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Sard Verbinnen & Co. is handling Thomas H. Lee Partners' acquisition of Alfresco Software, enterprise open source software company.
Laura Grattan, THL managing director, said Alfresco’s “modern cloud-native platform" is the preferred technology for companies that are carrying out successful digital transformations.
Alfresco’s digital business platform is used by more than 1,300 clients including Bank of New York Mellon, Capital One, US Navy, NASA, Cisco and Liberty Mutual.
Founded in 1974, THL private equity firm has raised more than $22B in equity and acquired 140 companies in the business & financial services, healthcare, media, and information services & technology sectors.
SV&C’s Robin Weinberg and Kaitlin Bilby work the deal to acquire Alfresco, which uses Bospar Public Relations for counsel.


ICR Inc. handles communications for Enhanced Ltd, which plans to run Olympic-type competitions with athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, as it goes public in a SPAC deal valued at $1.2B via a merger with A Paradise Acquisition Corp. of Hong Kong.
C Street Advisory Group handles strategic communications duties for American Signature Inc. as the Columbus-based home furnishings retailer declares Chapter 11.
Collected Strategies handles Exact Sciences as the cancer screening leader is acquired by Abbott in a deal with an enterprise value of $23B.
Joele Frank represents Philadelphia-based Axalta Coating Systems as it agrees to merge with Amsterdam’s AkzoNobel in a deal valued in the $25B range.
Interpublic posted a 5.1 percent drop in Q3 net revenues to $2.5B as CEO Philippe Krakowsky reports the final financial results of the publicly traded company.



