Jeremy I. Levy

Jeremy devotes his practice primarily to mergers and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.

Jeremy also helps public and private strategic companies with their corporate governance matters. He regularly counsels board members and senior management on the full range of legal matters, including fiduciary duty matters and organizational matters.

Jeremy has successfully completed acquisitions and sales of companies in a wide range of industries, including staffing, health care, transportation, retail and consumer, food and beverage, communications, technology, pharmaceutical and life sciences, and entertainment.

Jeremy is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he teaches transactional drafting and mergers and acquisitions. He has also served as a guest lecturer on mergers and acquisitions at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jeremy is an active speaker, having been interviewed by media outlets, including The Deal, and he has spoken at conferences and participated in numerous panel discussions concerning M&A topics.

Private Equity Representations

• Represented Littlejohn & Co. in its acquisition of Ardurra Holdings, an engineering and consulting firm focusing on providing professional services in connection with large infrastructure projects, from its existing private equity sponsor and management.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. in its acquisition of Pritchard Industries, a supplier of janitorial and other services to office, industrial, and commercial buildings, as well as large residential complexes, from A&M Capital.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. in its sale of GSE Environmental, Inc., a global manufacturer and supplier of geothermal membranes and other similar products for industrial use, to Solmax Group, a global competitor based in Canada.
• Represented Littlejohn & Co. in its acquisition of PSC Industrial Services from Lindsay Goldberg.
• Represented Five Arrows Capital Partners (the U.S. private equity arm of Rothschild Merchant Banking) in its acquisition of The Stepping Stones Group, a national provider of multidisciplinary therapy services in school and clinical settings, and its ultimate sale to Leonard Green Partners.
• Represented Five Arrows Capital Partners in its acquisition of Juvare, LLC, a cloud-based software developer and provider, from TH Lee Partners.
• Represented Five Arrows Capital Partners in its recapitalization of Zenith American Solutions, a third-party administrator of Taft-Hartley benefit plans.
• Represented Cloverlay in its majority investment in a Scotch whiskey maker and distillery based in the UK.
• Represented Cloverlay in its investment in a leading global producer of musical theater, pantomime, and immersive experiences.
• Represented Diamond Castle Holdings in its sale of Suture Express, a specialty distributor of sutures, mesh, and energy products to Medline.
• Represented a private equity fund based in Ireland in its acquisition of a U.S. national restaurant chain from its private equity owners.

Portfolio Company Representations

• Represented The Stepping Stones Group, a portfolio company of Leonard Green and Five Arrows in numerous add-on acquisitions, including the acquisition of EBS Healthcare Services from its founder.
• Represented Pritchard Industries, a portfolio company of Littlejohn, in numerous add-on acquisitions.
• Represented Ardurra, a portfolio company of Littlejohn, in numerous add-on acquisitions.
• Represented Total Safety, a portfolio company of Littlejohn, in connection with a series of acquisitions, including AirGas On-Site Safety from Air Liquide.
• Represented Texthelp, a leading assistive technology and edtech company and portfolio company of Five Arrows in its acquisition of Don Johnston Incorporated from its founders.
• Represented Anexinet, a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, in connection with its sale to Mill Point Capital.
• Represented Unit 4, N.V., a portfolio company of Advent International, in its acquisition of Three Rivers Software, a cloud-based enterprise software company focused on the education space.

Strategic Representations

• Represented AMG N.V. Euronext-listed metallurgical company in its acquisition of a complementary business.
• Represented TAIT Towers, a leading provider of live event solutions, in its sale to Providence Equity Partners.
• Represented Star2Star Communications, a cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) provider in a joint venture with an Irish telecommunications provider.
• Represented iPipeline, a provider of software solutions to the life insurance industry, in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo.
• Represented a provider of business, legal, and financial services in its acquisition of a Singapore-based business services company from the founders.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of windows and doors in several strategic acquisitions of other complementary businesses.
• Represented a major television and ecommerce retailer in numerous transactions with its distributors and broadcasters.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed contract sales and marketing business in the pharmaceutical industry in its sale of substantially all of its assets to a Euronext-listed multinational advertising and public relations company.
• Represented a provider of artisan ingredients for bakery, patisserie, and chocolate companies based in Belgium in its first acquisition of U.S. bakeries from a SIX-listed specialty foods company.
• Represented an operator of addiction treatment centers in its sale to a private equity fund.

• Legal 500 United States: M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500m) (2025)
• Selected for inclusion on the Pennsylvania Rising Stars lists (2013-2019)