Private Equity

Private equity law covers the legal framework behind direct investments in privately held companies, from fund formation and deal structuring to due diligence, regulatory compliance, and post-close risk. Whether advising buyers, sellers, or investors, skilled private equity counsel ensures every stage of the transaction is positioned for success.

What We Do

From First Diligence Call to Post-Close Resolution: We bring 40+ practice areas into a single integrated team that works at deal speed. No handoffs between departments. No gaps between transaction and operations. One team that sees the whole picture.
Transaction Structuring and Execution: Buy-side and sell-side M&A across the middle market, from LOI through close and post-close integration, for buyers, sellers, and investors.
Healthcare and Regulated Industries: Deals where regulatory complexity compounds fast if you miss it early.
Cybersecurity and Data Risk: Diligence that goes beyond financials into the exposures hiding in the data room.
Labor, Compliance, and Operational Risk: The issues that kill value after close if no one found them before it.
Post-Close Disputes and Integration: Representation, indemnification, and compliance when the deal is done, but the work is not.

Middle-Market M&A

Buy-side and sell-side transactions are at the center of what we do. We represent buyers, sellers, and investors from structuring through close, with full diligence, negotiation, and post-close integration covered under one team.

Who We Work With

Private Equity Firms

Family Offices

Investment Banks

Transaction Advisory Firms

Meet Your Kelley Kronenberg Deal Team

Angelo Gasparri

Private Equity and M&A

Robert Kritzman

Corporate and Transactions

Timothy Shields

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy; AI Governance & Compliance

Elizabeth Perez

Healthcare Transactions

David Harvey

Labor and Employment

Vanessa Rousso

Business Litigation and Corporate Transactions

Diligence Counsel. Co-Counsel. Specialist Coverage.

We step alongside your existing deal team to close the gaps primary counsel misses.

The Risk Your Deal Team Isn’t Seeing

AI & IP Ownership

Models trained on unlicensed data. Chain-of-title gaps. IP reps that don’t hold.

Industry-Specific Liability

Maritime, healthcare, hospitality, equestrian, automotive. Regulatory risk that transfers with the asset.

Cross-Practice Exposure

Labor classification. Data privacy. Commercial liability. Surfaces pre-close, not 90 days after signing.

How We Engage

Diligence Counsel

Specialist review pre- or post-LOI alongside your primary deal team.

Co-Counsel

Deep specialist coverage in IP, maritime, health law, or labor & employment.

Lead Counsel

Full engagement from structuring through close and integration.

Why Kelley Kronenberg

Integrated. Not Transactional.

We are built for the speed and complexity of middle-market deals.

That means senior attention, practical counsel, and a team that already knows how each piece of the deal connects to the next.

Most Firms

Siloed by practice group

Transaction-only focus

Risk identified late

Big Law fees

Kelley Kronenberg

40+ disciplines, one team

Full lifecycle coverage

Caught early, priced into the deal

Middle-market efficiency

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