Private Equity
News
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S&W Press Release, June 25, 2009
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Private Equity Week, March 30, 2009
Events
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January 25, 2012 (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.)
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April 27, 2011 (8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.)
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April 14, 2011
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February 16, 2011 (5:00 - 6:00 p.m.), reception to follow
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February 25, 2009 (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
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November 17, 2008
Backed by a firm of approximately 185 lawyers located in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., our Private Equity 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.
Practice Profile (PDF)
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
