Overview
Our Private Equity Group is among the most active in the industry, negotiating and closing in excess of 100 buyouts, portfolio company divestitures, investments and other significant private equity transactions in each of the past three years. We are consistently ranked among the leading law firms in private equity sponsored buyout transactions by Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.
We focus on client service and responsiveness, offering our clients valued partner-level attention. We handle each transaction with an interdisciplinary team of lawyers, providing creative, efficient and effective representation. Combining our broad legal knowledge with business acumen and industry insight, we advise clients on all aspects of their investment activities.
Proskauer has one of the world's preeminent private equity practices and our transactional group has been recognized as a leader in Chambers USA, Chambers Global, US Legal 500 and UK Legal 500. The editors of Chambers USA noted that it is "a practice increasingly seen as a growing force in the national private equity market" and clients reported that the group is "very creative and always seems to have the relevant experts available."
The global breadth and depth of our client base sets us apart from other private equity practices. This is bolstered by our strong global presence in the financial centers of London, Paris, São Paulo and Hong Kong, allowing us to serve our clients’ interests throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Further, we have gained recognition for our worldwide private equity practice as one of only 16 U.S.-based law firms ranked for Private Equity Buyouts by Chambers Global.
Our lawyers have extensive experience representing private equity and venture capital firms in acquisitions and dispositions, leveraged recapitalizations, restructurings and workouts, and public and private finance. Over the past three years, our Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, Thomson Reuters, Chambers Global and Bloomberg M&A rankings have improved dramatically, with Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst recently ranking Proskauer fifth overall in private equity by number of transactions in 2010. Our improved rankings reflect the superior quality of our work and the complex matters we handle.
Areas of Focus
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Buyouts
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Growth Equity
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Leveraged Recapitalizations
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Private Company Representation
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Restructurings and Workouts
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Venture Capital
Key Representations
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Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P. and its affiliate, in the acquisition of Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc., a provider of mission-critical solutions for national security agencies and programs of the U.S. government
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Arsenal Capital Partners, in its sale of Genovique Specialties Corporation, a global producer of specialty plasticizers, benzoic acid and sodium benzoate, to Eastman Chemical Company
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Bessemer Venture Partners, in its investment in Orient Green Power Company Limited, a leading independent renewable energy power producer in India
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Charterhouse Group, in the acquisition of J&D Waste Management, a national waste management services company, and the creation of acquisition platform Charter Waste
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Grey Mountain Partners, in its sale of Distribution International, Inc., a distributor of industrial, commercial and marine insulation and related specialty fabricated products, to Audax Group
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The Milestone Aviation Group Ltd., a global specialty aviation finance company, in an investment from an investment consortium led by the Resolute Fund II, an affiliate of private equity firm The Jordan Company
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Veronis Suhler Stevenson, in the merger of its portfolio company PreVisor Inc., a leader in pre-employment assessments and selection solutions, with SHL Group Ltd, a UK company owned by HG Capital