Private Equity

Skadden advises private equity sponsors and their investment funds andportfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle, including fundformation, management incentive plans, financings and refinancings,
bolt-on investments, management change, recaps, and corporate
restructurings and exits, such as IPOs. Skadden also supports portfolio
companies on legal issues that typically arise under private equity
ownership and leveraged structures, including issues relating to realestate, intellectual property, information technology, employment,
litigation, compliance and finance.

Skadden was named Private Equity Team of the Year at the IFLR
Americas Awards 2023 and listed in the top tier for leveraged
buyouts and private equity law by Best Lawyers Best Law Firms. We
also were named among Law360’s 2021 Private Equity Groups of theYear. Our attorneys repeatedly have been listed as Leading Lawyers
for private equity by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers
Europe and Chambers UK.
Mergers and Acquisitions

For many years, Skadden’s private equity clients have benefited fromour experience in strategic and financial sponsor-led M&A, including
with related antitrust, tax, restructuring, capital markets, employment
and regulatory issues. Our global practice represents private equity
sponsors and other transaction participants in all of our major officesin the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. We also have advised
numerous target companies, boards of directors and special committees in leveraged buyout transactions.
Leveraged FinanceOur banking and capital markets practices advise private equity
sponsors and portfolio companies worldwide on all types of financings, including integrated bank and bond financings, bridge financings and refinancings. Our attorneys are located in major financial
centers on five continents and offer our clients in North America,Asia, Australia, Europe and South America with an in-depth understanding of the global markets. Our perspective on leveraged financ-ing structures is enhanced by our extensive experience representing
lenders and underwriters of all types, including bank and nonbank
lenders, and providing or arranging bank and bond financing inprivate equity transactions.
Our finance-related capabilities are enhanced by our leading corporate restructuring practice, which has extensive experience in thespecial issues private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies
face in workouts, bankruptcies and similar situations.
Fund Formation and Sponsor Representations

With more than two decades of in-depth experience representing thesponsors and investors in private equity funds, Skadden provides
advice on the formation and ongoing operations of funds and thecompanies organized to sponsor and manage them. We have structured numerous U.S. and offshore private equity funds and funds offunds (including merchant banking, mezzanine and venture capitalfunds) involving a variety of structures and jurisdictions.
Our law firm works extensively on every category of private equity
funds, including hedge funds, leveraged buyout or merchant banking
funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, including REITs, andhybrid funds that meld attributes usually linked either to traditional
venture capital or buyout funds or to hedge funds.

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Private Equity
ContinuedIndustries

Our private equity lawyers have advised on matters across a wide variety of industry sectors, including:- Aerospace and Defense- Energy/Oil & Gas/Utilities- Internet Services- Agriculture- Financial Services- Materials- Automotive/Transportation andInfrastructure- Fintech- Media, Entertainment and Telecom- Food, Beverage and Tobacco- Metals and Mining- Health Care and Life Sciences- Office Services and Supplies- Industrial Machinery- Real Estate- Insurance and Reinsurance- Software and Technology- Apax Partners- Halder Beteiligungsberatung- Resolution Capital- Apollo Advisors- HgCapital- ArcLight Capital Partners- JLL Partners- Sculptor (formerly Och-Ziff CapitalManagement)- Ardian- Kelso & Company- Bain Capital- Morgan Stanley Private Equity- Black Diamond Capital Management- MTS Health Investors- The Blackstone Group- NorWest Equity Partners- Calera Partners- Oaktree Capital Management- The Carlyle Group- OceanSound Partners- Castle Harlan- OMERS- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice- Pacific Equity Partners- Colony Capital- Pamplona Capital Management- Doughty Hanson & Co.

- Permira- Fortress Investment Group- Pine Brook Partners- Fox Paine & Company- PSP Investments- Further Global Capital Management- Quadriga Capital- Construction and Engineering- Consulting and Professional Services- Consumer Goods and Services

Our Clients

Among others, we have represented:- Silver Lake Partners- Silver Point Capital- Stone Point Capital- TA Associates- Thomas H. Lee Company- TPG- Trimaran Capital Partners- York Capital- Veritas Capital- Vulcan Inc.
- Wendel- WL Ross & Co.

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