Mr Frederic Levenson > McDermott Will & Emery LLP > Miami, United States > Lawyer Profile

McDermott Will & Emery LLP
333 SE 2ND AVENUE
SUITE 4500
MIAMI, FL 33131-2184
FLORDIA
United States
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Work Department

Corporate Advisory

Position

Frederic (Fred) L. Levenson is the co-head of the Firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. He provides legal counsel to clients on a broad range of corporate counseling and sophisticated domestic and international transactions. He focuses primarily on private equity (leveraged buyouts), domestic and international mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, venture capital investments and financings, private and public offerings of equity and debt securities, restructurings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and real estate acquisitions and financings. Fred is a practice area leader for the Healthcare Private Equity practice.

 

Fred advises public and private companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, management groups, senior and subordinated lenders, real estate investment funds, and intermediaries in sophisticated, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financings, divestitures and going private transactions. He also represents issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings, secondary offerings and debt offerings.

Fred draws on his experience with clients in a variety of industries and with diverse financial requirements to offer practical and creative advice. He has represented private equity firms, financial institutions, investment banks, start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies. Fred’s industry experience includes health care, energy, manufacturing, services, retail, internet and technology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, transportation, marketing, staffing, consumer electronics, and real estate.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)

Covering the full spectrum of M&A, joint ventures, and acquisition finance matters, the McDermott Will & Emery LLP team demonstrates strong cross-border capabilities in its advice to major pharmaceutical, beverage, and construction companies. Located in Miami, Harris Siskind, who is experienced with both corporate and private equity-backed transactions, co-heads the group with New York-based Todd Finger, who is noted for his expertise in leveraged buyout transactions and restructurings, and Miami lawyer Frederic Levenson, who focuses on private equity matters. Thomas Conaghan acts on behalf of tech and hospitality clients from both Washington DC and New York, while Chicago-based John Tamisiea and Ann Marie Brodarick focus on strategic investments and divestitures. From Boston, Brian Bunn advises early-stage companies on financing matters, and in Chicago, Heidi Steele concentrates on corporate securities affairs. In Dallas, Joanna Jung-Erh Lin and Diego Gomez-Cornejo handle multi-jurisdictional venture financings.

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)

McDermott Will & Emery LLP‘s private equity team maintains a strong focus on the life sciences and pharma sectors, acting on a broad range of growth capital investments, buyouts, exits, recapitalizations, and add-on deals. The team’s workload, which spans middle-market and bulge-bracket transactions, also encompasses a growing number of deals in sectors such as aviation, logistics, and tech, owing in part to the broad expertise of New York-based M&A expert Frank Steinherr, who handles a large volume of complex leveraged buyouts, mergers, and take-private transactions. Steinherr co-leads the team with Chicago-based lawyers Kristian Werling, who focuses on healthcare transactions, and Gregory Metz, who handles a diverse array of LBOs and restructurings, as well as with Miami-based lawyer Frederic Levenson. Further key contacts include corporate experts Kevin Sullivan, who is based in Boston, and Brooks Gruemmer, who practices from Chicago. Miami lawyer Harris Siskind maintains close relationships with clients such as H.I.G. and is also highly recommended.