Jeffrey Poss > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > Palo Alto, United States > Lawyer Profile

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s practice remains prolific in private equity transactions, supervising a large volume of upper middle-market and bulge-bracket deals from its offices across the United States and abroad. Wide geographic breadth and sector expertise enables the team to advise on a diverse array of platform deals, add-on acquisitions, take-private transactions, and portfolio company mergers, including a growing number of transactions in sectors such as energy and healthcare as well as investments in the industrials and tech sectors. Jeffrey Poss is a key contact for the latter and recently advised Cetera on a $1.2bn take-private acquisition of fintech company Avantax. Poss co-leads the practice from New York with Neil Townsend, who is an expert on structuring, negotiating and implementing leveraged buyouts. Key contacts in Houston include energy transactions experts Sarah McLean, who joined from Shearman & Sterling LLP in January 2024, and Archie Fallon. New York lawyer Matthew Rizzo is a specialist for private equity buyouts in the healthcare sector.

Commended for its ‘second-to-none domain knowledge and deal skills’, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s broad offering spans private equity, M&A, and capital markets matters, the team is also well-equipped to handle an array of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFT regulatory issues. Operating out of New York, Conrad Bahlke often handles derivative transactions as well as commodities and banking regulations, while Jeffrey Poss is knowledgeable of private equity and venture capital transactions for both public and private companies. Christopher Giancarlo previously acted as 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while Kari Larsen’s digital asset practice encompasses drafting and negotiating third-party agreements and regulatory requirements. In Washington DC, A. Kristina Littman is experienced in digital asset investigations and enforcement actions, and Justin Browder assists investment advisers, broker-dealers, and digital asset ecosystems on federal securities laws.