, Inc., of the assets of WPH Mount Laurel LLC and WPH Kansas City LLC, each of which was an owner of a hotel and water park in Mt. Laurel, NJ and Kansas City, MO.
  

• Iron City Brewing Sells Brands & Assets to Uni-World

  [Deal]
  April 6, 2011
  Pamela E. Flaherty
  Iron City Brewing Co. in the sale of its brands and related-assets to Uni-World for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Iron City Brewing Sells Its Brands and Assets to Uni-World

  [Deal]
  April 6, 2011
  Pamela E. Flaherty
  Iron City Brewing Co. in the sale of its brands and related-assets to Uni-World.
  

• Smith-Edwards-Dunlap Merges with Graphic Arts, Inc.

  [Deal]
  April 1, 2011
  Matthew J. Comisky
  Smith-Edwards-Dunlap Company, Inc. in its merger with Graphic Arts, Incorporated.
  

• Lee Technologies Group Sold to Schneider Electric

  [Deal]
  April 1, 2011
  Richard F. Williamson, Francis E. Dehel, Rustin I. Paul, David M. Perry, Barry L. Klein, Joseph T. Gulant, et al.
  Lee Technologies Group, Inc. in the sale of the company to Schneider Electric for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Herley Industries Acquired by Kratos Defense & Security for $270M

  [Deal]
  March 30, 2011
  Francis E. Dehel and Steven Dubow
  Herley Industries, Inc. in its acquisition by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. for approximately $270 million.
  

• L2 Capital Partners Acquires Landfill Services Corp.

  [Deal]
  March 21, 2011
  Linsey B. Bozzelli
  L2 Capital in its acquisition of Landfill Services Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• WeiserMazars Acquires Business Units from LECG Corporation

  [Deal]
  March 3, 2011
  Michael S. Mullman and Shaun Snitman
  WeiserMazars LLP in its acquisition of certain business units from LECG Corporation.
  

• Ballista Securities Acquired by IntercontinentalExchange

  [Deal]
  February 25, 2011
  Louis M. Rappaport
  Ballista Securities in its acquisition by IntercontinentalExchange for an undisclosed amount.
  

• StoneMor Acquires Several Cemeteries in North Carolina for $1.7 Million

  [Deal]
  January 12, 2011
  Lewis J. Hoch, Frederick D. Lipman, James K. Freeman and Margaret Anne Hill
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its purchase of several cemeteries located in North Carolina.
  

• Balford Farms Acquires Home Town Dairy, Inc.

  [Deal]
  January 8, 2011
  Kipp B. Cohen
  Balford Farms in its acquisition of Home Town Dairy, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Sunoco Acquires 25 Convenience Stores From Lehigh Gas

  [Deal]
  January 2011
  Bruce A. Eisenberg, Matthew J. Comisky, Joseph T. Gulant and Jennifer Lynn Bell
  Blank Rome represented Sunoco, Inc. in the acquisition of 25 convenience store sites in the state of New York from Lehigh Gas for the purchase price of nearly $25 million.
  

• TowerOne Partners Sells Membership Interests to Tower Development Corp.

  [Deal]
  January 6, 2011
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Philip R. Rosenfeldt, Cory G. Jacobs and Brett J. Schulman
  TowerOne Partners LLC in the sale of all of the membership interests of seven (7) of its subsidiaries to Tower Development Corporation, an affiliate of Crown Castle USA Inc.
  

• Ryder System, Inc. Acquires Total Logistic Control for $200M

  [Deal]
  December 31, 2010
  Kevin J. Bruno, Peter Schnur, Shaun Snitman, Cory G. Jacobs, Arthur Bachman, Matthew J. Comisky, et al.
  Ryder System, Inc. acquires Total Logistic Control for approximately $200 million.
  

• iCAD Acquires Electronic Brachytherapy Systems Maker

  [Deal]
  December 30, 2010
  Jennifer J. Daniels, Ethan M. Seer, Barry H. Genkin, Steven Dubow, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Howard M. Knee, et al.
  iCAD in its $13 million acquisition of Xoft.
  

• VPSI, Inc. Acquired by Verde Parent, Inc.

  [Deal]
  December 23, 2010
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Louis M. Rappaport, Brett J. Schulman, Joseph T. Gulant, Mathew S. Rotenberg and Cory G. Jacobs
  VPSI, Inc. in its acquisition by Verde Parent, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Leading Providers of Risk Management Consulting & Insurance Brokerage Sells Assets

  [Deal]
  December 15, 2010
  Rustin I. Paul
  RMI Consulting, Inc., Retail Risk Management Services, Inc., RPG Insurance Agency, LLC and other affiliated companies, in the sale of their assets to two wholly-owned subsidiaries of WRM America Holding Company, LLC for an undisclosed amount.
  

• BrightPoint Acquires TouchStone Wireless Repair and Logistics for $80M

  [Deal]
  December 13, 2010
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Joseph T. Gulant, Barry L. Klein and Margaret Anne Hill
  BrightPoint, Inc. in its acquisition of Touchstone Wireless Repair and Logistics, LP, for $80 million in cash.
  

• Shareholders of Expert Parking Sells Stock to National Parking Management Firm

  [Deal]
  December 8, 2010
  Francis E. Dehel and Cory G. Jacobs
  Shareholders of Expert Parking in the sale of the stock of the company to Standard Parking.
  

• Pressman, Ciocca & Smith Merges with ParenteBeard

  [Deal]
  December 1, 2010
  Steven Dubow
  Pressman, Ciocca & Smith in connection with its combination with ParenteBeard.
  

• Nevada Restaurant Services d/b/a Dotty's Acquires Silver Miners Casino

  [Deal]
  November 15, 2010
  Mark S. Greenfield and Shaun Snitman
  Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc. d/b/a Dotty's Casinos, in its acquisition of Silver Miners Casino for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Anspach Effort, Inc. Acquired by Synthes, Inc.

