Buchalter’s Private Equity practice is among the most active in the industry.
The Firm’s focus on the middle market companies combined with its long established presence in the apparel, consumer products, hospitality, health care and real estate industries, sets it apart from other private equity practices. The Buchalter Private Equity Industry Group has a multi-disciplinary practice that includes acquisitions and dispositions, corporate finance, fund formation, public offerings, senior financing and junior capital, workouts, domestic and cross-border tax structuring, labor, litigation and corporate governance. Its Private Equity Industry Group attorneys have negotiated and closed hundreds of portfolio company acquisitions, dispositions, financings and refinancings.
At Buchalter, we know that quality work and competitive pricing are essential to middle-market clients. The Firm places high value on providing exemplary client service in a timely fashion at reasonable rates. This philosophy has made our private equity practice one of the strongest practices on the West Coast and our transactional group a leader in this niche.
What We Do
- Acquisitions/Divestitures
- Buyouts
- Growth Equity
- Leveraged Recapitalizations
- Portfolio Company Representation
- Venture Capital
- Restructurings and Workouts
- Mezzanine and Subordinated Loan Transactions
- Senior Debt/Junior Debt
Our Clients
- Apparel Companies
- Technology Companies
- Food and Beverage Companies
- Health and Beauty Companies
- Consumer Goods
Deals and Cases
- Markwins International acquisition of Physicians Formula (a public NASDAQ company) for $85 million
- Heritage Commerce Corp acquisition of Diablo Valley Bank (a public banking corporation) for $125 million
- Sale of JBrand to Fast Retailing for $300 million
- Sale of Macadamia to Star Avenue Capital
- Sale of Edelbrock to Industrial Opportunity Partners
- Sale of Roger Garments to Monitor Clipper
- Sale of Bailey 44 to Norwest Partners
- Sale of Ringers Gloves to GEC Capital
- Sale of Specner Industries to Ancor Capital
- Representation of Corridor Capital and SPB Partners of Numerous Entities for: TrashMasters Acquisition Roll
- Sale of Jessica’s to Relativity Capital
- Currently assisting Fog Cutter’s negotiation to buy a national high-end restaurant chain
- Gores acquisition of Big Strike and Westwood One
- JBrand’s acquisition by Star Ave
- Ares acquisition of the 99 cent stores
- Ares acquisition and disposition of GNC
- Platinum’s bid for Warner Music
Why Buchalter
