Holland & Knight LLP
Law Firm · Updated September 2026
About Holland & Knight LLP
Holland & Knight LLP is listed here for its Search Funds and Independent Sponsors teams, not for the firm as a whole. The Search Funds team works with domestic and international searchers across the whole life of a search: forming the fund and raising search capital, structuring for tax, running due diligence, and buying the target business. It also acts for nontraditional searches, including family office backed and self-funded searchers, and handles cross-border purchases, then stays on after closing for recapitalizations, add-on acquisitions, and the eventual sale. The Independent Sponsors team represents sponsors, single-check equity backers, co-investors, and debt financing sources in independent sponsor acquisitions and in majority and minority equity investments. Its lawyers work through the execution risk, parallel workstreams, tax and equity structuring, market economic terms, and financing a deal requires, and they shape their advice to whether the client is a seasoned deal professional, an operator, or an individual investor. For sponsors moving toward a committed fund, the team carries the relationship from a first deal through a first fund raise and on to the final exit.
Who is a good fit for Holland & Knight LLP
- Search fund entrepreneurs raising search capital to acquire a target company.
- Self-funded and family office backed searchers buying a business.
- Independent sponsors making a majority or minority equity investment in a company.
- Owners selling a business to a searcher or an independent sponsor.