Private Equity: Buyouts | USA

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a high-quality Boston team with an excellent pedigree in private equity transactional matters, backed by the broader firm's powerhouse credentials in both large-cap and midmarket deals. The team acts for a number of local, regional and international sponsors on buyouts, exits, joint ventures and minority investments.

Ropes & Gray LLP fields a highly impressive private equity team delivering high-quality counsel to a diverse range of clients, including multinational financial institutions, investment firms, asset management bodies and global funds. It offers expert assistance on complex transactions from the initial to the closing stages. The firm is known for its prowess both in the midmarket and on large-cap deals, as well as offering additional strengths in fund formation and corporate governance matters.

Goodwin offers a market-leading venture capital investment practice routinely seen handling financing work for a number of innovative life sciences and technology companies and entrepreneurs, demonstrating excellent skills in domestic and international financing transactions. The firm also regularly advises venture capital and private equity funds on investment work, notably in midmarket transactions, as well as taking on roles for portfolio companies on a broad spectrum of transactional, compliance and governance issues.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is an excellent private equity practice, routinely seen advising on big-ticket buyouts and exits for an enviable array of leading national and international investment firms. It continues to excel in complex, cross-border transactions, drawing upon its integrated network of high-caliber deal lawyers across the USA and in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Hong Kong.

Choate Hall & Stewart LLP has a distinguished private equity practice which attracts praise for its adroit handling of midmarket and lower midmarket transactional mandates. It advises an array of local, national and international investment firms and portfolio businesses from its Boston headquarters, with notable strengths in the TMT, life sciences and manufacturing sectors.

Latham & Watkins LLP is considered a first port of call for promising startups, early-stage companies and entrepreneurs for inbound venture capital investment work, with clients also benefiting from the broader firm's excellent resources in its banking and finance, M&A and regulatory practice groups and its cross-table experience acting for venture capital firms. It advises clients across the startup life cycle, from seed funding through to initial public offerings and exit transactions. The firm offers additional capabilities in private equity transactions, advising a range of industry-leading investors and midmarket funds on buyouts, exits and portfolio company matters, with its Boston team complemented by highly rated groups in London, New York and Washington, DC.