Private Equity
The lawyer on the call should be the one drafting the deal.
Founder-led targets, earnouts, rollover equity and management arrangements reward counsel who understands both sides of the table. We bring Big Law transaction experience to sponsors and family offices, with senior attention from LOI through closing and the add-ons that follow.
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Counsel for the capital and the project behind it.
From the platform acquisition to each add-on and investment that follows, we keep the deal terms aligned with the business plan.
M&A & Strategic Growth
Acquisitions, sales, mergers and strategic investments, from letter of intent through closing and integration.
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Direct, minority, co-investment and structured equity transactions negotiated to protect the investor's position.
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Acquisitions, trade arrangements and financings that cross borders, foreign counterparties and regulatory regimes.
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Written for investors, sponsors and project teams.
Notes on the issues that come up most often in capital and project work.
Federal Strategic Capital Is Reshaping Minerals Financing
Federal support for critical minerals is evolving from isolated grants and direct loans into an integrated capital stack that now includes fund-level leverage.
Airtable and the Exit Math of Venture Capital
Airtable is a reminder that a financing valuation is not an exit, and that preferred stock, capital raised and market repricing can materially change the common-stock outcome.
Before the Buyer Calls: Why Essential-Services Owners Should Prepare
Institutional investors are putting substantial capital behind founder- and management-led service businesses. The owners with the most leverage will be the ones who address ownership, governance and transaction readiness before an LOI arrives.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Matters of record.
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Manufacturers of a high-profile brand fan in a $500M deal with a private equity firm. The fan manufacturer is the leading manufacturer of high-volume, low-speed industrial fans, lights, and control systems. With approximately 500 patents and patent applications worldwide, as well as hundreds of trademarks, the company places an emphasis on energy efficiency for industrial, commercial and residential use.The fan manufacturer is the leading manufacturer of high-volume, low-speed industrial fans, lights, and control systems. With approximately 500 patents and patent applications worldwide, as well as hundreds of trademarks, the company places an emphasis on energy efficiency for industrial, commercial and residential use.
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Represented Vine from formation through its acquisition by Twitter and served as a founding adviser, combining early company-building counsel with transaction execution for the short-form video business.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Representative matters may include work performed at prior law firms.
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