Private Equity

Hughes Hubbard’s Private Equity Practice focuses on representing private equity funds, hedge funds and financial sponsors, as well as their respective portfolio companies, in a wide range of investment, financing and related transactions.  These transactions include mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies through negotiated and unsolicited transactions, including primary and secondary leveraged buyouts, rollups, going-private transactions, proxy contests, management buyouts, stock-for-stock transactions and auction bids.  For the public and private operating portfolio companies of our private equity fund, hedge fund and financial sponsor clients, we handle a broad spectrum of transactional and other matters, including strategic add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations and other refinancings, restructurings, joint ventures, spin-off transactions and dispositions.  We also handle acquisitions of non-control equity interests in public and private companies, economic participations and other co-investments and venture capital financings, spanning from “angel” to late-stage investments.  Furthermore, we have extensive experience with all forms of acquisition and other related transaction financings, including asset-based and other senior financing, mezzanine and high-yield debt, and preferred and common equity financing. 

Our Private Equity Practice includes a broad range of client representation in connection with the formation, capital raising and operations of many different types of private investment funds, including private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate funds.  We represent large, medium-sized, and boutique investment funds and fund managers on transactions ranging from operational start-ups to the restructuring of existing funds.  We are familiar with all fund formation and operational issues, including those relating to initial structuring, regulatory compliance and tax.  Our investment fund practitioners work closely with Hughes Hubbard lawyers who focus on other disciplines relevant to fund formation and operation, including tax, regulatory, corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions and financial services.  We are equipped to conduct comprehensive due diligence reviews of investment targets and investment assets utilizing these practice areas and others, such as real estate, environmental law, labor and ERISA law, litigation, product liability, intellectual property and corporate reorganization.