Proskauer Rose LLP

Corporate; Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions

Kristian Herrmann is a partner in Proskauer's Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Group. Kris advises private equity sponsors, private and public companies and investment banks on merger & acquisition transactions, including leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, restructurings, minority investments, and other strategic transactions.

Kris also serves as day-to-day legal advisor to many of the portfolio companies owned or controlled by his sponsor clients and is actively involved in many aspects of their businesses, including add-on acquisitions and commercial arrangements. Kris also has deep experience with non-traditional equity transactions, including debt-like preferred equity as third party financing, equity kickers and co-investments for private credit investors and debt for equity swaps involving troubled companies.

Kris is an active participant in firm administration and recruiting, and currently serves as a member of Proskauer’s Evaluation Committee as well as one of the Summer Program Chair’s for its Los Angeles office. He is also a member of the Food and Beverage Committee of the American Hotel & Lodging Association.