For clients seeking private equity funding, UB Greensfelder can help form the organizational structures necessary to raise funds from various sources. From private placements of debt-to-equity securities to a hybrid approach, our corporate attorneys will guide you through the planning, structuring, negotiation, and documentation of your funding.
Who We Are
As with our other business disciplines, UB Greensfelder’s private equity team is integrated and multidisciplinary, drawing on our firm-wide securities, tax, ERISA, technology, and related business and transaction expertise to deliver the high-quality legal counseling and service our clients expect.
How We Help
Our private equity team provides timely, efficient, and effective legal services to our private equity, hedge fund, venture capital clients, and major institutional investors, including funds of funds. Our experience with both sponsors and investors gives us strong market knowledge and a deep understanding of the critical issues in these transactions. We also represent both early-stage and established companies seeking capital from private equity and venture capital firms.
We support and counsel our clients on all matters and challenges they face, including:
- Fund formation and structuring
- Term sheet negotiation
- Business plans and business models
- Tax matters
- Securities and regulatory compliance
- Investments in funds
- Fund administration and transfers of fund interests
- Perfecting intellectual property rights
- Complex pre-closing structures
- Exit valuation models and comparable exit strategies
- Investments in portfolio companies and related issues
- Compensation and estate planning for principals and partners
Why Clients Choose UB Greensfelder
Our experienced lawyers support clients across the full range of fund and financing models, including early-stage and venture capital, to later-stage equity, leveraged buyouts, and senior and mezzanine debt. Our experience allows us to structure the proposed investment in accordance with today’s market standards while taking into consideration clients’ specific needs and planned exit strategy. When representing clients in connection with investments in portfolio companies, we can also advise on creative deal structuring, provide corporate governance and special committee counseling, negotiate and draft clear and thorough transaction agreements and documents, coordinate local or special counsel (nationally and internationally), structure new transaction vehicles, and guide through exit events and portfolio company dispositions.