  [Deal]
  November 8, 2010
  Steven Dubow and Jennifer J. Daniels
  The Anspach Effort, Inc. in its acquisition by Synthes, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Fairlawn Burial Park Association

  [Deal]
  October 12, 2010
  Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in the acquisition of Fairlawn Burial Park Association & Heritage II, Inc. from state-appointed receivership.
  

• Ancash Mining Sells Mine to Korea Zinc Company

  [Deal]
  October 2010
  Eliezer M. Helfgott
  Ancash Mining Ltd, a Peruvian mining company, in the sale of its Pachapaqui mine to Korea Zinc Company.
  

• StoneMor Acquires Forest Lawn Gardens for $1.9 million

  [Deal]
  September 30, 2010
  Lewis J. Hoch, James K. Freeman and Mathew S. Rotenberg
  StoneMor Partners L.P Acquires Forest Lawn Gardens for $1.9 million.
  

• ESOP Formed for Acquisition of Armstrong Engineering

  [Deal]
  September 30, 2010
  Linsey B. Bozzelli, Steven Dubow, Joseph T. Gulant and Barry L. Klein
  The sole shareholder of Armstrong Engineering, Inc., in connection with the sale of the company to the employees of Armstrong Engineering, Inc., who formed an ESOP for the acquisition.
  

• TechTeam Global Sells Government Solutions Subsidiary for $43M

  [Deal]
  September 14, 2010
  Jeffrey N. Siegel, Kipp B. Cohen, Yelena M. Barychev, Joseph T. Gulant, Barry L. Klein, Mathew S. Rotenberg, et al.
  TechTeam Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEAM) in the sale of its government solutions subsidiary, TechTeam Government Solutions, Inc. (“TTGSI”), to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for $43 million.
  

• Relevent Acquired by MDC Partners

  [Deal]
  August 2, 2010
  Louis M. Rappaport
  Relevent in its acquisition by MDC Partners for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Affiliate of SunGard Data Systems Acquires Interest of Fox River Execution Technology

  [Deal]
  July 19, 2010
  Kipp B. Cohen, Brett J. Schulman, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Cory G. Jacobs and Megan E. Spitz
  An affiliate of SunGard Data Systems, Inc. in the acquisition of all of the membership interests of Fox River Execution Technology, LLC for an undisclosed amount.
  

• RoadSafe Traffic Systems Sells Subsidiaries to Hertz Equipment Rental Corp.

  [Deal]
  July 1, 2010
  James R. Staiger and Jennifer J. Daniels
  RoadSafe Traffic Systems sells FirstCall Studio Equipment, Inc. and Studio Equipment, LLC, to Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation for an undisclosed amount.
  

• DecisionOne Acquired by Glodyne Technoserve for $104M

  [Deal]
  June 30, 2010
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Linsey B. Bozzelli, Karen L. Corliss, Shlomo Troodler and Cory G. Jacobs
  DecisionOne Corporation in its acquisition by Glodyne Technoserve Inc. for $104 million.
  

• Acquisition Entity Purchases Texas Cable Operator

  [Deal]
  June 30, 2010
  Alan L. Zeiger
  A newly created acquisition entity in its purchase of TVMAX for an undisclosed amount.
  

• CP Document Technologies Acquires Assets of CopyPage, Inc.

  [Deal]
  June 29, 2010
  Mark S. Greenfield, Howard M. Knee and Shaun Snitman
  CP Document Technologies, LLC in its acquisition of assets of CopyPage, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Gertrude Hawk Acquires Organic Food Manufacturer

  [Deal]
  June 28, 2010
  Alan L. Zeiger, Shaun Snitman, Arthur Bachman, Donald D. Gamburg, Daniel J. Ivler, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
  Gertrude Hawk in its acquisition of Drew’s for an undisclosed amount.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Cemeteries & Funeral Homes for $33M

  [Deal]
  June 24, 2010
  Lewis J. Hoch, James K. Freeman, Margaret Anne Hill and Mathew S. Rotenberg
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its acquisition of cemeteries and funeral homes valued at approximately $33 million.
  

• Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation of Midway Games

  [Case]
  June 14, 2010
  Michael D. DeBaecke, Jeffrey N. Siegel, Steven L. Caponi, David W. Carickhoff, Pamela E. Flaherty, Victoria A. Guilfoyle, et al.
  Blank Rome represented Midway Games Inc. in its Joint Chapter 11 Plan and Liquidation
  

• Iconix Acquires Peanuts Brand and Related Assets for $175 Million

  [Deal]
  June 3, 2010
  Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham, Peter Schnur and Scott R. Smith
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc. in the acquisition of the Peanuts brand and related assets of United Media Licensing, a division of United Features Syndicate, Inc. through a newly formed joint venture company, Peanuts Worldwide LLC, owned 80% by Iconix and 20% by Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, managed by the Schulz family.
  

• IntriCon Sells Assets of RTI Electronics

  [Deal]
  May 28, 2010
  Francis E. Dehel and Margaret Anne Hill
  IntriCon Corporation in the sale of the assets of its subsidiary to Shackleton Equity Partners for an undisclosed amount.
  

• GSI Commerce Acquires VendorNet

  [Deal]
  May 10, 2010
  Francis E. Dehel and Megan E. Spitz
  GSI Commerce, Inc., a leading provider of e-commerce and interactive marketing services, in its acquisition of VendorNet, a multichannel e-commerce supply chain solutions provider.
  

• Service Champ Sold to Halifax Capital Partners

  [Deal]
  April 23, 2010
  Gary R. Goldenberg and Cory G. Jacobs
  Service Champ in its sale to Halifax Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount.
  

• GSI Commerce Acquires M3 Mobile Marketing

  [Deal]
  April 20, 2010
  Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Megan E. Spitz
  GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of M3 Mobile Marketing, a mobile marketing company.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Nine Cemeteries for $14M

  [Deal]
  March 31, 2010
  Lewis J. Hoch, James K. Freeman, Margaret Anne Hill and Mathew S. Rotenberg
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its acquisition of nine cemeteries from SCI for $14 million.
  

