Clients come to Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP for assistance in domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity matters. Counting private equity funds and their portfolio companies amongst its roster of clients, the group’s workload includes investments, dispositions, distressed asset acquisitions, and restructurings. Active in the automotive, tech, and insurance industries, the New York-based department is jointly led by Eleazer Klein, and Benjamin Kozinn, who covers investment management, minority stakes and venture investments, and take-private transactions. Adriana Schwartz focuses on securities law, often advising activist shareholders, while Damian Petrovic handles divestitures and carveouts, and Lauren Troeller is recommended for her know-how in private equity deals. David Curtiss is proficient in PIPE investments and SPAC transactions.
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Key clients

  • Axar Capital Management LP
  • Blue Torch Finance, LLC
  • Cerberus Capital Management LP
  • HealthpointCapital
  • Hudson Bay Capital Management
  • JANA Partners
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
  • Mill Point Capital LLC
  • Wellington Management
  • White Hat Capital Partners

Work highlights

Represented Mill Point Capital LLC in a strategic partnership with Proficium, Inc.
Represented JANA Partners in a constructive partnership with Cannae Holdings, Inc.
Advised Blue Torch Capital LP in its acquisition of Pegasus Home Fashions, Inc.

Lawyers

Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Lauren Troeller

Practice head

Eleazer Klein; Benjamin Kozinn

Other key lawyers

Adriana Schwartz; David Curtiss; Damian Petrovic; Lauren Troeller