Private Equity
Wiggin and Dana counsels private equity funds, family offices, asset portfolio managers, venture and hedge funds in complex transactions on the buy-side, the sell-side and in connection with strategic alliances. Our private equity team completes transactions in many different industries, including life sciences, healthcare, information technology, financial services, manufacturing, media and marketing services, and professional and business services.
We specialize in representing private funds, asset managers and their portfolio companies in a broad range of domestic and international, middle-market transactions, throughout the investment life cycle, including acquisitions, investments and dispositions, portfolio company add-ons, leveraged buyout and going private transactions, carve-outs, equity commitments, senior and mezzanine financings, distressed investments, recapitalizations, joint ventures and exits.
We bring a practical understanding of the interests, priorities and risks involved in these transยญactions. Our private equity clients also benefit from access to our other recognized practices, such as tax, international trade compliance, executive compensation/ employee benefits, real estate, intellectual property, data privacy and environmental.
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Representative Transactions in Which Our Attorneys Have Acted as Lead Counsel
- Southfield Capital Partners in its acquisition of Milrose Consultants Inc., a premier provider of building code compliance, fulfillment, and consulting solutions that caters to the Class A commercial real estate market, together with its acquisition-related financing and co-investment arrangements.
- Stonehenge Capitalโs investment in the management buyout of an asset management solutions business from a Fortune 25 company.
- EQT Partners, a European private equity group, and its portfolio company Anticimex International AB, a leading global pest control company, in Anticimexโs entry and expansion into the US pest control market through the acquisition of several dozen pest control businesses throughout the country.
- Point72 LP in numerous minority equity investments and loan transactions involving emerging growth companies in various industries, including financial services, FinTech and EdTech.
- Apollo Global Management LLC and its portfolio company Phoenix Services LLC, a leading provider of industrial services to steel mills, in various corporate matters related to possible acquisitions.
- National Community Investment Fund in minority equity investments involving regional banks and other financial institutions.
- Kohlberg & Co. and its portfolio company Senneca Holdings, a leading manufacturer of specialty doors and enclosures, in its acquisition of Hercules, a leading manufacturer of controlled environment doors, from Kingspan Group Plc. We also represented Kohlbergโs portfolio company US Retirement Partners, a leading provider of employee benefits and employer- sponsored retirement plans, in its acquisition of several closely-held businesses providing employee benefit plan services.
- KKR & Co. and its portfolio company PetVet Care Centers, one of the largest corporate veterinary practice networks, with its acquisition of several veterinary hospitals across the U.S., including various corporate and real estate matters.
- KPS Capital Partners and its portfolio company Dexko Global, a leading manufac- turer of trailer running gear components and systems, in its acquisition of several closely-held businesses in the trailer axle and component industries.
- HAL Investments B.V., a European private equity fund, and its portfolio company AN Direct US, Inc., in its entry into the US market through the structured acquisition of SC Industries LLC, a direct to consumer retailer of hearing aids and personal sound amplification devices.
- DLC Capital Management, a Miami-based family office, in a joint venture by its affiliated Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund with a New Jersey-based real estate developer and the related acquisition of the first property by the Fund. We also represent DLC Capital Management and its principals in connection with various M&A and corporate matters.
- DJD Alternative Investments, a New York- based family office, in numerous minority equity investments and loan transactions involving emerging growth companies in various technology sectors. We also repre- sent DJDโs affiliate Homewood Real Estate Partners with various real estate investments.
- Gapstow Capital Partners, in numerous minority equity investments and structured loan transactions involving regional banks and other financial institutions, as well as secondary purchases and sales of limited partner interests in other private equity funds.
- Pawson Capital Management in minority equity investments involving regional banks and other financial institutions.