Private Equity M&A

Private Equity M&A

Our Private Equity M&A Group is considered the go-to practice for complex, bespoke and firm-defining transactions. With clients ranging from the world’s leading institutional asset managers to prominent middle-market private equity and growth equity firms, we offer comprehensive advice to general partners, limited partners, co-investors and other equity stakeholders, as well as portfolio companies, lenders and financial sponsor groups. The depth and continuity of our relationships across the industry gives us a nuanced understanding of each client’s objectives and allows us to provide seamless, efficient counsel across the investment lifecycle.

Our Private Equity M&A Group is trusted by both well-established and up-and-coming private equity firms and their portfolio companies for its comprehensive commercial advice. We build longstanding relationships with clients of every size and across the spectrum of investment strategies. We leverage this rich and varied experience, including detailed, up-to-date knowledge of private equity terms, to ensure that our clients are positioned to take advantage of domestic and cross-border market opportunities.

We are widely recognized as a global leader in both private equity M&A and strategic investment management transactions. Our combined experience across industries, practice specializations and deal sizes allows us to guide our clients to sound strategic decisions.

“They're very business-minded and make our deals easier. A top shop.”

- Chambers USA

Recognition

Law360: Private Equity Group of the Year

  • Private Equity International: “2025 Transactions Law Firm of the Year (Americas)”
  • Our team was recognized as the 2024 “Private Equity Team of the Year” by IFLR1000
  • We ranked 4th in Global PE Buyouts and U.S. PE Deals by Mergermarket and Bloomberg in 2024

Recent Engagements

  • Apollo Global Management in its $6.3 billion acquisition of International Game Technology’s gaming and digital business IGT Gaming and Everi Holdings, a supplier of technology solutions for casinos
  • Ares Capital Management in a $550 million investment in Virgin Voyages, a cruise line
  • Bain Capital in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Namirial, a provider of digital transaction management software solutions
  • Brookfield in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in Primary Wave Music, an independent publisher of iconic and legendary music, as part of a new strategic partnership valued at over $2 billion, and its additional $1.7 billion capital funding commitment
  • Clearlake Capital Group in the $5.3 billion consortium deal to acquire Chelsea Football Club
  • Crestview Partners in its acquisition of TenCate Grass Holding B.V., a Netherlands-based vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor and installer of artificial turf solutions, from Royal TenCate, and subsequent sale of its majority stake in TenCate to Leonard Green & Partners
  • EQT and Lazer Logistics, a logistics company and portfolio company of EQT, in its acquisition of Hirschbach Motor Lines’ spotting operations, a transportation company
  • General Atlantic in the $7.2 billion take-private of its portfolio company Squarespace, a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online, by Permira
  • Kohlberg & Co. in its investment and subsequent sale of [solidcore], a fitness studio, to L Catterton
  • KPS Capital Partners alongside its portfolio company Eviosys, a Switzerland-based supplier of metal packaging, in the €3.615 billion sale of Eviosys to Sonoco Products Company
  • Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners in the $13.4 billion sale of their portfolio company NFP, an insurance company, to Aon plc, a UK-based management consulting company
  • Oak Hill Capital and its affiliate MetroNet, a fiber-optic broadband services provider, in its co-investment by KKR and Oak Hill Capital and subsequent sale of Metronet to a joint venture between T-Mobile and KKR
  • OceanSound Partners in its acquisition of PAR Excellence, a provider of automated inventory management systems solutions to the healthcare industry, from Northlane Capital Partners
  • Roark Capital in its $9.6 billion acquisition of Subway, a fast food restaurant franchise
  • Strategic Value Partners in its $1.125 billion acquisition of Revelyst Partners, a collective of maker brands that design and manufacture performance gear and precision technologies and a segment of Vista Outdoor
  • TPG in its investment in G&A Partners, a human resources and technology services platform
  • Trivest Partners in the combination of its portfolio company, Brothers National, with Pavement Partners Holding, to create Pave America, and subsequent partnership of Pave America with Central States Paving & Concrete, a concrete construction company
  • Vitruvian Partners in the sale of its majority stake in Accountor Software, a Finland-based provider of mission critical business software, to KKR