Efren Lemus
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Efren Lemus

Associate

Email

efren.lemus@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 214 271 5637

Offices

Dallas

V-CARD
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.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • J.F. Lehman & Company and its portfolio companies in multiple transactions, including:

    • $1.2 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 pending acquisition of Aspen Manufacturing.
  • Bridgepoint in its reinvestment in Kyriba at a value of over $3billion.
  • New Mountain Capital in multiple transactions by portfolio companies, including acquisitions and divestitures for Aegion Corp.
  • SAP in in connection with the $12.5 billion sale of Qualtrics International, Inc. to Silver Lake.
  • Hitachi, Ltd. in its acquisition of GlobalLogic Inc. for an enterprise value of $9.5 billion.
  • Teradyne, Inc. in multiple transactions, including:

    • Investment in Technoprobe S.p.A.
    • Sale to Technoprobe S.p.A. of its Device Interface Solutions business.
  • Granite Construction Inc. in its acquisition of Dickerson & Bowen, Inc.
  • Alturus Capital in its acquisition of Physicians Rehab Solution, LLC and the divestiture of Encapture to SMA Technologies, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company.
  • Kestra Financial, the parent company of Bluespring Wealth Partners, in several acquisitions by Bluespring of wealth management firms.
  • Anglo American plc in connection with its business combination between its nuGenTM Zero Emissions Haulage Solution and First Mode Holdings, Inc.
  • Tire Rack in its sale to Discount Tire.
  • Kroll Bond Rating Agency in its sale to Parthenon Capital Partners.
  • CCS Fundraising, the world's leading fundraising consulting firm for non-profits, with respect to a strategic investment by ABRY Partners.
  • Chevron on various divestitures of upstream and midstream assets.
  • Pike Corporation, one of the largest providers of infrastructure solutions to utilities in the United States, in connection with a majority investment by Lindsay Goldberg. (previous firm experience)
  • KKR, in partnership with XPV Water Partners, in the formation of a wastewater treatment platform. (previous firm experience)
  • Hilcorp Alaska in its $5.6 billion acquisition of BP's upstream and midstream business in Alaska. (previous firm experience)
  • BlackRock, GSO Capital Partners and Magnetar Capital as lead purchasers in the $1.2 billion convertible preferred equity investment in EQM Midstream Partners, LP. (previous firm experience)
  • Kodiak Gas Services, LLC and The Stephens Group, LLC in the sale of Kodiak to EQT Infrastructure. (previous firm experience)
  • Golden Gate Capital and Hillstone Environmental Partners, LLC in the $600 million sale of Hillstone to NGL Energy Partners. (previous firm experience)

Published Work

  • Efren Lemus, Comment, When Fingerprints Are Key: Reinstating Privacy to the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Light of Fingerprint Encryption in Smartphones, 70 SMU L. Rev. 533 (2017)

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, Texas, US, 2018

Academic

BA, magna cum laude, Georgetown University, 2015

JD, magna cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law, 2018

Languages

Spanish (native proficiency), Portuguese (working proficiency)

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.