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Alexander C. Clavero

Partner

Miami

New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Areas of focus

Represents private equity sponsors and private companies in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures

Handles leveraged buyouts, corporate carve-outs, debt and equity investments, and joint ventures

Advises healthcare private equity clients on platform formations, add-on acquisitions, and portfolio company sales

Counsels clients across wide variety of sectors and industries, including healthcare, food services, business and professional services, technology, industrial / manufacturing, on complex corporate transactions

Alexander (Alex) C. Clavero is a transactional lawyer and partner in charge of McDermott’s Miami Corporate & Transactional Practice Group. He focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures involving private equity sponsors and private companies, with extensive experience across leveraged buyouts, corporate carve-outs, debt and equity investments, and joint ventures.

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“[Alex] has a unique blend of business savvy and responsiveness.”

Client testimonial, Chambers USA

Ranked in Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

Ranked in Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

Chambers USA

Ranked in M&A, Leveraged buyouts & PE, Corporate

Ranked in M&A, Leveraged buyouts & PE, Corporate

The Best Lawyers in America

Recognized as Rising Star

Recognized as Rising Star

Law360, 2020

Results
  • Represented H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global alternative investment firm, in connection with several acquisitions and divestitures, including:
    • In its investment in GT Independence, LLC, a national leader in long-term home care and support solutions for Medicaid participants
    • In its acquisition of Patriot Pickle, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Patriot provides high-quality pickles to thousands of restaurants, delis, supermarkets, and distributors across North America
    • In its acquisition of the bone and spine business division of ZimVie Inc., a publicly traded company and global life sciences leader in the dental and spinal markets
    • In its acquisition and subsequent sale of Celerion Holdings, Inc., a research organization that offers services such as clinical trial design, patient recruitment, clinical site management, and bioanalytical testing
    • In the sale of its portfolio company and leading specialty food distributor, importer, and manufacturer, Lipari Foods, to an affiliate of Littlejohn & Co., LLC
    • In its acquisition of Family Entertainment Group, an industry-leading designer, developer, and operator of amusement facilities that provides turnkey outsourced facility management services of arcade operations on behalf of resorts, hotels, casinos, and amusement parks
    • In its acquisition of Barton Associates, a leading national locum tenens physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, certified registered nurse anesthetist, and dentist staffing and recruiting firm
    • In the sale of Soleo Health to funds managed by Court Square Capital Partners and WindRose Health Investors. Soleo Health is an industry-leading specialty pharmacy and infusion business that operates 26 pharmacies and more than 30 ambulatory infusion suites across the United States
    • In its acquisition of SkinCure Oncology Intermediate, a provider of advanced, nonsurgical treatments for non-melanoma skin cancers
    • In the sale of BIOVECTRA Inc. to Agilent Technologies, Inc. BIOVECTRA is a Canada-based contract development and manufacturing organization for key ingredients used in branded drugs to treat a broad range of complex diseases
    • In its acquisition of 4Refuel Holdings Limited, a market leader in mobile on-site refueling services
    • In the acquisition of substantially all assets of Integrity Implants Inc. d/b/a Accelus, a medical technology company focused on minimally invasive spinal surgery solutions. The transaction was completed as an add-on acquisition to H.I.G.’s platform company, Highridge Medical, LLC, which was established via H.I.G.’s prior carve-out acquisition of ZimVie’s spine and bone business division
    • In the representation of its portfolio company, Highridge Medical, in the sale of its EBI Bone Healing division, a provider of noninvasive bone stimulation devices for spinal and orthopedic patients, to Avista Healthcare Partners
    • In the representation of its portfolio company, Iron Bow Technologies, LLC, in the sale of Iron Bow’s telehealth division, SoldierPoint Digital Health, LLC, to GovCIO, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

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Recognitions
  • Chambers USA, 2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Corporate Law, 2025-2027
  • Legal 500 US, Recommended, 2025
  • Daily Business Review, On the Rise, 2023
  • IFLR1000, M&A, 2022-2023
  • Law360, Rising Star, 2020
Capabilities and industries
Regional markets
Credentials
Education
  • Fordham University School of Law, JD, cum laude
  • Duke University, BA
Admissions
  • Florida
  • New York
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish