Private Equity

Hodgson Russ’ Private Equity practice represents sponsors, co‑investors, investment funds, and portfolio companies across the full investment lifecycle. Drawing on deep middle‑market experience, our attorneys advise on transactions spanning a broad range of enterprise values, deal structures, and industry sectors from initial capital deployment through growth, recapitalization, and exit.

Transaction Experience

Our transactional practice encompasses platform acquisitions and add‑on transactions, minority and co‑investments, recapitalizations, joint ventures, management-led buyouts, and sponsor‑led exits. We also advise on venture capital financings and counsel start‑ups, emerging growth companies, and issuers on capital formation, governance, and regulatory compliance at each stage of the business lifecycle. Our work spans a range of sectors, including financial services, real estate, manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, technology, consumer products, business services, environmental services, and construction.

Portfolio Company Support

A significant portion of our practice is dedicated to ongoing representation of sponsor‑owned portfolio companies. We serve as day‑to‑day outside counsel on operational matters, commercial contracting, licensing, supply, and distribution arrangements to support organic growth strategies, as well as providing M&A support for follow‑on acquisitions to facilitate acquisitive growth strategies. This embedded approach provides our team with a detailed understanding of each company’s business and a good working relationship with the companies’ management teams, enabling us to deliver practical and commercially informed guidance aligned with the sponsor’s business objectives.

Financing

Our attorneys advise on acquisition financing, refinancings, and exit‑related capital events. The firm’s corporate, finance, and regulatory teams collaborate to structure financing terms aligned with deal requirements, navigate lender expectations, and support execution across competitive processes.

Regulatory & Merger Control

Regulatory and merger‑control considerations are integral to our private equity practice. We advise clients on Hart‑Scott‑Rodino filings, merger-control analysis, and multijurisdictional regulatory strategy, ensuring that deal timelines are met in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Integrated Capabilities

The team draws on the firm’s broader M&A platform and integrated network of practice areas to manage diligence, negotiation, and execution with precision and efficiency. Our capabilities in tax, real estate, labor and employment, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance ensure that clients receive coordinated, commercially grounded counsel in support of capital deployment, portfolio company growth, and successful realizations.