Kramer Levin was awarded M&A Advisor’s 2017 Private Equity Deal of the Year (over $1 billion) for its representation of Stone Point Capital in connection with its purchase, together with KKR and other investors, of a majority stake in Focus Financial Partners, a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms. The award was presented at the 16th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Gala, which was held at the Metropolitan Club in Manhattan on Nov. 13.
The Kramer Levin team advising Stone Point was led by Corporate partner Howard T. Spilko and included Corporate partner George M. Silfen and associates Scott A. Abramowitz, Gregory G. Cage, Andrew M. Friedman, Matthew F. Hacker, Christopher D. Hopkins, Caroline A. Levin, Yehuda A. Raskin, Matthew R. Silver and Yael Steiner and law clerk Clayton A. Campos; Employee Law partner Robert N. Holtzman; Employee Benefits special counsel Avram J. Cahn; Intellectual Property counsel Kevin M. Moss and associate Anna C. Schoenfelder; and Tax partner Barry Herzog and associates Rita C. Celebrezze and Deborah Taeid.