Danielle Fortier

Danielle represents clients in a wide range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings and restructurings. Danielle works with sponsors and strategic buyers to implement their growth by acquisition strategies by executing transactions and guiding legal aspects of transition planning. Danielle also regularly advises the portfolio companies of her private equity clients in connection with strategic add-on acquisitions and ongoing corporate governance. She also leads sale transactions for these clients, as well as individual entrepreneurs and venture capital funds.

Her experience spans the software, technology, consumer products, healthcare and agriculture sectors.

Danielle’s representative transactions include advising:

• ABOUT (formerly Central Logic), a Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its:
  • Acquisition of Acuity Link*
  • Acquisition of Ensocare*
• Aphena Pharma Solutions in the disposition of its health and beauty division*
• AppNeta, a former Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its sale to Broadcom*
• Aucerna (formerly 3esi-Enersight), a former Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its:
  • Sale to Thoma Bravo*
  • Acquisition of Palantir Solutions*
• AudienceView, a Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its:
  • Acquisition of Vendini*
  • Acquisition of TheaterMania*
• Cachematrix in its sale to BlackRock*
• Eating Recovery Center, a former Lee Equity Partners portfolio company, in its sale to CCMP Capital*
• Excellere Partners in its:
  • Acquisition of G2 Partners*
  • Acquisition of Two Labs*
• G2 Partners, a former portfolio company of Excellere Partners, in its:
  • Acquisition of FES Investments*
  • Acquisition of Systems Integrity Management Solutions*
  • Acquisition of Eagle Information Mapping*
• Harver (formerly Outmatch), a Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its:
  • Acquisition of Harver*
  • Acquisition of Checkster*
  • Acquisition of FurstPerson*
• JASK Labs in its sale to Sumo Logic*
• Kids Overcoming in its sale to Kadiant*
• Lee Equity Partners in its establishment of Prelude Fertility*
• Lightbox OOH Video Network in its sale to Cattri*
• Maverick Therapeutics in its sale to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company*
• Molson Coors in its joint ventures with HEXO Corp.*
• NextGuest in its merger with Cendyn*
• PharmaCann in its:
  • Certain potential joint ventures and acquisitions*
  • Acquisition of LivWell Enlightened Health*
• Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings in its acquisitions of retail agriculture input suppliers*
• Prelude Fertility, a Lee Equity Partners portfolio company, in its acquisition of Reproductive Biology Associates and MyEggBank*
• Rubicon Technology Partners in its:
  • Acquisition of Bamboo Rose*
  • Acquisition of Vision Government Solutions*
  • $1.5 billion recapitalization of Uplight with Schneider Electric, AES Corporation, Coatue Management and Inclusive Capital Partners*
  • Acquisition of Uptempo (formerly BrandMaker)*
  • Acquisition of ABOUT (formerly Central Logic)*
  • Acquisition of Harver (formerly Outmatch)*
• ScaleFT in its sale to Okta*
• Thompson Creek Metals in its acquisition by Centerra Gold, a Canadian-based gold mining company*
• Two Labs, a former portfolio company of Excellere Partners, in its:
  • Acquisition of MKO Global Partners*
  • Acquisition of Pennside Partners*
  • Sale to Envision Pharma Group*
• Trimble in several acquisitions and divestitures of operating subsidiaries and assets*
• Uplight (formerly Tendril Networks), a former Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its merger with Simple Energy*
• Uptempo (formerly BrandMaker), a Rubicon Technology Partners portfolio company, in its:
  • Acquisition of Allocadia*
  • Acquisition of Hive9*
• Wowza Media Systems in its sale to Clearhaven Partners*

* Representation handled prior to joining Cooley