Gregory Hawver > McGuireWoods LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

McGuireWoods LLP
77 WEST WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 4100
CHICAGO, IL 60601
ILLINOIS
United States

Career

Greg is a deal lawyer focusing on private equity-backed transactions in the middle market to lower middle market, with particular depth of experience working with independent sponsors, emerging managers and other entrepreneurial investors and business owners.

Greg represents private equity and strategic clients in a wide variety of change-of-control transactions, minority equity investments, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, recapitalizations, joint ventures and corporate reorganizations.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)

McGuireWoods LLP is noted for its high-level expertise in healthcare transactions, representing a series of middle-market sponsors in their platform acquisitions, add-on transactions, and exits in addition to handling recapitalization and joint venture work. The team, which is headed up by experienced Pittsburgh-based M&A expert Thomas Zahn, is also very active in the growth equity space and places a focus on advising independent sponsors and growth companies on the launch of investment and fundraising rounds. Dallas lawyer Jon Finger is a key contact for this line of work and handles transactions across a diverse range of sectors, including manufacturing, tech, and energy. Further key contacts in the team include Geoffrey Cockrell, who primarily handles middle-market healthcare deals from the Chicago office, and Gregory Hawver, who is also based in Chicago and focuses on public and private M&A as well as governance matters.