• Iconix Enters Agreement with Purim LLC for $40 Million

  [Deal]
  March 9, 2010
  Robert J. Mittman, Kathleen A. Cunningham and Richard DiStefano
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc. in a joint venture agreement with Purim LLC, an entity owned by Madonna and Guy Oseary, pursuant to which Iconix purchased 50% of the membership interests in MG Icon LLC.
  

• Enterprise Logistics Company Acquired by Global Iron Holdings

  [Deal]
  March 4, 2010
  Joshua L. Strober
  An enterprise logistics and maintenance solutions company in its acquisition by Global Iron Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Global Equity Capital, LLC for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Amerifile Acquires Peachtree Business Products

  [Deal]
  March 1, 2010
  Kipp B. Cohen, Brett J. Schulman, Joseph T. Gulant, Cory G. Jacobs, Philip R. Rosenfeldt, Mathew S. Rotenberg, et al.
  Amerifile, LLC, a portfolio company of Entrepreneur Partners, in a private equity investment transaction with an affiliate of Roark Capital Group and the subsequent acquisition by Amerifile of Peachtree Business Products, LLC.
  

• RoadSafe Traffic Systems Acquires Trutwin Industries

  [Deal]
  February 26, 2010
  James R. Staiger and Linsey B. Bozzelli
  RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., the country's second largest provider of traffic safety services, in the acquisition of the assets of Trutwin Industries, Inc.
  

• RoadSafe Traffic Systems Acquires CSW Holdings

  [Deal]
  January 13, 2010
  James R. Staiger and Linsey B. Bozzelli
  RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc., the country's second largest provider of traffic safety services, in the acquisition by merger of the capital stock of CSW Holdings, Inc.
  

• European Industrial Company Acquires Engineering Service Provider

  [Deal]
  January 2010
  A publicly-traded European industrial company in its acquisition of a leading engineering service provider on the North American market.
  

• Lincoln Foodservice Products Sells Assets to Vollrath Company

  [Deal]
  December 23, 2009
  Pamela E. Flaherty
  Lincoln Foodservice Products LLC, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., in the sale of the assets of Lincoln’s Smallwares Division to The Vollrath Company LLC
  

• DecisionOne Acquires MVS division of Anacomp

  [Deal]
  December 21, 2009
  Linsey B. Bozzelli and Alan L. Zeiger
  DecisionOne in its acquisition of the MVS division of Anacomp for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Lakeland Tours Acquires New Century Tours

  [Deal]
  December 14, 2009
  Brooke T. Iley
  Lakeland Tours, LLC in its acquisition of New Century Tours, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Fastech Investment Group Acquires Aserdiv, Inc. & Transcend Communications, Inc.

  [Deal]
  November 24, 2009
  Alan L. Zeiger, Cory G. Jacobs, Karen L. Corliss and Erin O'Brien Harkiewicz
  Fastech Investment Group, LLC, a portfolio company of NewSpring Mezzanine Capital, in its acquisition of Aserdiv, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• GSI Commerce Acquires Internet Retailer for $350 Million

  [Deal]
  November 19, 2009
  Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Karen L. Corliss, Richard J. McMahon, Barry L. Klein, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
  GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of Retail Convergence for $350 million.
  

• NetQos Acquired by CA, Inc. for $200 Million

  [Deal]
  November 19, 2009
  Richard J. McMahon, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Louis M. Rappaport, Joseph T. Gulant, Geoffrey D. Schwartz and Megan E. Spitz
  NetQos in its sale to CA, Inc. for $200 million.
  

• MdBio Foundation Sells Bio-Manufacturing Facility

  [Deal]
  November 17, 2009
  C. Vincent Leon-Guerrero
  MdBio Foundation in the sale of a bio-manufacturing facility to Emergent Bio Solutions for $7.85 million.
  

• Hospira Acquires Biogenerics Business from PLIVA

  [Deal]
  November 16, 2009
  Jennifer J. Daniels and James R. Staiger
  Blank Rome advised Hospira, Inc. in its acquisition of worldwide rights to the biogeneric business of PLIVA Hrvatska, including its manufacturing facility in Zagreb, Croatia.
  

• Iconix Acquires Ecko Brands for $63.5M

  [Deal]
  November 2, 2009
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc. acquires Ecko portfolio of brands for $63.5 million.
  

• Midway Home Entertainment Sells Assets to TNA Impact

  [Deal]
  October 2, 2009
  Pamela E. Flaherty and David W. Carickhoff
  Midway Home Entertainment Inc. in the sale of certain assets relating to TNA Impact video games for an undisclosed
  

• Safeway Group Acquires Real Estate & Assets from Private Companies

  [Deal]
  September 30, 2009
  Henry M. Kuller, Francis X. Crowley, Bruce A. Eisenberg, Dayna C. Finkelstein, Cory G. Jacobs and Shaun Snitman
  Safeway Group, Inc. in its acquisition of real estate and certain other operating assets from a group of related New Jersey private companies for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Cortec Group Acquires 180 Medical, Inc.

  [Deal]
  September 16, 2009
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Cory G. Jacobs, Mathew S. Rotenberg, Thomas P. Dwyer, Shlomo Troodler and Shaun Snitman
  Cortec Group in its acquisition of a majority stake in 180 Medical, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Happy Lawn Sells Assets to Nation's Largest Landscaping Company

  [Deal]
  September 10, 2009
  Alan L. Zeiger and Karen L. Corliss
  Happy Lawn of America, Inc. in the sale of its assets to the ServiceMaster Company.
  

• GSI Commerce, Inc. Acquires Assets of Pepperjam

  [Deal]
  September 2009
  Francis E. Dehel
  GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of certain assets of Pepperjam for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Midway Games Sells Assets to THQ

  [Deal]
  August 31, 2009
  Pamela E. Flaherty and David W. Carickhoff
  Midway Games Inc. and its subsidiaries in a sale pursuant to Section 363, of assets to THQ for an undisclosed amount.
  

