Private Equity Transactions

Backed by a firm of nearly 200 attorneys located in Boston, London, New York, Tel Aviv and Washington, D.C., our Private Equity Transactions Group is a multidisciplinary team of practical and innovative lawyers representing companies, venture capital funds and private equity firms in a wide range of matters. Our size and philosophy uniquely position us to deliver a small-firm feel with large-firm experience.

We also regularly advise a variety of institutional investors, including insurance companies; public, private and foreign pension funds; public and private foundations; and fund of funds in connection with their investments in private equity funds and their direct investments in companies, including as co-investors with a fund or as mezzanine finance providers.

Representative Client Work

• Represented a private equity fund in its $140 million acquisition of a public software company
• Represented a European private investment fund as lead in a $17.3 million Series C financing round for U.S.-based medical device company
• Represented Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund as lead in a $25 million Series B financing venture round for a U.S.-based cleantech company
• Represented two insurance companies and a fund of funds in an $80 million equity co-investment with a buyout fund sponsor in the acquisition of a security systems technology company
• Represented two insurance companies, an investment manager and institutional endowment fund in a $90 million equity investment in a vineyard properties investment fund
• Represented an insurance company and mezzanine fund in a $12 million equity co-investment with a buyout fund sponsor in the acquisition of a specialty chemicals manufacturer
• Represented a telecom tower company in $15 million expansion/growth preferred equity investment by a private equity group
• Represented a supply and contract management software provider in its sale by auction to a private equity group
• Represented the founders in the $120 million sale of a personal care products company to private equity fund