Industries: Private Equity & Venture Capital

Practice Areas

Venture Capital

McGuireWoods represents many venture capital funds and investors as well as hundreds of growth companies in all phases of their life cycles, from formation, business plan preparation, seed and venture capital financing, intellectual property protection, employment matters, strategic relationships, and business combinations. The volume of venture capital financings we close each year and our familiarity with emerging trends in the industry enable us to assist our clients in offering and obtaining current, competitive financing terms.

Mezzanine Financing

Mezzanine financing plays a critical role in financing private equity transactions, and mezzanine funds have emerged as an attractive asset class for many investors. We have a long history of providing legal advice to mezzanine fund and to other lenders.

Buyout Transactions

McGuireWoods has extensive experience representing a variety of participants in buyout and control transactions. As such, we are active in the ever-changing market and can advise our clients on current trends in an array of deal terms from purchase price multiples and earnouts to liability and indemnification basket strategies.

Fund Formation

McGuireWoods has a team of partners who have devoted a substantial portion of their practices to representing general partners and institutional limited partners in forming venture capital, mezzanine and buyout private equity funds. Our attorneys also have formed industry-focused funds, including real estate, life sciences and technology funds, as well as fund of funds.

SBICs

Attorneys within the McGuireWoods Private Equity Practice have represented numerous SBIC Funds on a variety of issues from the filing of the Management Assessment Questionnaire to transactional work to the sale of SBIC Funds’ portfolios. We also counsel SBIC Funds on day-to-day regulatory matters.

Hedge Funds

McGuireWoods represents hedge funds and their managers in all aspects of operations, from fund formation to ongoing compliance to defense in government investigations. We work closely with our capital market partners in structuring open and closed-end investment vehicles, including master-feeder structures, funds of funds, hybrid funds, and structured funds. We provide ongoing advice regarding compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including private placements, SEC and CFTC registration and exemption issues, insider trading policies, complex tax rules, plan asset rules and exemptions under ERISA, and anti-money laundering requirements.