David M. Spaulding

Represented Therm-x of California, Inc., a manufacturer of temperature sensors, industrial heaters and process control products and systems, in the sale to Backer EHP Inc., a subsidiary of NIBE Industrier AB, a Swedish public company (NIBEb.ST).

Served as employee benefits counsel to an affiliate of Lion Equity Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of Homes & Land, an integrated real estate media platform, providing local real estate information throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada.

Counsel to cosmetics and skin care brand Tarte, Inc., a portfolio company of Encore Consumer Capital, in its sale to Japan's KOSÉ Corporation, a Tokyo-based global cosmetics business.

Employee benefits counsel to Tropicana Entertainment and its majority shareholder, Icahn Enterprises, in the acquisition of the Lumiere Place Casino, HoteLumiere, and Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, from certain subsidiaries of Pinnacle Entertainment.

Employee benefits counsel to Victory Park Capital Advisors in the sale of its portfolio company, Global Employment Holdings to TZP Group.

Employee benefits counsel to DigitalGlobe in its acquisition of Spatial Energy, a leading source for digital imagery and related services to the energy industry.

Employee benefits counsel to RGS Energy in its acquisition of Mercury Energy, an east coast solar integrator.

Employee benefits counsel to a multi-platform media company in its equity sale to Lee Equity Partners, LLC.

Employee benefits counsel to KSL Capital Partners in the sale of five iconic resort properties to TRT Holdings, owner of Omni Hotels & Resorts in a series of five related transactions. The properties included in the sale are Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin; La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad; Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, California; Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina; and The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Served as employee benefits counsel to Alliant Energy Services, LLC in its disposition of 100% of the stock of its subsidiary, RMT, Inc. to Infrastructure Energy Services, LLC (IEA).

Served as employee benefits counsel to a healthcare company in a joint venture ownership structure for in vitro fertilization labs.

Served as employee benefits counsel to Republic Financial Corporation in its sale of Griffith Enterprises, LLC to Amphenol Corporation. Griffith Enterprises is a Cottonwood, Arizona-based aerospace systems and components manufacturer specializing in the production of mission-critical interconnect harnesses, electrical sub-assemblies and engine and system controls.