Private Equity and Venture Capital

Private Equity and Venture Capital firms and the entrepreneurs and companies in which they invest require a partnership approach; value is created only when the investor and the invested agree on mutually beneficial terms which align their interests to provide a strong platform for future growth and success.

Our Private Equity and Venture Capital Group views itself as a key component to such partnership.  The Group is comprised of lawyers with extensive experience representing both investors and their portfolio companies. We have a deep understanding of the relationship between investors and entrepreneurs and  an appreciation for the need to address transactions from the perspective of the client’s business goals. We pride ourselves on spending the time to truly understand our client’s business.

Our lawyers provide advice on a wide range of transactions from early and growth stage financings through more complex later stage leveraged financings. We structure and negotiate acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic alliances.  We represent private equity and venture backed companies in all aspects of their legal needs from the first interaction with an investor through exit, often acting as outside general counsel. Our lawyers also have extensive experience assisting with debt financings ranging from earlier stage convertible note financings and venture debt to mezzanine financings,  institutional credit facilities and asset based loans.

Members of the group also have experience representing venture capital and private equity funds with formation and compliance matters and have assisted funds with their own capital finance needs, including capital call bridge facilities, management company facilities and mezzanine financings.

Our representations cover a wide variety of industries including technology, medical devices and life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, fashion and textiles,  retail and manufacturing, service companies, real estate, financial institutions, media and sports.

We use an interdisciplinary cross-practice approach to draw upon the resources of the firm’s lawyers in other practice areas such as tax, employee benefits, labor and employment, intellectual property and real estate. As a full service firm with depth and experience across industries and at all stages in a client’s life cycle, we are able to scale with our clients to provide the comprehensive services they require while still maintaining the flexibility, efficiency and responsiveness that they expect to meet their business goals.

Our broad based network of contacts and clients and involvement in the venture capital and private equity community also allows us to identify opportunities and make introductions for our clients to potential financing sources, co-investors and/or deals.   Members of our group are often invited to speak at industry trade shows and other events and are involved with various industry related organizations such as the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the MIT Enterprise Forum, Pennsylvania BIO, the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) and Astia.