• IntriCon Acquires Datrix

  [Deal]
  August 13, 2009
  Francis E. Dehel
  IntriCon Corporation in its acquisition of Datrix for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Midway Games Sells Assets to Warner Bros. for $46M

  [Deal]
  July 10, 2009
  Pamela E. Flaherty, Jeffrey N. Siegel, Michael D. DeBaecke and Marc E. Richards
  Midway Games Inc. and its subsidiaries as debtors-in-possessions in the sale of substantially all of their assets to Warner Bros. Entertainment for approximately $46 million.
  

• StoneMor Partners Enters Into Operating Agreement with Green Lawn Cemetery

  [Deal]
  July 1, 2009
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its operating agreement with Green Lawn Cemetery for a 40-year term for $2.8 million.
  

• StoneMor Partners Enters Into Operating Agreement with Kingwood Memorial Park

  [Deal]
  May 22, 2009
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its operating agreement with Kingwood Memorial Park for a 40 year term for an undisclosed amount.
  

• StoneMor Partners Enters Into Operating Agreement with Rest Haven Memorial Park

  [Deal]
  May 14, 2009
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its operating agreement with Rest Haven Memorial Park for a 40 year term for $1.75 million.
  

• SSG Capital Advisors Acquires Banking Group

  [Deal]
  May 2009
  Steven Dubow
  SSG Capital Advisors, LLC in its acquisitions of a special situation investment banking group for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Codan Limited, an Australian Publicly Traded Company, Acquires Locus Microwave, Inc.

  [Deal]
  April 30, 2009
  Codan Limited, an Australian Publicly Traded Company, acquires Locus Microwave, Inc., for an aggregate value of $4 million.
  

• Anderson & Schwab Sells Assets to Behre Dolbear Group

  [Deal]
  April 2009
  Anderson & Schwab, Inc. in the sale of its assets to Behre Dolbear Group, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• A&J Carter (HK) Limited Acquires Richtex Mauritius Limited

  [Deal]
  April 2009
  A&J Carter (HK) Limited in its acquisition of Richtex Mauritius Limited for an undisclosed amount.
  

• GSI Commerce Acquires Integrated Marketing Agency

  [Deal]
  April 6, 2009
  Francis E. Dehel
  GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of Silverlign Group, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Learning Annex in a Strategic Combination with Educational Media Company

  [Deal]
  April 2009
  Brett J. Schulman
  The Learning Annex, LLC, in a strategic combination with One Day University for an undisclosed amount.
  

• StoneMor Partners Sells Alexander Newby Funeral Home to Family Heritage Funeral Home, Inc.

  [Deal]
  March 20, 2009
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch and James K. Freeman
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its sale of Alexander Newby Funeral Home to Family Heritage Funeral Home, Inc., for $475,000.
  

• SunGard Data Systems Acquires Provider of Instructional Software

  [Deal]
  March 1, 2009
  Kipp B. Cohen, Timothy A. French and Cory G. Jacobs
  SunGard Data Systems in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Performance Pathways, Inc., for an undisclosed amount.
  

• p.i.n.k. Spirits Acquired by Prohibition Beverages

  [Deal]
  February 2009
  David M. Perry
  The p.i.n.k. Spirits Company in its sale to Prohibition Beverages, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Asia Pacific Inspection Limited Sells Interests to French Investment Fund

  [Deal]
  January 2009
  Vendor shareholders of Asia Pacific Inspection Limited in the sale of their interests in a group of companies to a French owned investment fund for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Liberty Partners Sells Assets of HighTower Software

  [Deal]
  January 2009
  Richard J. McMahon
  Liberty Partners, L.P. in a secured creditor sale of certain assets of HighTower Software, Inc., for cash and stock.
  

• Blank Rome Handles One of the Largest Single-Property Transactions in 2008

  [Deal]
  January 7, 2009
  Martin Luskin and C. Vincent Leon-Guerrero
  Broadway Partners, a private real estate investment and management firm, in its $181 million sale of a Washington, DC, office building to a REIT.
  

• Trollinger Consulting Group Acquired by Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania

  [Deal]
  December 31, 2008
  Kipp B. Cohen and Cory G. Jacobs
  Trollinger Consulting Group, TC Group Securities Company, Inc., TCG Investment Advisory, Inc., and Allied Benefits Group, LLC ("TCG Group") in their sale to Univest Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: UVSP). The transaction closed on December 31, 2008 and the terms were undisclosed.
  

• Hanover Foods Affiliate Purchases Assets of Troyer Potato Products

  [Deal]
  December 29, 2008
  Frederick D. Lipman, Margaret Anne Hill and Michael J. Medveckus
  An affiliate of Hanover Foods Corporation purchases assets of Troyer Potato Products, Inc., for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Work Options Group Acquired by Bright Horizons Family Solutions

  [Deal]
  December 23, 2008
  Thomas P. Dwyer and Evan H. Lechtman
  Work Options Group acquired by Bright Horizons Family Solutions of Massachusetts for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Background Screening Company Acquires Private Investigation Firm

  [Deal]
  December 11, 2008
  Michael S. Mullman and Rustin I. Paul
  Provider of background screening services in its acquisition of a private investigation firm for $650,000.
  

• AmQuip Crane Rental Expands Its Operations

  [Deal]
  December 9, 2008
  Alan L. Zeiger, Pelayo Coll and Michael J. Hanlon
  AmQuip Crane Rental LLC in its acquisition of the business and assets of Powell Equipment Company, one of Atlanta’s most established crane rental companies. The transaction resulted in the formation of the Powell AmQuip division which will expand operations of AmQuip’s Southeast region.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Memorial-Ridgecrest Cemeteries, LLC

  [Deal]
  November 12, 2008
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch, James K. Freeman and Margaret Anne Hill
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its acquisition of Memorial-Ridgecrest Cemeteries, LLC and its cemeteries for $1.05 million.
  

• SunGard Business Systems Sells Print and Mail Service Division

  [Deal]
  November 1, 2008
  Kipp B. Cohen and Timothy A. French
  SunGard Business Systems sells print and mail service division to Pinnacle Data Systems for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Berkshire Bancorp Sells Stock for $60 Million

  [Deal]
  October 31, 2008
  Emanuel J. Adler
  Berkshire Bancorp sells Series A Preferred Stock for $80 million.
  

