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Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market | USA

USA - Nationwide

This section focuses on the transactional aspect of private equity funds work. It takes into account LBOs, M&A, recapitalization and restructuring-related matters at both the high-end and mid-market level.

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Band 1

  1. Goodwin
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    Goodwin
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Goodwin regularly advises on transactional work for private equity firms and portfolio companies, with key experience in the financial services, healthcare, technology and real estate sectors. Particularly noted for its representation of venture capital investors and growth companies.
  2. Ropes & Gray LLP
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    Ropes & Gray LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 1 | 4 Years Ranked
    Ropes & Gray LLP are a well-established practice with exhaustive experience in private equity investments, calling upon well-honed skills across all stages of a transaction and offering supplementary counsel on transaction-adjacent concerns. Regularly works with global market leaders in buyouts of significant value, as well as handling mid-market deals, with a particularly prominent reputation in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
  3. Sidley Austin LLP
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    Sidley Austin LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 1 | 4 Years Ranked
    Sidley Austin LLP boasts a distinguished transactional team with particular flair for handling mid-market transactions, alongside a growing reputation for its work acting for bulge-bracket sponsors. Offers particular strengths in the finance, technology, healthcare and energy sectors.
  4. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP are a highly experienced transactional practice which acts for a range of large-cap and mid-market private equity investors, portfolio companies and management teams. Advises on domestic and international deals, aided by complementary resources in areas such as tax and restructuring.
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Band 2

  1. Dechert LLP
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    Dechert LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Dechert LLP provides comprehensive counsel to a wide-ranging mid-market and upper mid-market client base. Offers growing strength in both inbound and outbound cross-border transactions, utilising its network of international offices.
  2. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP are a longstanding deals team frequently called upon by clients to assist with upper mid-market mandates. Well versed in the full range of transactional private equity work, alongside notable abilities advising on private equity fund formation issues.
  3. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP offers broad strengths acting for sponsors and portfolio companies in transactional work, with considerable skills in cross-border deals through its wide network of offices across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Sector expertise covers diverse areas including consumer products, energy and entertainment.
  4. White & Case LLP
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    White & Case LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    White & Case LLP is a prolific private equity practice with considerable experience in domestic and international matters, regularly advising clients on issues ranging from foreign investment to post-transactional tax planning. Wide-ranging sector expertise covers areas including healthcare, infrastructure and technology.
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Band 3

  1. DLA Piper LLP
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    DLA Piper LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    DLA Piper LLP is a prolific deals team with significant experience in transactional work for private equity firms and portfolio companies, with clients benefiting from the firm's extensive global platform and traditional strengths in cross-border matters. Excels in sectors including technology, consumer products, real estate, financial services and energy.
  2. Jones Day
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    Jones Day
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Jones Day is home to a robust private equity practice with a strong pedigree in deals work for a range of national and international sponsors, as well as advising on portfolio company transactions and venture capital investments. Draws upon the firm's impressive global resources to counsel on cross-border mandates.
  3. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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    McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked
    McDermott Will & Emery LLP is a respected firm noted for its strength in mid-market private equity deals. The team has strong skills in handling deals in the healthcare, manufacturing and technology sectors, among others.
  4. Paul Hastings LLP
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    Paul Hastings LLP
    Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
    2024 | Band 3 | 1 Years Ranked
    Paul Hastings LLP offers strong capabilities in handling transactional work for private equity firms, with clients benefiting from an extensive national and international platform for complex deal work. The firm exhibits notable expertise in deals in the industrial and manufacturing and healthcare spaces.