Eric Gilbert

Eric has handled many complex transactions for privately held companies and private equity funds, including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate carve-outs, debt and equity investments, and joint ventures. He also regularly provides counsel on day-to-day operations, including assistance with employment issues, equity incentives, and other matters that arise throughout the life of an investment.

Eric has worked on transactions across a wide variety of industries, including technology, consumer goods, real estate, agriculture, hospitality, and healthcare.

He is the co-national hiring partner for McDermott.

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• Represented ABC Supply Co., the largest wholesale distributor of roofing and other select exterior and interior building products in North America, in a corporate carve-out acquisition of three divisions from Bain Capital Private Equity-backed US LBM
• Represented World Kinect Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy, commodities, and services company, in multiple corporate divestitures
• Represented Staple Street Capital in multiple acquisitions and dispositions across various industries, including a provider of outsourced accounting, payroll, and operational reporting services, and a manufacturer of mission-critical metal assemblies for the aerospace and defense end markets
• Represented Securus Technologies, Inc. in multiple domestic and international acquisitions of technology companies providing technology and other services to the corrections industry
• Represented Gladstone Capital Corporation in connection with multiple debt financings, including related equity co-investments
• Represented multiple founders in the sale of founder-owned businesses, including the sale of a provider of corrugated packaging products and services and the sale of an insurance lead-generation platform

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