• StoneMor Acquires Nadeau Family Funeral Home

  [Deal]
  October 6, 2008
  Frederick D. Lipman and Lewis J. Hoch
  StoneMor Partners in its acquisition of Nadeau Family Funeral Home, Inc., for $485,000.
  

• Blank Rome Represents Eagle Maintenance Supply in Acquisition

  [Deal]
  October 2008
  Linsey B. Bozzelli, Cory G. Jacobs and Alan L. Zeiger
  Eagle Maintenance Supply, Inc., acquried by Interline Brands, Inc.
  

• Home Health Corporation of America Sells Mid-Atlantic Operations to Amedisys, Inc.

  [Deal]
  October 1, 2008
  Home Health Corporation of America, Inc., in its sale of its Mid-Atlantic operations to Amedisys, Inc.
  

• Iconix Acquires Waverly Brands for $26 Million

  [Deal]
  October 2008
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur and Scott R. Smith
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc., acquires Waverly family of brands for $26 million.
  

• Providence Service Corporate Acquires AmericanWork Stock for $3.5 Million

  [Deal]
  September 30, 2008
  Thomas P. Dwyer
  Providence Service Corporation, its acquisition of all the stock of AmericanWork, Inc., for $3.5 million.
  

• Decades of Growth for an Energy Client

  [Deal]
  September 21, 2008
  Bruce A. Eisenberg, Matthew J. Comisky, Pelayo Coll and Daniel J. Ivler
  Leading independent U.S. refiner and marketer of petroleum products in multiple transactions through more than three decades of growth.
  

• American Technology Research Holdings Sold to Broadpoint Securities Group

  [Deal]
  September 9, 2008
  Emanuel J. Adler, Kenneth L. Bressler and Rustin I. Paul
  American Technology Research Holdings, Inc. in its sale to Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Port Elsewhere II, Inc.

  [Deal]
  September 8, 2008
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch, James K. Freeman and Margaret Anne Hill
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its acquisition of Port Elsewhere II, Inc. and its cemeteries, for $773,000.
  

• Dedication to Detail Acquired by 3M Company

  [Deal]
  August 30, 2008
  Bonnie Glantz Fatell, Thomas P. Dwyer, Louis M. Rappaport and Geoffrey D. Schwartz
  Dedication to Detail, Inc., a Philadelphia-based manufacturer of paint finishing systems, including buffing and polishing pads, in its acquisition by 3M Company.
  

• SunGard Business Systems Sells SunGard Advisor Technologies, Inc.

  [Deal]
  August 1, 2008
  Francis E. Dehel, Cory G. Jacobs and Margaret Anne Hill
  SunGard Business Systems LLC in its sale of all of the stock of SunGard Advisor Technologies, Inc., to M3Fn, LLC.
  

• Refron, Inc. Sells Assets to Airgas, Inc.

  [Deal]
  July 31, 2008
  Harris N. Cogan, Emanuel J. Adler, Peter Schnur, Stuart D. Kaplan and Margaret Anne Hill
  Refron, Inc., in its sale of assets and operations to a newly formed subsidiary of Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG).
  

• Juli B. Acquired by Modern Luxury Media

  [Deal]
  July 21, 2008
  Karen L. Corliss, Joseph T. Gulant, Henry M. Kuller and Michael J. Medveckus
  Juli B., Inc. in its acquisition by Modern Luxury Media for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Blank Rome Represents Leading Provider of Healthcare Data Products and Analytic Services

  [Deal]
  July 2008
  Kevin J. Baum, Lisa Casey Spaniel, Cory G. Jacobs and Geoffrey D. Schwartz
  SDI Health LLC, its internal reorganization and acquisition of Verispan, L.L.C. in July 2008.
  

• iCad Acquires 3TP LLC for $5 Million

  [Deal]
  July 2008
  Robert J. Mittman and Peter Schnur
  iCad, Inc., acquires assets of 3TP LLC for $5 million.
  

• Mount Carmel Cemetery Acquires Knollwood Park Cemetery

  [Deal]
  July 2008
  Emanuel J. Adler
  Mount Carmel Cemetery Association acquires Knollwood Park Cemetery for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Enodis Corporation Acquires Appliance Scientific

  [Deal]
  June 30, 2008
  Pamela E. Flaherty
  Enodis Corporation, in connection with its investment in 10% of the outstanding common stock of Appliance Scientific, Inc.
  

• EdisonLearning, Inc. Acquires Provost Systems, Inc.

  [Deal]
  June 18, 2008
  Richard J. McMahon, Daniel R. Blickman, David M. Perry, Linsey B. Bozzelli and Lisa Casey Spaniel
  EdisonLearning, Inc., acquires Provost Systems, Inc., for undisclosed terms.
  

• NWJ Apartment Holdings, Inc. Makes Merger Agreement With Wilshire Enterprise, Inc.

  [Deal]
  June 13, 2008
  Pamela E. Flaherty and Samuel M. Walker
  NWJ Apartment Holdings, Inc., in a merger agreement with Wilshire Enterprises, Inc., for $55 million.
  

• Regulus Group Acquired by 3i Infotech for $80 Million

  [Deal]
  June 12, 2008
  Barry H. Genkin and Louis M. Rappaport
  Regulus Group LLC in its acquisition by 3i Infotech Ltd. for $80 million.
  

• SunGard Availability Services Acquires Strohl Systems Group

  [Deal]
  May 21, 2008
  Kipp B. Cohen, Cory G. Jacobs, Joshua L. Strober and Margaret Anne Hill
  SunGard Availability Services in its acquisition of all the stock of Strohl Systems Group for undisclosed terms.
  

