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Advises private equity sponsors, growth investors, and portfolio companies on buyouts, growth investments, acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts, recapitalizations, and restructurings
Guides clients through complex domestic and cross-border transactions involving various jurisdictions, regulatory regimes, and stakeholder groups
Serves as outside corporate counsel to portfolio companies on add-on acquisitions, exits, financings, governance, and ongoing strategic matters
Brings experience from across the technology and software, consumer products, financial and business services, healthcare, media, and logistics sectors
Works closely with sponsors on platform investments, portfolio growth strategies, and liquidity events
Robert (Rob) Rizzo is global co-head of the Private Equity Group and advises leading large-cap and middle-market sponsors, growth investors, and portfolio companies on complex domestic and cross-border transactions across the investment life cycle.
- Advised EQT Partners in connection with multiple platform investments, acquisitions, and growth transactions, including its take-private of Billtrust and its transaction involving United Talent Agency*
- Advised PAI Partners in connection with significant US and cross-border transactions, including its carveout acquisition of Tropicana Brands Group from PepsiCo and its acquisition of Alphia*
- Represented Permira in connection with strategic acquisitions and portfolio company matters, including its acquisition of Octus (formerly Reorg)*
- Advised Cove Hill Partners, L.P. in connection with platform acquisitions, add-on transactions, and business combinations*
- Advised Nexa Equity in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions across its portfolio*
- Foundation for Education in Honduras, board member
- Cornell Law School, JD
- Georgetown University, BA
- New York
- English
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