Frank A. Ciatto

Representative Matters

• Represented the Washington, DC-area Atlantic Services Group and Atlantic Transportation Services companies in their acquisition by national parking management company ProPark
• Represented the shareholders of Dominion Electric Supply Company, Inc., and Dominion Electric Supply Company of Washington, LLC, in the sale of the companies to Border States Industries, Inc.
• Served as lead counsel representing Beacon Global Strategies, LLC in the sale of its equity interests to an affiliate of ICV Partners, LLC. The total transaction consideration was paid in a combination of cash and rollover equity
• Served as sellers’ counsel in the sale of Praxis Engineering Technologies Inc. to SCRA, LLC (now General Dynamics Information Technology)
• Served as sellers’ counsel in the sale of Telmate, LLC to Global Tel*Link Corporation
• Served as counsel for DOAR Consulting, a trial strategy consulting firm, in a management buyout of private equity interests
• Served as purchaser’s counsel for SAGE Publications, Inc. in the sale of the assets of its CQ Press imprint First Street, and Professional Directories business lines to Leadership Directories, Inc.
• Served as counsel to a leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide
• Served as purchaser's counsel in the redemption of a majority of the stock of the founder of CHL Business Interiors
• Served as seller's counsel in the sale of CTS Services, LLC
• Served as seller's counsel for Kastle Holding LLC, the owner of Kastle Systems International LLC, in the sale of Kastle Security Systems, a major security systems firm
• Represented a leading food and beverage brands operator in licensing, franchising, joint venture, real estate, and IP matters related to its worldwide travel locations

Representative Clients

• Beacon Global Strategies, LLC, a Washington, DC-based consultant to large government contractors
• Brailsford & Dunlavey, Inc., a Washington, DC–based architectural consulting firm
• CHL Business Interiors, Inc., a Washington, DC-based corporate furnishing design company
• Clearview Energy Partners, LLC, a Washington, DC-based energy policy consulting company
• Entertainment Software Association, an association dedicated to the video game industry
• Hausfeld LLP, a Washington, DC-based law firm
• Heart+Mind Strategies, LLC, a Reston, Virginia-based marketing consulting company
• Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostic LLC, a Bethesda, MD-based health sciences company
• Radius Networks, Inc., a Washington, DC-based technology firm serving large chain restaurants
• RK Chevrolet, Inc. and RK Motors, LLC, two prominent automobile dealerships in Virginia Beach, Virginia
• SAGE Publications, Inc., a publishing company located in Sherman Oaks, California
• Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Education

• J.D. Georgetown University Law Center 1994
• B.A. cum laude Georgetown University 1988

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Member, American Bar Association, Corporations Section, Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee
• Member, DC Bar Association, Corporations Section

• Legal 500, M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m), 2023 – 2024
• Georgetown University, James P. Reed Alumni Award, 2017 (Awarded for distinguished service to the Georgetown University Alumni Board of Governors)

Volunteerism

• Served in various capacities on the board of governors, Georgetown University Alumni Association, since 2003; served as treasurer for the period 2014-2018 and currently serves as president, Georgetown University Alumni Association
• Co-teaches “Ethics & Leadership,” a summer class for the Fund for American Studies at George Mason University
• Serves as communications chair of his undergraduate class at Georgetown University

Personal Activities

• Previously coached his daughters' softball and basketball teams
• Played in the Maryland division of the Ponce de Leon 30-and-Over Baseball League