Gabrielle A. Bernstein

Representative Experience

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Fenway Sports Group in a joint venture between Fenway Sports Management and Crossroads Presents, which is affiliated with Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) and managed by longtime concert promoter and Live Nation New England President Don Law, for a new live music venue next to Fenway Park.  The new theater, which will seat approximately 5,000 people, will be called MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
• Streamroot, a provider of disruptive technology, in its sale to CenturyLink (Nasdaq: CTL).
• Medumo, a Boston-based start-up focused on patient experience, in its sale to European technology company Philips. 
• Rive Technology, in the acquisition of its business and assets by W.R. Grace & Co. (Nasdaq: GRA), a provider of specialty chemicals and materials.
• Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, in the $780 million sale of a controlling interest in the company to Insight Partners.
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALXN), a global biopharmaceutical company, in its acquisition of Syntimmune for up to $1.2 billion.
• Crystal Rock Holdings (Nasdaq: CRVP), a marketer and distributor of water, coffee and other home and office supplies, in its sale to Cott Corporation (Nasdaq: COT) for approximately $35M.
• Acer Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company, in connection with its merger with biotechnology company Opexa Therapeutics and concurrent $15.7 million financing.
• Body Labs, a creator of 3D body model technology, in its acquisition by Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN).
• Computer-aided engineering company Exa Corporation (Nasdaq: EXA) in its $400M sale to French software company Dassault.

• International Data Group in its acquisition by China Oceanwide and IDG Capital.

PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS

• Mill Road Capital, a private equity firm focused on publicly traded micro-cap companies in the U.S. and Canada, including the formation and operation of its flagship series of buyout funds.
• Clean Energy Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage clean energy innovations, including in its formation and the formation and operation of its initial venture capital fund.
• True Green Capital Management, an institutional asset manager specializing in distributed power generation, in the formation of a private equity fund holding a portfolio of commercial solar PV projects.

PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCINGS

• Start-up company Carillon Technologies in its initial funding to assist the U.S. Government and government contractors in accelerating the identification, adaption and deployment of advanced commercial technologies.
• Global investment firm Cambridge Associates in the sale of a minority stake in the company to a group of clients led by Sofina, a Belgian investment company. 
• Onshape, a cloud-based 3D design software company, in its $80 million equity financing led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Commonwealth Capital Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners.
• Mill Road Capital in a $31.5 million private placement in Noodles & Company (Nasdaq: NDLS), a fast-casual restaurant headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
• Mill Road Capital in its take-private acquisition of consumer electronics company Skullcandy.
• EMC Corporation (Nasdaq: EMC), a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service (ItaaS), in a $50 million Series B financing for Barefoot Networks, a computer networking company.
• Belmont Technology, a company applying new generation computer platforms to new ideas in the CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM/PLM marketplace, in its $25 million Series B financing led by New Enterprise Associates.