Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has notable experience in public and private leveraged buyouts, sponsor-to-sponsor transactions, minority and structured equity investments, carve-outs and corporate separations, joint ventures, and complex exit processes. It also advises on GP-led secondaries, continuation vehicles and other liquidity solutions. The practice is led from the New York office by Jeffrey Poss, who regularly counsels on deals involving financial services, fintech, insurance and technology-driven businesses; Neil Townsend, who has particular expertise in transaction structuring, LBO financing mechanics and equity incentive arrangements; and Matthew Guercio , who advises private equity sponsors on public and private M&A, as well as growth equity and venture capital investments. Key figures from the New York office also include Morgan Elwyn , who excels in carve-outs, joint ventures and secondary transactions; Rosalind Fahey Kruse, who has significant experience handling cross-border mandates involving the technology, software and financial services sectors; and Mark Cognetti, whose strengths lie in leveraged buyouts and distressed investments.