• Blank Rome Represents CMS Small-Cap Private Equity Fund in Acquisition

  [Deal]
  April 2008
  Cory G. Jacobs and Scott R. Smith
  CMS Small-Cap Private Equity Fund in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Cedar Valley Exteriors, Inc., for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Omega Financial Acquired by F.N.B. for $393 Million

  [Deal]
  April 1, 2008
  Melissa Palat Murawsky, Francis E. Dehel, Arthur Bachman and Cory G. Jacobs
  Omega Financial Corp. in its acquisition by F.N.B. Corp. for $393 million.
  

• NCO Group to Acquire Outsourcing Solutions for $325 Million

  [Deal]
  February 29, 2008
  Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Margaret Anne Hill, Arthur Bachman, Barry L. Klein, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
  NCO Group, Inc., in its definitive agreement to acquire Outsourcing Solutions Inc., for $325 million.
  

• SunGard Acquires Corporate Payments Division of Payformance Corporation

  [Deal]
  February 29, 2008
  Alfred W. Zaher
  SunGard Data Systems Inc. in its acquisition of the Corporate Payments Division of Payformance Corporation.
  

• PMC Group Acquires Chemtura’s Global Oleochemicals Business

  [Deal]
  February 29, 2008
  Alan L. Zeiger, Mathew S. Rotenberg, Michael J. Medveckus, Margaret Anne Hill and Heather L. Demirjian
  PMC Group, Inc., in its acquisition of Chemtura Corporation's oleochemicals business, for an undisclosed amount.
  

• Reuters Group PLC Acquires StarMine Corporation

  [Deal]
  February 26, 2008
  Pamela E. Flaherty and Joseph T. Gulant
  Reuters Group PLC in its acquisition of StarMine Corporation, the San-Francisco-based provider of analytics.
  

• Fresh Food Distributor Acquires Prepared Food Company

  [Deal]
  February 26, 2008
  David M. Perry
  A fresh foods manufacturer and distributor in its acquisition of a salad and entree product producer.
  

• Farm & Home Oil Company Acquired by Buckeye Partners for $145.5 Million

  [Deal]
  February 8, 2008
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Kipp B. Cohen, Cory G. Jacobs, Samuel H. Becker, Margaret Anne Hill, Daniel J. Ivler, et al.
  Farm & Home Oil Company, in its acquisition by Buckeye Partners, L.P., for $145.5 million.
  

• Sale of Outdoor Media Company, Morgan Signs

  [Deal]
  February 1, 2008
  Alan L. Zeiger, Karen L. Corliss, Daniel J. Ivler and Cory G. Jacobs
  Morgan Signs, Inc. in Lamar Advertising of Pennsylvania LLC’s asset purchase of the outdoor advertising group.
  

• StoneMor Partners Acquires Dalporto Development Company

  [Deal]
  January 31, 2008
  Frederick D. Lipman, Lewis J. Hoch, James K. Freeman and Margaret Anne Hill
  StoneMor Partners L.P. in its acquisition of Dalporto Development Company for $1.1 million.
  

• Share Repurchase and Termination of Joint Venture

  [Deal]
  December 2007
  A joint venture with one of the world's largest shipbrokers.
  

• SunGard Acquires Financial Technology Integrators

  [Deal]
  December 21, 2007
  Kipp B. Cohen and Brett J. Schulman
  SunGard in its acquisition of Financial Technology Integrators, LLC.
  

• Iconix Purchases Starter Brand from Exeter for $60 Million

  [Deal]
  December 17, 2007
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur and Scott R. Smith
  Iconix Brand Group in the acquisition of the Starter brand from Exeter for $60 million.
  

• Providence Service Corporation Acquires LogistiCare for $220 Million

  [Deal]
  December 7, 2007
  Steven Dubow, Thomas P. Dwyer, Elise M. Adams, Brad L. Shiffman, Harvey I. Forman, Scott R. Smith, et al.
  Providence Service Corporation in its acquisition of LogistiCare for $220 million.
  

• East Penn Financial Acquired by Harleysville National for $85 Million

  [Deal]
  November 16, 2007
  Joseph T. Gulant and Cory G. Jacobs
  East Penn Financial Corporation in its acquisition by Harleysville National Corporation for $85 million.
  

• Advertising and PR Merger Creates Star Toplin

  [Deal]
  November 1, 2007
  Toplin & Associates, Inc., in its acquisition by Star Group Communications, to become Star Toplin.
  

• General Cable Acquires Phelps Dodge Wire and Cable Business for $710 Million

  [Deal]
  October 31, 2007
  Alan H. Lieblich, Pamela E. Flaherty, Joseph T. Gulant, David M. Perry, Megan E. Spitz, Harvey I. Forman, et al.
  General Cable Corporation in its acquisition of Phelps Dodge International Corporation for approximately $710 million.
  

• Micronetwork Producer of "Obama Girl" Video Sold

  [Deal]
  October 19, 2007
  David M. Perry, Louis M. Rappaport, Jennifer Hale Eagland and Cory G. Jacobs
  Barely Political LLC in the formation, intellectual property agreements, and sale to Next New Networks.
  

• Dynamic Imaging Acquired by GE Healthcare

  [Deal]
  October 11, 2007
  Barry H. Genkin, Louis M. Rappaport, Cory G. Jacobs and Karen L. Corliss
  Dynamic Imaging LLC, in its acquisition by GE Healthcare.
  

• Providence Service Corp. Acquires Family & Children’s Services, Inc.

  [Deal]
  October 5, 2007
  Thomas P. Dwyer and Elise M. Adams
  Providence Service Corporation in its acquisition of Family and Children’s Services, Inc., for $8.2 million.
  

• Automated Trading Desk Sold to Citigroup for $680 Million

  [Deal]
  October 3, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger and Michael J. Medveckus
  Automated Trading Desk (ATD) in its acquisition by Citigroup for approximately $680 million.
  

• Iconix Acquires Official-Pillowtex for $240 Million

  [Deal]
  October 3, 2007
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Scott R. Smith and Rustin I. Paul
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc., in its acquisition of Official-Pillowtex LLC, for $240 million.
  

