"Baker & Hostetler combines great service with deep expertise and national reach."
– Chambers USA 2021
The Private Equity team gets deals done cost-effectively and in a timely fashion. We focus on the essentials, drawing on the experience of more than 220 business attorneys coast to coast. Clients trust us to guide them through critical issues involving tax, real estate, intellectual property, debt finance, ERISA and environmental law.
Our team represents venture capital and private equity funds, as well as their portfolio companies and growth-oriented businesses. We maintain deep, long-term client relationships on both sides of the fence, maneuvering our investment fund clients through the full life cycle of their capital raising, investment and allocation activities while helping middle-market and portfolio companies execute their growth strategies.
Full range of capabilities
- We guide our investment fund clients through multiple rounds of investments and portfolio acquisitions.
- We assist in developing management structures and incentive compensation programs.
- We advise our private equity clients on achieving liquidity goals from the initial investment to exit events, paying close attention to corporate structure, asset value preservation and tax efficiencies.
- We have represented early-stage, mid-stage and sector-specific funds in investments across the United States and internationally.
- In our transactional work, our focus on successful deals wins us the respect of the parties on the other side of the table, and our clients appreciate the climate of trust that we foster.
- We help our clients meet new regulatory and tax challenges and, when appropriate, take advantage of innovations in deal structure, such as the use of representation and warranty insurance and the structuring of co-investment transactions.