International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte represented Boyne Capital (Boyne), a Florida-based private equity firm focused on investments in lower middle market companies, in a single-asset secondary transaction to extend its partnership with Pilot Energy (Pilot), a US-based technology-enabled energy advisory and management platform. The transaction included formation of a continuation fund (the Fund) and includes new capital to support Pilot’s acquisition strategy and organic growth initiatives. The Fund, which will be managed and controlled by Boyne, was anchored by New 2nd Capital as its lead investor and received additional commitments from both new and existing Boyne LPs.

The McDermott team was led by M&A/corporate partner Harris Siskind and investment funds partner Ian Schwartz. The team included investment funds partners David Nestler, Prem Amarnani, and Lauren Nevidomsky and associates Freddie Alvarado, Jonathan Chasin, and Grace Kirtland; M&A/corporate partners Bob Clagg, John Zukin, and Ana Hubert and associates Will Orner, Alexandra Alvarez, and Lily Wang; finance partner Anh Lee and associate Jesse Douglas; tax partners Alex Ruiz and Kevin Hall and associates Kwabena Yeboah and Anthony Teng; investment funds regulatory partner Allison Scher Bernbach; and ERISA partner Todd Solomon.

Read Boyne’s press release here.

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