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Efren Lemus
Biography
Efren focuses on U.S. and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures, equity financings and corporate restructurings.
Efren represents public and private companies, as well as financial sponsors and their portfolio companies, operating and investing in various industries, including technology, manufacturing, construction, energy, environmental, infrastructure, technology, aerospace/defense, financial services, consumer products and healthcare.
Efren also advises clients on corporate governance and commercial arrangements.
Practice areas
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Global employment and compensation
- Corporate and M&A
Selected experience
- Areas Worldwide, a portfolio company of PAI Partners, in its acquisition of Travel Hospitality Services a U.S.-based airport food, beverage and retail concessions business from Delaware North Companies, Incorporated.
- J.F. Lehman & Company and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions, including: Sale of Narda-Miteq to Amphenol Corporation, a supplier of high-technology interconnect, sensor and antenna solutions. USD1.2 billion take-private of Crystal Clean, Inc. (f/k/a Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.) Acquisitions by Crystal Clean, Inc. of Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc., Premium Environmental Services, Inc., and the combined operations of Worldwide Recovery Systems, Inc. and YES Management, Inc. (d/b/a Yuma Environmental Services). Single-asset continuation fund transaction for its portfolio company PURIS, LLC and related investment by Apollo S3 as lead investor. PURIS, LLC in its acquisition of Creekside Enterprises Holding, LLC. Acquisition of Narda-MITEQ from L3Harris. Sale of Lone Star Disposal to Waste Connections US Holdings Inc
- Sale of Narda-Miteq to Amphenol Corporation, a supplier of high-technology interconnect, sensor and antenna solutions.
- USD1.2 billion take-private of Crystal Clean, Inc. (f/k/a Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.)
- Acquisitions by Crystal Clean, Inc. of Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc., Premium Environmental Services, Inc., and the combined operations of Worldwide Recovery Systems, Inc. and YES Management, Inc. (d/b/a Yuma Environmental Services).
- Single-asset continuation fund transaction for its portfolio company PURIS, LLC and related investment by Apollo S3 as lead investor.
- PURIS, LLC in its acquisition of Creekside Enterprises Holding, LLC.
- Acquisition of Narda-MITEQ from L3Harris.
- Sale of Lone Star Disposal to Waste Connections US Holdings Inc
- CSW Industrials, Inc. on its acquisition of Aspen Manufacturing.
Education
- BA, magna cum laude , Georgetown University, 2015
- JD, magna cum laude , SMU Dedman School of Law, 2018
Admissions
- Attorney-at-Law, Texas, US, 2018
Languages
- Spanish (native proficiency)
- Portuguese (working proficiency)