Private Equity & Venture Capital

Squire Sanders has an active private equity/venture capital practice in each of its principal markets – the Americas, Asia and Europe – and a growing presence in the Middle East. Our experienced private equity lawyers are recognized for their excellence by leading directories such as Best Lawyers, Chambers Europe and Chambers UK. Our private equity practice is supported by tax, corporate, capital markets and pension lawyers from our offices worldwide. Our team has extensive experience in fund formation, deploying fund assets (whether in control or minority stakes, or public to private deals), acquisition finance, and designing and implementing exit strategies. We have extraordinary experience in the formation of large equity consortia and special purpose vehicles for large acquisitions (including the privatization of significant governmentally controlled assets). We are alert to the investment and financing interests of our clients and use our network to identify opportunities and resources of interest to them.

We represent private equity funds, investors, portfolio companies and fund managers in a wide array of geographies and industries. We understand and appreciate the need for responsive, experienced and commercially oriented legal advice in the context of acquisition and investment transactions that move rapidly and may be in competitive or auction environments. Our team is committed to providing seamless service to clients across our global platform.

Squire Sanders private equity/venture capital lawyers have the know-how to sequence our clients’ investment of legal resources in a way that focuses on achieving clients’ immediate objectives, such as identifying deal-breakers or key value drivers during the early stages of due diligence. We know that financial sponsors in these transactions often deal with multiple stakeholder constituencies. We are accustomed to being in the center of those constituencies, and have demonstrated success in leading significant, complex (and frequently, cross-border) investment transactions to completion. In addition, our extensive knowledge and on-the-ground presence create a strong foundation from which to counsel on both local law and, importantly, local customs that are often critical to success in completing transactions.