Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is distinguished by its representation of global sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors on complex, multi-jurisdictional buyouts and strategic investments. The team is particularly noted for handling cross-border buyouts and co-investment structures involving multiple sponsor and sovereign participants. The team also plays a role in the growing deployment of sponsor capital into emerging and strategically sensitive sectors such as professional sports and infrastructure-linked assets. Anchored in New York, the practice is jointly headed by M&A specialist David Leinwand, who is highly experienced at advising private equity sponsors on acquisitions and exits; and Matthew Salerno, who advises sponsors and corporates on public and private acquisitions, investments and contested transactions. John Kupiec is relied on for his knowledge of leveraged buyouts, take-privates, unsolicited bids and distressed situations; Paul Shim boasts bringing significant experience relevant to sponsor-led and public-to-private deals. Paul Imperatore is a key contact for sponsor-led platform investments and strategic disposals.