• JHP Pharmaceuticals Acquires Manufacturing Facility from King Pharmaceuticals

  [Deal]
  October 1, 2007
  James R. Staiger, Steven Dubow, Margaret Anne Hill, Barry Friedman, Brian Wm. Higgins, Arthur Bachman, et al.
  JHP Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of a manufacturing facility from King Pharmaceuticals for $93 million.
  

• Morgan Properties and AIG Acquire Apartments from Kushner Companies

  [Deal]
  September 28, 2007
  Pelayo Coll, Alan L. Zeiger, Lawrence Finkelstein, Daniel R. Blickman and Bruce A. Eisenberg
  Morgan Properties in a joint venture with AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp. in the acquisition of 86 individual apartment communities from Kushner Companies.
  

• GSI Commerce Acquires E-Commerce Provider

  [Deal]
  September 10, 2007
  Francis E. Dehel and Steven Dubow
  GSI Commerce, Inc., in its acquisition of Accretive Commerce, Inc., for $97.5 million.
  

• Chrysalis Capital Partners Sells Central Lewmar to International Paper

  [Deal]
  August 28, 2007
  Lawrence F. Flick II, Richard DiStefano, Jeffrey N. Siegel, Margaret Anne Hill and Daniel R. Blickman
  Chrysalis Capital Partners, Inc., in the sale of Central Lewmar for approximately $185 million.
  

• SunGard Availability Services LP Acquires VeriCenter

  [Deal]
  August 20, 2007
  Kipp B. Cohen, Timothy A. French, Cory G. Jacobs, Matthew J. Comisky and Margaret Anne Hill
  SunGard Availability Services LP in its acquisition of all the stock of VeriCenter.
  

• Edison Venture Finances Internet Music Company Sonicbids

  [Deal]
  August 20, 2007
  Brett J. Schulman and Alan L. Zeiger
  Edison Venture Fund in its investment in Web music company Sonicbids for $4.5 million.
  

• Blank Rome Handles One of Largest Retail Property Transactions in 2007

  [Deal]
  August 10, 2007
  Martin Luskin, Michael Pollack, David M. Kuchinos, Peter F. Kelsen and Adam E. Laver
  DRA Advisors in sale of Ardmore, Pennsylvania's historic Suburban Square shopping center to Kimco Realty.
  

• Providence Service Corp. Acquires Business Consulting Firm

  [Deal]
  August 2, 2007
  Thomas P. Dwyer, Elise M. Adams and Ethan M. Seer
  Providence Service Corporation in its acquisition of WCG International Consultants, Ltd., for $9.8 million.
  

• Brightpoint Acquires Dangaard Telecom

  [Deal]
  July 31, 2007
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Robert B. Stein, Joseph T. Gulant and Rustin I. Paul
  Brightpoint, Inc., in its acquisition of Dangaard Telecom A/S for approximately $835 million.
  

• AmQuip Acquired by Bard Capital Group for $320 Million

  [Deal]
  July 12, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger, James R. Staiger and Arthur Bachman
  AmQuip Corp. in its acquisition by Bard Capital Group for $320 million.
  

• ZS Fund Portfolio Company, Smith-Cooper, Closes Add-On Acquisition

  [Deal]
  June 29, 2007
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Louis M. Rappaport, Mathew S. Rotenberg, Cory G. Jacobs, Brett J. Schulman, Kevin M. O'Malley, et al.
  ZS Fund LP portfolio company Smith Cooper International L.L.C. in its recent purchase of substantially all of the assets of Sharon Piping & Eqpt. Inc.
  

• All American Home Products Acquires CK Products

  [Deal]
  June 13, 2007
  All American Home Products LLC in its acquisition of CK Products, Inc. and CK Products West Inc. for $5 million.
  

• Israeli Life Sciences Company, Gadot Bio-Chem, Acquires Pharmline

  [Deal]
  June 8, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger
  Gadot in its acquisition of about 85% of Pharmline for approximately $11 million.
  

• $200 Million IPO of Stoneleigh SPAC on Amex

  [Deal]
  May 31, 2007
  Robert J. Mittman, Brad L. Shiffman and Kathleen A. Cunningham
  Stoneleigh Partners Acquisition Corporation began trading under the ticker symbol SOC.U.
  

• Walgreen Acquires Take Care Health Systems

  [Deal]
  May 22, 2007
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Linsey B. Bozzelli, Karen L. Corliss and Cory G. Jacobs
  Take Care Health Systems, in its acquisition by Walgreen Co. of 51 healthcare clinics in the U.S.
  

• PetroSteel Sold to Edgen Murray

  [Deal]
  May 11, 2007
  Lawrence F. Flick II, Cory G. Jacobs and Kevin M. O'Malley
  PetroSteel International L.P. in the sale of assets to Edgen Murray LP II for $50 million.
  

• SunGard Acquires Finetix

  [Deal]
  April 20, 2007
  Fred Blume, Kipp B. Cohen and Thomas P. Dwyer
  SunGard Data Systems in its asset purchase of Finetix LLC and its subsidiaries.
  

• ZS Fund Buys VPSI, Inc.

  [Deal]
  April 16, 2007
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Louis M. Rappaport, Mathew S. Rotenberg, Joseph T. Gulant, Cory G. Jacobs, Brett J. Schulman, et al.
  ZS Fund in its recapitalization and purchase of VPSI, Inc.
  

• Goldman Sachs Recapitalizes Nuclear Medicine Company

  [Deal]
  Q1 2007
  Lawrence F. Flick II, Jeffrey N. Siegel, Joseph T. Gulant and Margaret Anne Hill
  Affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the recapitalization and acquistion financing for medical radioisotpes processor and nuclear pharmacies operator, for $65 million.
  

• Goldman Sachs Invests in Dialysis Centers

  [Deal]
  Q1 2007
  Lawrence F. Flick II, Harvey I. Forman and Joseph T. Gulant
  Affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. in the investment and acquisition for regional operator of dialysis center, for $100 million.
  

