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Private Equity & Venture Capital

Professionally-managed, well-capitalized private equity and venture capital funds, as well as financial and strategic investor groups, seek our counsel in the M&A and capital markets arenas. Our private equity practice leverages the extensive skills and experience of our corporate and securities attorneys in fund formation, portfolio company investments, company-building undertakings and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities offerings, "exit" transactions, tax, and restructuring matters.  We also take advantage of our rich experience in industries as diverse as aviation, consumer products, employee outsourcing, energy, healthcare products and services, financial services, hotels and resorts, pharmaceuticals, restaurants, retail and telecommunications.

Whether we serve the funding source, or the entrepreneur or company seeking seed, growth or expansion capital, or the strategic or financial sponsor buyer or target company in a buyout transaction, we provide creative and practical, results-oriented advice and solutions in all aspects and varieties of private investment and acquisition transactions. Our experience is a differentiator when it comes to companies dealing with sophisticated fund counterparties.  Through our diverse client and transactional experiences, we stay abreast of the constantly changing "market" terms, standards and participants through which investors and buyers assess and execute upon new opportunities.  We serve our clients across diverse industries and through the complete business life cycle that include:

  • Fund formations
  • Structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing investment and acquisition transactions
  • Financing transactions of all varieties, including senior secured credit facilities and term loans, subordinated and mezzanine financings, debt indentures, bridge loans, convertible debt and preferred stock investments
  • Ongoing portfolio company agreements and transactions, including follow-on financings, acquisitions, and dispositions
  • Joint ventures, strategic alliances and board governance and stockholder/owner matters
  • Planning and executing exit transactions, such as sales (including auctions), public offerings, recapitalizations and transactions providing partial liquidity

The depth of our experience in this arena has resulted in our attorneys being recognized by some of the most respected third-party sources, including Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers USA, Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite and Florida Super Lawyers.  Our attorneys also serve in various leadership and academic roles within the industry.