Private Equity
Wood Scherzinger + Epstein are well versed in the private equity and financial sponsors space since its establishment. We have deep experience dealing with the key issues that drive financial sponsors’ businesses: funds management and fiduciary concerns; a dominant focus on cash and efficient capital structures; financial and operational leverage; close working relationships with portfolio company managers and superior transaction execution.
Our Approach
From fund establishment to management and leveraged buy outs, we blend traditional corporate law skills with an understanding of the needs of private equity investors.
Our Services
Our private equity and financial sponsors services include:
- providing highly developed governing documents and advising on the establishment of private equity, infrastructure and other funds
- advising LPs on investments in funds (and relevant offshore parallel fund vehicles)
- negotiating and documenting a range of investment transactions and subsequent divestment transactions (LBOs, MBOs, trade sales, mergers or floats). We have particular expertise in follow-on transactions and the legal and commercial issues they raise, including where follow-on investment comes from different funds within the financial sponsor’s franchise
- acting for both financial sponsors and lending banks on leveraged acquisitions and leveraged joint ventures
- advising the boards of portfolio companies, sponsors and banks on recapitalisations and refinancings of leveraged transactions
- advising on the full range of public market transactions including PIPES, P2Ps and joint ventures with publicly listed companies
- structuring Management Equity Plans
- foreign investment advice and clearances
- providing best of breed, market-accepted transaction documentation
- undertaking vendor and acquisition legal due diligence with a focus on financial sponsor’s issues including the range of issues of typical concern for acquisition financiers.
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