• Iconix Acquires Rocawear

  [Deal]
  March 30, 2007
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur and Scott R. Smith
  Iconix in its acquisition of Rocawear Licensing LLC for $204 million.
  

• Sun American Acquires Florida Bank

  [Deal]
  March 30, 2007
  Yelena M. Barychev, Timothy A. French and Joshua L. Strober
  Sun American Bank in its merger with Independent Community Bank for $41.1 million.
  

• Brightpoint Acquires CellStar’s U.S. and Miami-Based Latin America Operations

  [Deal]
  March 30, 2007
  Robert J. Mittman, Richard DiStefano, Michael J. Hanlon, Joseph T. Gulant, Arthur Bachman and David M. Perry
  Brightpoint, Inc., in its acquisition of CellStar Corporation for $62.4 million.
  

• Amerifile Holdings Acquires American Filing Technologies

  [Deal]
  March 13, 2007
  Kipp B. Cohen, Cory G. Jacobs, Mathew S. Rotenberg and Brett J. Schulman
  Amerifile Holdings, Inc., in its acquisition of American Filing Technologies, Inc., for an undisclosed amount.
  

• ClearPoint Acquires ASG, Expanding Workforce Management Services

  [Deal]
  February 23, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger and Thomas P. Dwyer
  ClearPoint Business Resources, Inc., in its acquisition of all the assets of ALS, LLC, for $24 million.
  

• SunGard Data Systems Merges with Aceva Technologies

  [Deal]
  February 14, 2007
  Kipp B. Cohen and Cory G. Jacobs
  SunGard Data Systems in its merger with Aceva Technologies for an undisclosed amount.
  

• ClearPoint Combines with Terra Nova SPAC

  [Deal]
  February 12, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger, Louis M. Rappaport and Brad L. Shiffman
  ClearPoint Business Resources, Inc., in its merger with TerraNova Acquisition Corporation for $33.5 million.
  

• Synova Healthcare Buys Maker of Today® Sponge

  [Deal]
  January 16, 2007
  Alan L. Zeiger and Michael J. Medveckus
  Synova Healthcare Group Inc., in its purchase of Allendale Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for 15.5 million shares of Synova's common stock. Synova's private placement of 6.5% senior convertible promissory notes and warrants, worth $15 million.
  

• Sun American Purchases Beach Bank

  [Deal]
  December 29, 2006
  Timothy A. French and Joshua L. Strober
  Sun American Bancorp in its asset purchase of Beach Bank for $18.7 million.
  

• One Equity Partners Acquires NCO Group for $1.26 Billion

  [Deal]
  November 15, 2006
  Arthur Bachman, Francis E. Dehel, Cory G. Jacobs, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Mathew S. Rotenberg
  NCO Group, Inc., in its acquisition by One Equity Partners for $1.2 billion.
  

• Iconix Acquires Ocean Pacific Apparel

  [Deal]
  November 6, 2006
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur, Scott R. Smith and Ethan M. Seer
  Iconix Brand Group, Inc., in its acquisition of Ocean Pacific Apparel Corp. for $54 million.
  

• Casabella Recapitalized by ZS Fund

  [Deal]
  November 3, 2006
  Alan L. Zeiger, Arthur Bachman and Thomas P. Dwyer
  Private equity investment enables owners to keep company independent.
  

• ZS Fund Buys Stake in Smith Cooper and Flo-Rite

  [Deal]
  October 4, 2006
  Gary R. Goldenberg, Joseph T. Gulant, Larry Hampel, Margaret Anne Hill, Frederick L. Ikenson, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
  Fund purchases equity interest in leading importers of piping system products.
  

• $173 Million Sale of Electric Generation Facilities

  [Deal]
  September 1, 2006
  Karen L. Corliss, Louis M. Rappaport and Brett J. Schulman
  Atlantic City Electric in the sale of its interests in the Keystone and Conemaugh electric generating facilities to Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc., for $173 million.
  

• Liberty Partners Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement with Concorde

  [Deal]
  June 21, 2006
  Arthur Bachman, Linsey B. Bozzelli and Heather Sonnenberg
  Liberty Partners in its acquisition of Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., for approximately $115 million.
  

• SAP Acquires Frictionless Commerce

  [Deal]
  May 17, 2006
  SAP, an ERP vendor acquires SRM provider Frictionless Commerce for an undisclosed amount.
  

• $150 Million Private Equity Investment in Project Management Software Client

  [Deal]
  April 25, 2006
  Samuel H. Becker, Timothy A. French, Alan H. Lieblich and Louis M. Rappaport
  Private equity funds team up to buy a majority stake in Primavera Systems, Inc.
  

• $1.7 Billion Office REIT Acquisition

  [Deal]
  September 27, 2005
  Arthur Bachman, David Brier, Joseph T. Gulant, Daniel J. Ivler and Martin Luskin
  Fund obtains 137 office buildings throughout U.S.
  

• Apparel Brand Acquired for Approximately $90 Million

  [Deal]
  July 1, 2005
  Robert J. Mittman, Peter Schnur and Scott R. Smith
  Team meets tight deadline for client's second major transaction in six months.
  

• Company Sold for $600 Million and Management Team Stays in Place

  [Deal]
  January 11, 2005
  Steven Dubow, Michael C. Greenbaum and James R. Staiger
  Client establishes stand-alone segment within Roper Industries and continues marketing their solid brand.
  

• $181 Million Acquisition of Gas Service Stations

  [Deal]
  December 1, 2004
  Matthew J. Comisky, Bruce A. Eisenberg, Daniel J. Ivler and Steven A. Shoumer
  Independent oil refiner on their $181 million acquisition of 112 convenience stores / service stations and approximately 230 supply sites in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia from the third largest integrated oil and gas company in the U.S.
  

• Omega Financial Acquires Sun Bancorp, Creating Large Bank Holding Company

  [Deal]
  October 1, 2004
  Arthur Bachman and Francis E. Dehel
  Omega Financial Corporation in its acquisition of Sun Bancorp, a deal which creates one of the largest bank holding companies in Central Pennsylvania.