Peter
Feist

Mr. Feist has advised on private equity deals for over 25 years. During that time, Mr. Feist has represented many leading private equity firms, pension plans, family offices and other financial investors in hundreds of transactions.

Mr. Feist’s notable recent matters include representing:

• BDT & MSD in the IPO of Alliance Laundry Systems;
• Hayfin Capital in the sale of Autovista to J.D. Power;
• The senior executive team of McLarens Global Limited in connection with the recapitalization of McLarens by Lee Equity Partners;
• Neuberger Berman in the acquisition of Nord Anglia by a consortium comprising EQT, Neuberger Berman, CPP Investments and global institutional investors, and a significant investment in Mariner;
• OMERS Private Equity in its acquisitions of Knight Commercial and Integris, and Integris in its acquisition of TechMD;
• Oxford Properties as an investor in connection with the IPO of Lineage Logistics;
• Pacific General in its acquisition of a majority stake in Lenwich; and
• White Mountains in the pending sale of Bamboo to CVC and its acquisition of a majority stake in Distinguished.

Notable matters prior to joining Cravath include representing:  

• Advent International in the sale of its stake in LifeMiles, the sale of a controlling stake in Boart Longyear and the sale of certain interests in Boart Longyear in an IPO of Boart Longyear;
• Anchor Equity Partners in its acquisition, alongside KKR, of a controlling interest in Ticket Monster;
• Ardian in its acquisition of a majority stake in Florida Food Products (FFP) and FFP in its acquisitions of Comax Manufacturing and Javo Beverage Company and its investment in T-Bev;
• Avista Capital Partners in the $800 million sale of MPI Research to Charles River Laboratories;
• Baring Private Equity Asia in its acquisition of a controlling stake in CMS Info Systems from Blackstone;
• Brookfield in an investment in Cardone Industries and the acquisition of certain assets of J. C. Penney Company in connection with J.C. Penney’s chapter 11 case;
• Hahn & Co. in the acquisition, along with Hankook Tire, of a controlling stake in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp from Visteon;
• Hayfin in the sale of Paradigm Spine, an investment in MiMedx, its acquisition of Avadim Health and its investment in Monolith Brands;
• Lee Equity Partners in its investment in McLarens, its acquisition of Simplicity Group and its acquisition and subsequent disposition of K-MAC;
• OMERS Private Equity in the take-private acquisition with Harvest Partners of Epiq Systems and Epiq’s combination with Document Technologies; the sale with Berkshire Partners of Husky IMS International to Platinum Equity; its acquisitions of Inmar, Paradigm, Premise Health, TurnPoint Services and Pueblo Mechanical & Controls; and its investments in Medical Knowledge Group, North Highland, NovaSource Power Systems and Precisely;
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in its investments in Kyobo Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Snapdeal;
• Oxford Properties in its investment in Lineage Logistics;
• Providence Equity in its acquisition, with Ayala Corporation, of eTelecare, its acquisition (in a consortium) of a stake in TVB and its acquisition of Study Group;
• PSP Investments in a consortium led by TPG Capital, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Humana in the take-private of Kindred Healthcare and the acquisition of Curo Health Services; the acquisition with Loral Space & Communications of BCE’s Telesat Canada and the related merger of Telesat Canada with Loral Skynet; and as an investor, alongside TPG Capital, in the acquisition of Thycotic; and
• Unitas Capital in its acquisition of Hyva and its sale of Air International Thermal Systems.

Commended as a “top private equity lawyer,” Mr. Feist is ranked by IFLR1000 as “Highly Regarded” for Private Equity in the U.S. He has been recognized for his work in private equity by The Legal 500 US, which quotes a client affirming that “Peter Feist has an incredible understanding of corporate matters, is very intelligent and at the same time has terrific business acumen and is extremely commercial. He brings all these qualities to the fore on each and every transaction he works on to deliver fantastic results for his clients.” Additionally, Mr. Feist has been named to Lawdragon’s list of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” and has been consistently recognized as a leading transactional lawyer by Chambers, which has noted that Mr. Feist’s “‘fine skill set, boosted by his extensive experience in deals,’ was highly praised by interviewees, along with his outstanding deal execution skills.”

Mr. Feist was born in New Zealand. He received a BCA in 1990 and an LL.B. with highest honors in 1992 from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.