Donald H. Siegel

Client Work

• Hayes Management Consulting in a management buyout through conversion to a limited liability company funded by senior and mezzanine debt from an institutional lender and its subsequent sale to a private equity firm.
• McKay Brothers, LLC and affiliates in formation, cross border transactions and investments from institutional clients.
• Beechwood Capital, L.P. and affiliated entities in their Fund Foundation and investments in various growth stage branded consumer products businesses.
• Bunker Investment Corp, in its acquisition of Yates Gas on Nantucket, MA from Suburban Propane, L.P. and financing transactions with Blue Hills Bank and Massachusetts Capital Resources Corp.
• iParty Corp. (NYSE MKT) in its merger with Party City Corporation in a $35 million transaction which the various series of preferred stock and common stock of iParty Corp. were exchanged for cash consideration.
• National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative in its acquisition by merger of NeoNova Holding Company, an internet service provider company.
• Infoscitex Corporation, a defense services contractor, in its merger with DCS Corporation, including participation in the transaction by the Company’s ESOP, and the spinoff of two subsidiaries.
• Triumvirate Environmental, Inc. in various acquisition transactions including the acquisition of the assets and real property of Chem-Tech Environnement located in Quebec Canada, assets of Perma-Fix of Maryland (waste disposal sites) and the stock and assets of the operating subsidiaries of GS Enviro-Services, Inc., an OTCBB company, involving a RCRA regulated TSD facility and an affiliated waste removal services business.
• Schafer Corporation in its acquisition by MetalMark Capital and certain members of management, including the structuring and negotiation of the terms for Seller Senior Notes and Buyer subordinated debt financings.
• National Dentex Corporation (NASDAQ) in its $120 million merger with GeoDigm Corporation, portfolio company of Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe.
• Hyaluron, Inc. – sale of 100% of its stock to Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
• RKW SE in its acquisition of the capital stock of Danafilms, Inc. from its stockholders including an ESOP and its related real estate.
• Isolation Technologies, Inc., a Massachusetts based manufacturer of advanced chromatography columns and hardware for the high-performance liquid chromatography market, in its sale of assets to Sapphire Engineering, Inc., a subsidiary of Idex Corporation.
• Lily Transportation Corp. in the sale of its Truck Leasing Division to Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
• National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative in various investments, including acquisitions and dispositions of investments in telecommunications companies, involving both minority and control positions.
• The Holmes Group, Inc. and its principal shareholders in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of Holmes’ merger into a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation. This transaction was valued at approximately $625 million in cash and Jarden stock, a NYSE listed company.
• The Holmes Group in its acquisition via merger of all the stock of The Rival Company, a NASDAQ listed company for approximately $130 million plus assumption of debt.
• National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative in its participation with other investors in a $156 million strategic equity financing and a $200 million term loan financing and follow on debt and equity financings in WildBlue Communications, Inc.
• Shawmut Design and Construction in the acquisition of its common stock to its ESOP and related financing transactions with Lasalle Bank, N.A.
• Diversified Optical Products, Inc, (DiOP) in its $60 million stock sale to Axsys Technologies. DiOP is a leading supplier of high-end thermal surveillance cameras and lenses servicing the U.S. Border patrol, Air Force, CoastGuard and various Port Authorities.
• iParty Corp. (AMEX; IPT) in its acquisition in a Chapter 11 proceeding of the assets and leases of The Big Party Corporation.
• Intraserver Technologies in its $70 million stock merger with LSI Logic, Inc.
• Commonwealth Venture Funding Group in various acquisitions, including Antaya Technologies, Inc., a cross-border acquisition of substantially all assets of Tectran Inc. and Tectran Mfg. Inc. and Carroll Engineering Co., together with related debt and equity offerings.
• TSD Rental in its buyout of its private equity partner and related financing transactions
• Lily Transportation Corporation and UNICCO Service Company in numerous debt financing transactions and asset acquisitions and dispositions.