McDermott Will & Schulte advises H.I.G. Capital on acquisition of Premier Forge Group | McDermott

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McDermott Will & Schulte advises H.I.G. Capital on acquisition of Premier Forge Group

Jul 1, 2026

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Global law firm McDermott Will & Schulte represented H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $75 billion of capital under management, on the acquisition of Premier Forge Group (“PFG”), a leading manufacturer of highly complex, mission-critical forged components for aerospace, defense, and specialty industrial applications.

PFG partners with leading OEMs and suppliers to manufacture complex closed-die, upset, and rolled-ring forgings for demanding aerospace, defense, and specialty industrial applications.

The McDermott team was led by Harris Siskind and John Zukin with invaluable support from Austin Bull, Brian Casillas, Jenna Young, Tony Torain, Fadi Mohamed, Llewelyn Engel, Payton Thornton, Jacob Hollinger, Anthony Teng, Phoebe Hebson, Nickou Oskoui, Joe Mulherin, Raffi Teperdjian, Ian Levin, Fabrizio Faina, Adam Mazin, Ty Carson, Ashley Brzezinski, Adam Gartner, Greg Heltzer, David Wolff, Alex Ruiz, Carolin Schumacher, Wendy Phinny, Ben Morton, Phoebe Flint, Amy Pimentel, Jessi Sawyer, Jean Edmonds and Sarah Bro.

Stephanie McCann, Stephen Pedersen, Sarah Storti, Haley Caradonna and Sophie Tallman worked on the financing for this transaction.

Read H.I.G. Capital’s press release.

In this article

John Zukin

Partner

Chicago

Austin J. Bull

Associate

Chicago

Brian Casillas

Partner

Los Angeles

Jenna Young

Associate

Miami

Tony W. Torain II

Partner

Washington, DC, New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Fadi Mohamed

Associate

Miami

Llewelyn M. Engel

Partner

Washington, DC

Payton T. Thornton

Associate

Washington, DC

Jacob Hollinger

Partner

New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Anthony Teng

Associate

New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Phoebe Hebson

Associate

Chicago

Nickou Oskoui

Partner

Dallas

Joseph Mulherin

Partner

Chicago

Raffi Teperdjian

Associate

New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue

Ian L. Levin

Partner

New York – 919 Third Avenue

Fabrizio Faina

Partner

Milan

Adam Mazin

Associate

Chicago

Timothy (Ty) Carson

Counsel

Washington, DC

Ashley T. Brzezinski , PhD

Counsel, Partner

Boston

Adam B. Gartner

Special Counsel

New York – 919 Third Avenue

Gregory E. Heltzer

Partner

Washington, DC

David M. Wolff

Partner

Chicago

Alejandro Ruiz

Partner

San Francisco

Carolin Schumacher

Associate

Cologne

Ben Morton

Associate

Chicago

Pheobe Flint

Associate

Washington, DC

Amy C. Pimentel

Partner

Boston

Jessica McGahie Sawyer

Counsel

Los Angeles

Jean Edmonds

Associate

Chicago

Sarah Bro

Partner

Orange County, Los Angeles

Stephanie S. McCann

Partner

Chicago

Stephen Pedersen

Counsel, Partner

Miami

Sarah Storti

Associate

Chicago

Haley M Caradonna

Associate

Dallas

Sophie Tallman

Associate

Dallas

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