Laura M. Kleinberg

Laura represents purchasers and sellers in private investment transactions, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions (both equity and asset), with an emphasis on advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. She has successfully completed acquisitions and sales of companies and assets in a wide range of industries, including retail and consumer, security technology, digital asset management, energy, life sciences, and therapy staffing.

In addition to her transaction-based practice, Laura counsels clients with respect to a variety of matters, including general corporate governance and organizational structuring. She also advises publicly traded companies regarding their ongoing reporting obligations and on the latest developments and requirements affecting public companies, including SEC regulations and stock exchange rules.

• Represented Littlejohn & Co. in the $1.25 billion sale of HydroChemPSC, a supplier of various maintenance, cleaning, and other industrial services to refineries, electric generating plants, and other energy companies.
• Represented Valcourt Building Services, a portfolio company of Littlejohn, in its acquisition program to further expand its geographic footprint by acquiring additional companies in the commercial and industrial waterproofing, window cleaning, and building services space.
• Represented Five Arrows Capital Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Juvare, LLC, an emergency preparedness and response software solutions business.
• Represented a private equity portfolio company in multiple add-on acquisitions of companies in the pediatric therapeutic and behavioral services space.
• Represented a private equity firm in its investment in, and eventual full acquisition of, a recruiting and outplacement solutions business, and represented the platform in an add-on acquisition of another company providing SaaS recruiting services.
• Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a coach training and certification solutions business, and represented the platform in an add-on acquisition of the assets of another coaching business.
• Represented a private equity portfolio company in multiple add-on acquisitions of various companies producing continuing medical education events and other health care educational content.
• Represented a UK-based private equity firm as US counsel assisting in the firm’s acquisition of an Austrian company with a US subsidiary providing software solutions designed to facilitate inspection, audit, certification, and standards management needs.
• Represented a publicly traded real estate investment trust in a joint-venture transaction with a global institutional investor for the development of a mixed-use space, with a joint venture value of $287 million.
• Represented a marketing and advertising company in its sale to a full-service digital marketing agency.
• Represented a pharmaceutical marketing and advertising agency in its sale to a private equity firm.