Private Equity

We help private equity, leveraged buyout and venture capital firms, mezzanine investors and angel investors raise and invest billions of dollars. We regularly advise institutions making investments in private equity funds and have negotiated investment terms with private equity firms across the globe. Our lawyers take pride in structuring tax-efficient investments and understanding every aspect of a portfolio company's business, industry and intellectual property. We have assisted our private equity clients in acquisitions of both majority and minority investments, and exit transactions across a broad range of industries including: medical devices, technology, aerospace components and timber. Our ability to negotiate advantageous deal terms maintains management's incentive and meets our clients' investment goals. Parties on all sides of the private equity table look to us to get deals done.

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Representative Client Work

Represented private equity firm in numerous secured and unsecured subordinated debt financings of approximately $20 million each
Represented private equity firm in its participation in a $60 million financing of an international apparel company
Represented an institutional investor in connection with its $1.8 billion acquisition of timber interests
Represented a private equity investor in the acquisition of a majority interest in a distressed medical technology company that holds approximately 300 patents relating to sophisticated diagnostic technology
Represented a private equity investor in the acquisition of a majority interest in an aerospace components manufacturer
Created a private equity and venture investment between Sullivan & Worcester and a leading Israeli law firm, Zysman Aharoni Gayer & Co. the first of its kind joint venture between a U.S. and Israeli firm
Helped a private equity fund secure a $200 million multi-bank bridge line of credit
Represented management group in its leveraged buy-out of a pressure measurement technologies company and continue to represent the company in corporate governance and other matters