We advise on the full spectrum of sponsor transactions, from platform acquisitions and add‑ons to carve‑outs, minority growth investments and complex cross‑border deals. We help you tailor terms to your thesis and timeline, optimize structures and financing, and manage execution risk.

Our seasoned team supports sponsors and portfolio companies throughout the deal cycle, including:

• Buyouts and add‑on acquisitions with tailored rollover and incentive structures.
• Pre-deal structuring, tax planning and financing strategy.
• Domestic and cross‑border acquisitions and divestitures.
• Joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
• Acquisition and portfolio financing, including unitranche, senior and mezzanine debt.
• Negotiation support, diligence coordination and RWI processes for PE transactions.
• Capital markets and other exit strategies.
• Private placements and bespoke equity solutions.
• Value‑realization planning, post‑closing adjustments and indemnity mechanics.
• Tax and antitrust counseling, including HSR analysis and filings.
• Evaluating and negotiating representation and warranty insurance (RWI) policies.

We have a strong track record representing private equity sponsors and the portfolio companies in which they invest, with experience across real estate, financial services, technology, health care, energy, consumer products, life sciences, manufacturing, insurance, distribution and logistics, among others.

Representative Matters

• Advised a private equity fund with investments of $1.5 billion on various investments in portfolio companies.
• Represented a specialty freight forwarding and logistics company in a $2.8 billion acquisition by a private equity firm.
• Advised a private equity fund with approximately $1.5 billion in investments on multiple portfolio company transactions.
• Represented a specialty freight forwarding and logistics company in a $185 million investment by a private equity firm.
• Counseled sponsors on multi‑jurisdictional gaming approvals for portfolio company investments.
• Represented private equity sponsors in gaming investments, including investment structuring and multi-jurisdictional licensing approvals.
• Formed multiple private equity vehicles for Weathervane Capital Partners GP, LLC over the past decade.
• Represented Trendline Capital, LLC in a $15 million private equity offering.
• Represented CrowdVision Limited, an Oaktree Capital Management portfolio company, in its merger with iinside Inc.
• Represented Silver Point Capital as gaming regulatory counsel on several debt and equity investments in the gaming industry, including investments in several states and two foreign countries.
• Represented Chatham Asset Management on the New Jersey gaming approvals necessary to obtain qualification as the largest owner of the then Revel Hotel Casino in 2013. The firm also represented Chatham on gaming regulatory approvals in the states of Rhode Island, Delaware, Missouri and Colorado related to its investment in another casino company.
• Represented a specialty freight forwarding and logistics company in a $2.8 billion acquisition by a private equity firm.
• Represented a specialty freight forwarding and logistics company in a $185 million investment by a private equity firm.
• Represented an Ohio-based food packaging/distributor in a $27 million sale of its assets, including its real estate.