Frank Mastroianni

Frank Mastroianni represents private equity sponsors and operating companies in complex transactions and corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions and other capital transformation events. His experience spans a wide range of industry sectors, including technology, financial services, mining, manufacturing and consumer discretionary.

Mr. Mastroianni began his legal career at a multinational law firm in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Mastroianni was an associate in the San Francisco office of an international law firm. Mr. Mastroianni is only accepted in Australia; he was not admitted to California.

Basic Things

• Footprint Inc. on the proposed US$1.6 billion business combination with Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. (Nasdaq: GIIXU, GIIX and GIIXW).
• K1 Investment Management with the acquisition of its portfolio company ComplySci by RIA in a Box, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of compliance, cybersecurity, and operational software solutions to the wealth management industry.
• K1 Investment Management with illumis’ acquisition of its portfolio company ComplySci, a leading data aggregator and technology provider to financial services companies to identify and mitigate risk from employee political contributions.
• Vista Equity Partners in an investment by BC Partners in its portfolio company EAB, a leading provider of subscription-based research, software and technology-enabled services to the higher education industry.
• Pritzker Private Capital in its portfolio company Vertellus’s approximately US$155 million acquisition of specialty ingredients businesses from Chemtrade.
• FFL Partners in its US$337 million sale of Bacharach to MSA Safety (NSYE: MSA).
• Gryphon Investor in its acquisition of a majority stake in Highmetric’s ServiceNow division from The Acacia Group.
• Next Capital on its A$250 million sale of Funlab, Australia’s leading out-of-home entertainment business, to TPG Capital.
• Next Capital and The Silverfern Group in their joint acquisition of Eptec, an Australian-based specialist engineering contractor, from the Alceon Group.
• VGI Partners in its A$368.9 million initial public offering and investment manager listing on the ASX.