Patrick F. Rice

• Represented BF Acquisitions, a U.S.-based family office, in the sale of a controlling interest in an insurance business to a publically traded U.K.-based insurance company.°
• Represented BF Acquisitions in the reacquisition of shares in a portfolio company from a significant minority shareholder and the termination of their shareholders agreement.°
• Represented Wilh Wilhelmsen Holding ASA in its proposed acquisition of Drew Marine Group Inc., a global marine chemical and supply company (portfolio company of the Jordan Company), and the subsequent challenges by competition authorities in multiple jurisdictions.°
• Represented New Island Capital in an investment in, and a credit facility for, African Leadership University, a for profit education business in Mauritius and Rwanda.°
• Represented New Island Capital in creating a joint venture to provide trade finance solutions to commodity suppliers in central and South America.°
• Represented New Island Capital in a proposed equity investment in an alternative energy (solar) company in East Africa.°
• Represented International Shipholding Corp. in its reorganization in bankruptcy and eventual acquisition by SEACOR Holdings.°
• Represented International Shipholding Corp. in the sale of its Southeast Asian transportation and brokerage services business to J Line LLC.°
• Represented International Shipholding Corp. in the sale of its trans-Pacific car and truck carriers business to NYK Group.°
• Represented Atalaya Capital in the formation of a joint venture with a German partner to acquire and manage a portfolio of maritime assets.°
• Represented Atalaya Capital in several acquisitions of ocean going cargo vessels to be managed by its maritime asset joint venture.°
• Represented Noteholders and Lenders in Sun Edison Inc.’s financial restructuring including corporate advice and multiple asset sale transactions.°
• Represented a U.S. Jones Act Shipping Company in its planned sale to a private equity buyer.°
• Represented Marathon Asset Management in the sale of a biomass power plant in Northern California to an alternative energy focused private equity fund.°
• Represented Marathon Asset Management in the sale of a portfolio of intellectual property assets to a specialty IP fund.°
• Represented Marathon Asset Management in a joint bid for a portfolio of distressed assets in a consortium with two other large alternative asset managers.°
• Represented Helios Investment Partners, a private equity firm based in London and Africa, in the creation of several co-investment vehicles used in connection with financing multiple acquisitions of telecommunications towers for its portfolio company Helios Towers Plc.°
• Represented Helios Investment Partners in a proposed acquisition of an infrastructure services business in East Africa.°
• Represented Fortress Investment Group’s transportation and infrastructure fund in its proposed acquisition of a specialty maritime business from a Scandinavian shipping company.°
• Represented PanAfrican Investment Co., a growth equity firm backed by Dick Parsons and Ron Lauder in a series of minority equity investments in companies operating in sub-Saharan Africa.°
• Represented a EW Healthcare Partners (formerly Essex Woodlands), a healthcare growth equity & venture capital firm, in its acquisition of a global biologics business from a U.K.-based multinational medical equipment manufacturing company.°
• Represented a music publishing and licensing company in its sale of a controlling equity interest to a major Los Angeles-based talent agency.°
• Represented Mold-Rite Plastics, a manufacturer of plastic packaging components in its sale to Irving Place Capital, a New York-based private equity fund.°
• Represented Bioventus LLC, a producer of orthobiologic products (portfolio company of EW Healthcare Partners), in its acquisition of certain international assets of a biologics business.°
• Represented a West African-based insurance company, and selling shareholders, in a sale of a significant minority equity interest to a Moroccan conglomerate.°
• Represented Patheon Inc., a Canadian pharmaceutical company (portfolio company of JLL Partners) in its acquisition of two manufacturing businesses serving the pharmaceutical industry.°
• Represented Reuben Brothers, an investment firm based in Switzerland, in its acquisition of the Goldman Sachs Group’s metals warehousing business, Metro International Trade Services.°
• Represented a retiring founding partner of a more than $6 billion registered investment adviser that advises high-net-worth individuals and families in a recapitalization and equity sale.°
• Represented a registered investment adviser that provides legal funding and invests in the outcome of lawsuits and settlements, in an investment of up to $100 million by two well-known alternative asset managers.°
• Represented Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners, the Whitehall Real Estate Investment Funds and multiple Goldman Sachs & Company sponsored specialty funds in a wide variety of corporate, M&A and private equity transactions while serving in house as General Counsel to such funds and also served as a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel to Goldman Sachs & Company.°
• Represented a U.K.-based energy and services company in its purchase of two retail electric providers from a U.S.-based investor-owned electric utility.°
• Represented a New York-based regional bank in connection with its acquisition of three other New York-area regional banks.°
• Represented a public utility company in the sale of its joint venture interest in a natural gas pipeline system to a Calgary-based energy company.°
• Represented an integrated energy company in the sale of a pipeline company to a utility and energy resources company.°
• Represented the special committee of an energy company in connection with their planned sale of the company to a private equity fund.°
• Represented a Southeastern U.S.-based power company in connection with the separation of their merchant power business.°
• Represented a natural gas utilities holding company in the planned sale of their commodities trading business to a U.S.-based investment bank.°
• Represented a provider of natural gas and electric power services in connection with the planned divestiture of its fossil fuel power plants related to their merger with a major utility company.°
• Represented an energy services provider in their merger with a multinational electricity and gas utility company.°
• Represented a public utility holding company in their disposition of a 5100 MW portfolio of electric generation assets.°
• Represented an electric and gas utility company in the divestiture of their generation assets in a series of asset sale transactions.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Rice prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Marine Engineer, CR Cushing & Co., 1993-1997
• Marine Engineer, Advanced Technology, Inc., 1987-1993

• Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs & Co., 2006-2008

• Listed, Legal 500, “M&A Middle-Market,” 2017