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M&A Private Equity Shares Client Philosophy Women

Denise A. Carkhuff

Denise Carkhuff has been the lead lawyer on M&A and private equity transactions for more than 26 years. Her experience includes diverse industries, jurisdictions, and deal structures. Denise has experience in the full life cycle of a company (from formation, capital raising, dividend recapitalizations, IPOs, sales, and dissolutions). Denise's main…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Corporate Private Equity Shares Client Philosophy Women

Catherine Rossouw

Cathy Rossouw is a transactional private equity and corporate attorney and a partner in Chapman's Special Situations and Restructuring Group. Cathy’s diverse practice covers traditional mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, as well as early-stage equity financings, lender equity kickers, secondary market transactions, and general corporate advice. Her approach…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

M&A Private Equity

Alfred Browne

Alfred Browne is co-chair of Cooley’s private equity practice group. He is a member of Cooley’s M&A group and co-chair of the firm’s fintech practice. His clients include private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and strategic buyers and sellers in public and private acquisitions, including leveraged buyouts and take-private transactions.…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Private Equity Shares Client Philosophy

Thomas M. Devaney

Tom Devaney has served as a trusted advisor to private fund sponsors and institutional investors for more than two decades. His experience includes a distinguished track record of forming private funds and negotiating sophisticated seed and anchor investor arrangements, management team and portfolio "spin out" transactions, complex limited investor side…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Corporate M&A Private Equity Securities & Securities Litigation Shares Client Philosophy

Byron B. Kirkland

A corporate lawyer for over 35 years, Byron Kirkland has extensive experience in private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law and securities matters. He represents emerging and established companies, both privately and publicly held, across diverse industry sectors including pharmaceutical services, information technology, software, clean technology, medical…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

M&A Private Equity Shares Client Philosophy Venture Capital

Matt Pietruczak

Matt Pietruczak represents companies, their founders and their investors in a wide range of important transactions, focusing on: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Venture capital investments Growth equity investments He also serves as outside general counsel to companies from early-stage startups to large privately held companies. Matt works for a variety…

tthorpAugust 20, 2025

Cybersecurity & Privacy Private Equity Shares Client Philosophy Venture Capital

Derrick L. Maultsby Jr.

Derrick is a senior associate practicing with Frost Brown Todd's Private Equity Practice Group. Derrick serves as a business advisor and corporate transactional lawyer to startups, small to mid-sized businesses, and Fortune 50 companies. Derrick's clients range across multiple sectors including technology, commercial retail, restaurants, real estate development, private equity,…

BTIConsultingMay 29, 2024

Private Equity Women

Jessica F. Cooney

Jessica Cooney is an associate in the private equity group. Jessica focuses on representing public and private strategic clients as well as private equity clients in a range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority investments, add-ons, preferred equity investments, PIPEs, co-investments, dispositions and general corporate and governance…

tthorpJune 12, 2023

Private Equity Women

Aisha P. Lavinier

Aisha Lavinier is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Aisha advises private equity sponsors and public and private companies on complex business transactions, including structuring and negotiating strategic mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, equity and debt financings, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and…

tthorpFebruary 7, 2022

Private Equity Shares Client Philosophy

Andrew M. Levine

Andy Levine co-chairs Jones Day's global Private Equity Practice and has been the lead lawyer on global transactions for both sponsors and strategic participants, including ABM Industries, Bombardier, Brookfield, Cardinal Health, EagleTree Capital (f.k.a. Wasserstein & Co.), Monster Beverage, Omnicom Group, Pegasus Capital, Procter & Gamble, Ryder System, Sprint-Nextel, Stanley…

tthorpFebruary 7, 2022