Private Equity

Our Private Equity attorneys understand the challenges facing our private equity clients in today's economy, and know the importance of capturing investment opportunities wherever they can be found. We are experienced in every phase of the investment life cycle and understand the diverse interests of those on all sides of the table. Our attorneys work with private equity sponsors to form funds, raise capital and execute investments and divestitures. We also represent our private equity clients’ portfolio companies as general counsel and in a variety of transactions. Our attorneys counsel clients on deal and tax structure and implementation, senior and mezzanine debt financing, merger and acquisition negotiation and documentation, due diligence, management arrangements, and antitrust compliance. Our experience covers many industries including biotechnology, business services, consumer products, e-commerce, technology, financial services, health care, manufacturing, medical device, real estate and retail. We also assist in the formation, licensing and regulatory reporting of Small Business Investment Companies.

We have extensive knowledge and experience in the structure and complexities of venture capital financing transactions. We are familiar with the legal and business issues that emerging growth companies often face at all stages of development. Our attorneys counsel a number of venture capital funds as well as private and institutional investors in all stages of investment activity, from structuring early-stage financing to implementing exit strategies.

With broad experience in complex financing transactions and corporate business support, we bring together an interdisciplinary team experienced in all areas of corporate finance, business counseling, corporate governance, securities, tax, executive compensation, employee benefits, ERISA, employment and labor, technology and intellectual property, and litigation.

• Represent nearly 80 private equity and venture capital funds headquartered coast to coast in fund formation, raising capital, investment transactions, and regulatory compliance, including licensure issues for funds licensed as Small Business Investment Companies
  
• Represent private equity and mezzanine funds in raising, investing, and managing more than $2.5 billion in new capital commitments
  
• Represent numerous institutional limited partners in new fund offerings.
  
• Assist emerging fund managers in establishing corporate organizational and fund management policies and procedures
  
• Represented a private equity fund in the $40 million acquisition of a Michigan manufacturing company including equity investors and senior and mezzanine lenders
  
• Represented a business-development company in making an equity investment in a Tennessee-based building fixtures manufacturer; proceeds of the investment were used to help fund an acquisition by the portfolio company of another company in its industry