Private Equity

/Overview

Leading private-equity funds, family offices, and strategic investors choose us for guidance in navigating the intricacies of the investment landscape and closing their deals. We cover the full spectrum of the market, from leveraged buyouts to portfolio investments.  We represent companies through corporate formation, equity investments, and commercial growth. At any stage of the transaction—day-to-day obligations, winding down and liquidation, and everything in between—clients benefit from our knowledge and experience. Our national team tirelessly watches the market to forecast and capture new opportunities, manage risk, and close deals. We deliver service and solutions on par with top competitors, but at a better value.

Our team of experienced private equity lawyers and investment fund lawyers are here to assist you in achieving your goals and complying with the ever-evolving private equity laws and regulations. 

/Our services

• Buyouts—We advise private-equity funds in leveraged buyouts and portfolio investments. 
• Mergers and Acquisitions—We guide companies and investors as they find new opportunities, solve problems, and drive transactions to close.
• Investment Funds—We administer investments and the formation of funds for sponsors and institutional investors, navigating the complexities of federal, state, and foreign regulations.
• Exit Planning—We know the challenges that sellers often face, and we navigate those issues by guiding you through the options, anticipating problems, and developing a step-by-step process to achieve your goals.
• Capital Introductions—Through our complimentary NP Capital Connector® program, we match institutional investors with middle-market companies seeking capital for growth or liquidity.

/Representative experience

• Creo Capital Partners: Represented client in the acquisition of La Tortilla Factory Inc., a Mexican food products company
• Advised a manufacturing company founder in connection with $71M rollover investment in sale of business from one private equity firm to another
• Represented a fund in connection with leveraged buy-out, recapitalization, and subsidiary consolidation of OTC and private label manufacturer
• Lake Pacific Partners: Represented a private- equity investment firm specializing in the food and beverage industries, in its acquisition of a leading global manufacturer of grain-based food pellets.
• Family office investor: Represented client in a joint venture with a private- equity investor and the roll-up of multiple companies
• Invision Capital: Represented a middle- market private equity firm in the acquisition of Dodge Ridge, a California ski area between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park
• Publicly traded Italian company: Represented client in the sale of its Nitinol business and the US subsidiaries to a medical device company for $900M
• Strategic acquirer: Advised client on a private equity-backed $70M acquisition of cloud-based healthcare business
• Elevator servicing business: Advised company founder, a first-time seller, in the sale of business to private equity buyer for $67M.
• Sentinel Capital Partners: Represented a private equity firm in the acquisition of SSJA Bariatric Management, LLC, a leading provider of administrative support services to bariatric surgery offices in the New York metropolitan area.

/Recognition

• Nixon Peabody has been named a Tier 1 National firm for Venture Capital Law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.
• Ranked in Chambers USA for Corporate/Commercial in New Hampshire, for Corporate/M&A in Massachusetts and Upstate New York, and nationally for Startups & Emerging Companies.
• Over half of our corporate partners and counsel were recognized by Chambers, Legal 500, and The Best Lawyers in America© 2022–2024 as leading attorneys in the field
• Attorneys recognized as leaders in their field nationwide for Investment Funds: Investor Representation and in Massachusetts for Private Equity: Fund Formation by Chambers USA 2021