Patrick C. Quine

Patrick Quine is a partner in the Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Teams. Patrick advises private equity firms, public companies, privately held companies, founders and owners in merger and acquisition transactions and general corporate matters covering a diverse array of industries, including Consumer, Food & Beverage, Aerospace, Defense and Government Services, Technology/Software, Manufacturing, Industrial, Healthcare, Sports and Entertainment, and Financial Services.

Patrick serves as a working group member of the 2025 Private Target Deal Point Study published by the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee. Patrick has also been named One to Watch by Best Lawyers from 2022-2025 and was recognized in 2022 as one of the Top 100 Lawyers by Key Executives.

Patrick also serves on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Experience

Representative Transactions

Consumer, Food & Beverage

Represented Guardion Health Sciences in the sale of its Viactiv supplements business to Doctor’s Best.

Represented a New York based private equity fund in its acquisition of a quick-serve chicken restaurant chain.

Represented Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) in various acquisition and sale transactions.

Represented Qualserv Solutions, a global commercial kitchen design, manufacturing, engineering, project management and equipment solutions provider, in its sale to The Middleby Corporation (Nasdaq: MIDD).

Represented Ancor Capital Partners in the sale of its platform company Simply Fresh Foods, a producer of fresh, all-natural food products, to Lakeview Farms LLC.

Represented a Texas based private equity fund in its platform acquisition of a meat producing, processing and packaging company.

Represented Latino supermarket chain in connection with an investment by a national grocery chain in the Latino grocer.

Represented a New York based private equity firm in its acquisition of a cosmetic services business.

Manufacturing, Industrial & Construction

Represented Littlejohn & Co. in its acquisition of Sunbelt Modular, a leading designer and manufacturer of modular solutions.

Represented Lendlease (ASX: LLC.AX) in the carveout sale of its New York and New Jersey construction operations to Consigli Building Group, Inc.

Represented Littlejohn & Co. in its sale of Dana Kepner Company to Core & Main, Inc. (NYSE: CNM).

Represented Flokk A.S. in its acquisition of Via Seating, a U.S. office furniture brand and manufacturer.

Represented Flokk A.S. in its acquisition of Stylex, a U.S. office furniture brand and manufacturer.

Represented Transhield, Inc., a commercial and industrial equipment cover manufacturer, in its sale to Patrick Industries, Inc.

Represented a Texas based private equity fund in its acquisition of leading producer of precision parts for the aerospace, automotive, electronics, military, mining, and utilities industries.

Represented a Texas based private equity fund in its acquisition of a furniture manufacturing business.

Represented a wheat gluten and ethanol producer in a carveout transaction of one of its manufacturing business lines.

Aerospace, Defense and Government Services

Represented Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., a provider of electronic warfare platforms, threat simulators, testing and training support and other services to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and other defense and national security agencies, in its sale to Sigma Defense Systems, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital.

Represented Arlington Capital Partners in its $1.05 billion sale of J&J Worldwide Services, Inc., to CBRE Group Inc. (NYSE: CBRE)

Represented Systems Planning & Analysis, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, in its acquisition of PRKK, LLC

Represented Arlington Capital Partners in its acquisition of Management Research and Consulting, LLC, a provider of international consulting services to customers in defense, intelligence and critical civilian governmental agencies.

Represented Mercury Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRCY) in connection with its acquisition of Physical Optics Corporation, a leading designer, developer, and integrator of advanced technologies primarily focused on avionics & mission subsystems for defense applications.

Represented BlueHalo in its acquisition of Asymmetrik Ltd., a leading developer of software solutions and technology tools used to enable the Intelligence Community's most advanced programs.

Represented a private equity fund in the sale of its platform company, a provider of civil construction services for public and private infrastructure projects, to a public infrastructure company.

Represented Quantitative Scientific Solutions LLC (QS-2), a provider of scientific, engineering and advanced analytics consulting services, in its sale to Ernst & Young LLP.

Entertainment, Media & Sports

Represented Sony Interactive Entertainment in connection with the acquisition of Firewalk Studios™ from ProbablyMonsters Inc.

Represented SGP USA in a capital raise and acquisition of the U.S. Team for SailGP.

Represented professional racing team in a recapitalization transaction.

Represented an Esports team in its spinoff of a gaming platform business.

Represented SIK Golf, a leading putter company and creator of descending loft technology, in its sale to LA Golf Partners.

Investment Management & Financial

Represented Janus Henderson (NYSE: JHG) in its acquisition of Victory Park Capital, a private credit fund manager.

Represented Hg Capital in its acquisition of Reg-Room, LLC.

Represented Triumph Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: TFIN) in various acquisitions, investments and other corporate transactions.

Represented Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) in its $250 million preferred stock investment in F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.

Healthcare

Represented a publicly traded biotechnology company in a strategic transaction.

Represented the senior executive team of Maxor (a national pharmacy services company) in connection with the acquisition of the company by Towerbrook Capital Partners.

Represented an eye car practice in connection with its sale to a national vision practice.

Represented a senior care group in a growth equity transaction.

Represented a Texas based private equity firm in its acquisition of a health informatics business.

Honors

Ones to Watch — Leveraged Buyout and Private Equity Law, Best Lawyers, 2023-2025

Ones to Watch — Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Best Lawyers, 2022-2025

Top 100 Lawyer, Alumni Spotlight, 2022

Articles

Corporate Law Blog Posts

• "Delaware M&A Case Law Roundup," June 26, 2024

• "Board Guidance: Getting To Business Judgment Rule Deference When You Have A Controlling Stockholder," July 27, 2020

Media Mentions

Memberships

Member, American Bar Association, M&A Committee

Member, Association for Corporate Growth

Member, DC Bar Association

Member, DFW CPG

Member, Texas Bar Association

Member, Saint Thomas More Society