Simone Collins
(She/Her/Hers)
Partner
Simone Collins
+1.310.201.8913
Overview
Simone Collins is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Century City office and a member of the firm's Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group. Ms. Collins' practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financings, joint ventures and other general corporate and business matters.
Ms. Collins has extensive experience advising companies, private equity firms, entrepreneurs and investors across a broad array of industries, including technology and software, media and entertainment, retail and consumer products, professional services, hospitality and restaurants, and manufacturing and industrials.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Collins was a corporate partner of a boutique law firm in Los Angeles.
Prior to attending law school, Ms. Collins worked as a financial advisor in the corporate restructuring and recovery department of a global consulting firm.
Representative Experience
- Represented Trigg Laboratories Inc., a Nevada-based pioneer in personal lubricants, in sale to Hello Cake, a leading sexual health and wellness brand backed by Silas Capital, Strand Equity and AF Ventures
- Represented a global online sampling technology firm in its significant growth investment from a Chicago-based private equity firm
- Represented the leading provider of data, intelligence and market research software to the food service industry in its significant growth investment from a leading growth equity firm
- Represented one of the nation's largest pool equipment and supply companies in its significant growth investment from a New York-based private equity firm for $120 million
- Represented a leading manufacturer of advanced embedded thin-film resistive materials in connection with its sale to a growth-oriented private equity firm with $8.9 billion in cumulative capital commitments
- Represented a manufacturer of consumer healthcare and sexual wellness products in its sale to a private equity firm for $45 million
- Represented a digital cinema and home entertainment company in its sale to a global investment firm with operating expertise that spans all seven continents as part of the firm's larger acquisition of a media company's distribution business
- Represented a global provider of content localization and distribution services to the media and entertainment industry in its significant growth investment from a global media company headquartered in Japan
- Represented the founder and award-winning chef of a global restaurant management company in connection with an investment by a privately-held investment management firm
- Represented an industry-leading technology company providing services to the film and entertainment industry in its sale to a private equity firm for $180 million
- Represented an independent record label in connection with an investment from an entertainment-focused and growth-oriented private equity firm at an enterprise value of $225 million
- Represented a cannabis cultivation business in connection with a $50 million investment by a private equity firm and the related buy-out of the business' co-founder
- Represented a designer and manufacturer of mirrored and wood décor in its sale to a New York-based private equity firm for $18 million
- Represented a custom seating designer and manufacturer in the sale of a majority interest to a long-term holding company for founders, management teams and family-owned companies in the United States and Europe
- Represented a global manufacturer of coated woven products and laminated plastic substrates with operations throughout the United States, Canada, India and China in the sale of a majority of its equity interests to a private equity firm
- Represented an energy investment and operating company platform of a private equity firm in its $170 million sale of two gas- and oil-fired power facilities to another private equity firm
- Represented a $2 billion technology and consumer products investment and operating company in its sale of two operating subsidiaries
- Represented a Los Angeles-based investment firm with a rich history of investing in the media, entertainment and communications sectors in its platform and add-on acquisitions of global eDiscovery and litigation consulting services companies
- Represented an American leading private equity investment firm in its acquisition of a premier technology and employment solutions provider
- Represented a fully integrated global media production and distribution company in its acquisition of the parent company of a weather-focused television network and streaming service from the world's largest alternative asset manager, a leading private investment firm and a global media and technology company
- Represented a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital and credit options for investors, business owners and employees in its acquisition of a global provider of screen-printing inks and plastics compounds for the apparel, automotive and industrial sectors
- Represented a private equity firm that sponsors leveraged buyouts in the lower middle market in multiple acquisitions of companies and assets for the import and distribution of precision bearings for the aerospace industry
- Represented a private equity-backed chemical manufacturing company in multiple asset purchases and dispositions
- Represented a Chicago-based internet commerce company in its acquisition of an online adult community and brand for $15 million
- Represented the New Jersey-based leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and health products in its acquisition of a San Diego-based specialist in drug development and clinical manufacturing
- Represented an American global entertainment company in its acquisition of a controlling interest in C3 Presents for the operation of a global musical festival and ticketing business
- Represented a private equity-backed art publishing and licensing company in its acquisition of a leading publisher, manufacturer and distributor of art prints and art-related products
- Represented a software development company in its strategic acquisition of a voice recognition technology company
- Represented a Chinese medical device manufacturing and distribution company in its strategic acquisition of a majority interest in a Southern California-based medical device manufacturing company
- Represented real estate investment trust (REIT) in its billion-dollar hostile take-over bid for a leading owner, operator and developer of top retail and mixed-use destinations in major U.S. markets
- Represented a global aerospace and energy technology company in its strategic acquisition of the aviation-related assets of an American multinational conglomerate
- Represented a global media production and distribution company in its joint venture with a commercial lender for the production and distribution of motion pictures
- Represented Australia's largest gaming and entertainment group that owns and operates two of Australia's leading gambling and entertainment complexes in its joint venture equity investment in the global Nobu Restaurant and Hospitality business; involved numerous domestic and cross-border joint venture agreements and complex trademark and commercial business matters
- Represented a celebrity chef and restauranteur in a joint venture investment from a growth-oriented private equity firm
- Represented a private equity-backed cannabis business in its joint venture with a California and Utah-based agricultural business for the production and distribution of hemp and cannabis products
- Represented a leading chemical and biofuels company and subsidiary of an American privately held multinational conglomerate corporation in its equity investments in joint ventures for liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities and renewable energy technologies
Credentials
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- University of Maryland, B.S., Finance, cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
- California
Memberships
- Association of Corporate Growth (ACG), Los Angeles Chapter
- Women of Association of Corporate Growth, Los Angeles (ACG-LA), Board Member, 2020-Present
- Los Angeles Development Council, U.S. Soccer Federation, Founding Member, 2020-Present
Honors & Awards
- Leaders of Influence: Private Equity, Investors & Advisors, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2024
- Rising Star, Southern California Super Lawyers magazine, 2018-2022
- Nominee, Inspirational Women Forum and Awards, Los Angeles Times, 2021