在基金投资组合的收购，融资，运营和最终处置中，代表客户处理私募股权基金过程中遇到的独特且通常复杂的需求。具体能力和经验包括以下方面:
- 为传统保荐人，家族办公室和独立基金保荐人及其投资基金（包括夹层基金和“周转”基金）设立，组织和组织私募股权基金。
- 合并，收购和处置，包括平台和附加收购，高级和次级融资与重组，税收筹划，高管薪酬以及复杂的收购/投资谈判。
- 投资期间担任投资组合公司的外部总法律顾问，包括一般法律咨询，公司治理，附加收购和资产剥离，劳工和就业，移民，知识产权投资组合管理和商业纠纷。
- 在证券，公司法和其他法律的合规框架内，开发和执行各种退出交易，包括资本重组，合并和合并资产销售，股票销售以及首次公开发行。
Our lawyers bring a broad knowledge of all phases of acquisition and divestiture transactions, in harmony with a client’s financial and business needs, issues, and goals. Our national presence, PE-specific experience and skills, regulatory knowledge, and extensive cross-border capabilities come together to offer a full complement of cost-effective legal and advisory services to our private equity clients. Our capabilities and experience include:
- The formation, structuring, and organization of private equity funds for traditional sponsors, family offices, and independent fund sponsors and their investment funds, including mezzanine and “turn-around” funds.
- Extensive experience with mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions including platform and add-on acquisitions, senior and subordinated financing and restructuring, tax structuring, executive compensation, and complex acquisition/investment negotiations.
- Serve as outside general counsel to portfolio companies during the term of the investment including general legal counseling, corporate governance, add-on acquisitions and divestitures, labor and employment, immigration, IP portfolio management, and business disputes.
- Develop and execute the full spectrum of exit transactions including recapitalizations, mergers and consolidations asset sales, stock sales, and initial public offerings, all within the regulatory compliance framework of securities, corporate and other laws.
