The core of any successful private equity transaction is a strong group that understands the business logic behind a deal and stays abreast of the latest trends in private equity deals. Our representation of private equity funds and their managers, fund investors, portfolio companies, senior and mezzanine lenders, financial advisers, management teams, and executives enables our private equity team to efficiently deliver astute counsel that anticipates deal obstacles and designs possible solutions in advance.
Our attorneys represent private equity firms and targets throughout all stages of the transaction process. We work with private equity firms in their initial and subsequent fund formations, including negotiations with institutional investors of all types. We represent targets in their preparation for and engagement with a competitive sales process, including vetting and hiring investment banking firms. We structure, negotiate, and document investments in their portfolio companies. We also carefully guide clients through sensitive and exacting situations, for example, those involving control issues among varied management investors, and working with distressed companies in or out of formal bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. Throughout it all, our clients leverage our deep bench of industry-specific knowledge and our private equity team’s sophistication to meet their goals of closing on a transaction. We also regularly represent sellers to private equity firms.
Drawing on broad corporate and industry knowledge, our attorneys have the transactional industry and legal know-how to advance emerging businesses, including private equity-backed portfolio companies in their day-to-day operations and strategic transactions. We regularly assist with employment and consulting agreements, intellectual property license and joint venture agreements, equity incentive compensation plans, product and supply purchase sales and agreements, distribution and licensing agreements, joint ventures and other strategic partnering agreements.
