Richard Cicchillo, Jr.

Richard Cicchillo, Jr.

Rich Cicchillo is a partner in the Corporate Department of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. Mr. Cicchillo works on a wide variety of corporate and commercial transactions, with a focus on domestic and international mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Cicchillo joined Kilpatrick Stockton in October 1994, after completing a clerkship with Judge Ed Carnes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Cicchillo is fluent in French and is the attorney for the French Consulate in Atlanta.

Selected Experience

· Represented Zodiac S.A. in its $600 million acquisition of C&D Aerospace, an aircraft interiors manufacturer with operations in the United States, Canada, France, Brazil, and Mexico.

· Represented Zodiac S.A. in its acquisition of Polaris Pool Holdings Corporation and subsidiaries from private equity fund Quad-C Management and affiliated parties for approximately $327 million.

· Represented Zodiac S.A. in its sale of the "Sevylor" inflatables and towables business in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe to a company controlled by Michael Lee.

· Represented Goë mar S.A., a family-owned French pharmaceutical corporation, in its acquisition of the business of Exxel Container. Exxel was a sole source supplier of innovative product packaging to Goë mar, and was in extreme financial distress, threatening Goë mar's supply of packaging for its health and beauty related products.

· Represented the Architectural Products Group of Oldcastle, Inc. in the acquisition of thirteen unrelated businesses (including investments in three joint ventures) in the concrete masonry and home & garden sectors, totaling approximately $485 million. Currently representing this client in four pending acquisitions. Acquisition targets have included both family-owned companies and private equity fund portfolio companies.

· Represented Oldcastle, Inc., in its $348 million acquisition of MMI Products, Inc. a leading manufacturer of security and ornamental fences and wire products from a consortium led by Citicorp Capital Investors.

· Represented BellSouth Corporation in connection with the $100 million acquisition of yellowpages.com, Inc. by a joint venture composed by BellSouth and SBC.

· Represented Delta plc in the $22.25 million disposition of the Sourdillon gas fittings business to Burner Systems International, Inc., a portfolio company of The Dyson Kissner Moran Company, in a simultaneous sale of assets of a United States business and the shares of affiliated entities in France and Mexico. As a prerequisite to this disposition, represented Delta plc in the buy-out of its Mexican joint venture partner, a member of the Grupo Vitro.

· Represented principals of Peachtree Equity Partners, L.P. in the formation of a $110 million private equity fund, including the acquisition of the legacy private equity portfolio of Wachovia Capital Associates. Have represented Peachtree Equity and its predecessor in numerous non-control, private equity investments totaling over $30 million.

· Represented principals of Navigation Capital Partners in the formation of two investment funds, including the acquisition of the legacy "Mellon Ventures" portfolio.

· Represented Windship Realty Partners, LLC, in connection with the sale of its interest in VEF Advisors, LLC, a real estate investment fund manager, to an affiliate of Apollo Real Estate Management, L.P. Currently representing one of the former Windship principals in the formation of a new real estate investment fund platform.

· Representing Groupe Hamelin, a family-owned French manufacturer and distributor of stationery and art quality papers in acquiring control of a US distributor of similar products.

· Represented Morgan Chemical Products, Inc., a subsidiary of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, in the disposition of six engineered soft coatings facilities to Metal Improvement Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, for approximately $16.7 million.

· Represented the founders of Ant Farm Interactive, LLC, an internet advertising and marketing company, in the sale of their LLC interests to Nurun Seattle, Inc., and affiliate of Ouebecor.

· Represented Metso Corporation in the $38.5 million sale to Terex Corporation of the "Reedrill" drilling equipment business, including facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia and Indonesia.

· Represented U.S. telecommunications company in formation of German mobile phone joint venture initially valued at € 18.7 billion.

Background

· Editor of the Harvard Law Review and a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

· Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Mergers & Acquisitions Law in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

· Listed in Chambers USA 2008 for Corporate/M&A.

· Recognized as one of Georgia Trend's2008 Legal Elite.

· AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Clerkship Experience

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Honorable Ed Carnes

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