Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has announced that funds advised by Neuberger Berman have led a minority recapitalization of FDH Aero. Neuberger Berman joins existing investor Audax Private Equity, a leading private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Latham & Watkins LLP represented Neuberger Berman in the transaction with a team led by partners Stelios Saffos and Peter Sluka, Co-Chairs of the firm’s Hybrid Capital Practice, respectively, along with partners Andrew Blumenthal, and Jordan Miller, with associates Daniel Glavin and Brent Begany.* Advice was also provided on tax matters by Century City partner Pardis Zomorodi; on government contracts matters by Washington, D.C. partner Kyle Jefcoat, with associate Genevieve Hoffman; on CFIUS matters by Washington, D.C. partner Les Carnegie and counsel Catherine Hein; and on antitrust and FDI matters by Brussels partner Hector Armengod, Milan partner Cesare Milani, and Brussels counsel Philipp Studt, with associates Eva Beyer Blumental and Edoardo Cassinelli. *Admitted to practice in New York only~~