About McGuireWoods LLP
This listing covers the Independent Sponsor and private equity team at McGuireWoods LLP, not the firm as a whole. The team acts for independent sponsors and the capital partners who back them in majority and minority equity investments, carrying a deal from the first structuring questions through the purchase agreement and the close. Owners who sell a company to a sponsor, and the portfolio companies that sponsors build, work with the same lawyers on both the platform deal and the add-ons that follow. Beyond sponsor deals, the team counsels private equity funds and the parties that transact with them, including family offices, emerging managers, investment advisers, institutional investors, and lenders. Its international Independent Sponsor and Emerging Manager programs connect managers with capital sources and deal professionals, and the team brings what it sees across those relationships to each acquisition, investment, and sale it handles.
Who is a good fit for McGuireWoods LLP
- Independent sponsors making a majority or minority equity investment in a company.
- Capital partners taking an equity stake beside an independent sponsor.
- Owners selling a company to an independent sponsor or a private equity fund.
- Family offices investing alongside a private equity fund in a company.