DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Neil K. Vohra as a partner in the Private Equity Practice. He will be based in the Chicago office.

Vohra’s practice focuses on negotiating and structuring complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private equity investments, strategic investments, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements, and other general corporate matters.

His notable representative experience includes advising a Chicago-based private equity firm on the acquisition of a majority stake in a financial technology company valued at US$18.5 billion and an investment in a continuous testing and quality engineering company valuing the business at US$4.5 billion; advising a leading private equity firm in its acquisition of an energy data analytics and SaaS technology company in a transaction valuing the business at US$4.25 billion; and counseling a global private equity fund in its acquisition of a leading online jewelry retailer in a transaction valuing the business at US$500 million.

“Neil's exceptional knowledge and experience will significantly benefit our private equity clients, and his established relationships with top-tier upper and middle market private equity funds will develop relationships with new clients,” said Joseph Silver, US Chair and Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper’s Private Equity Practice.

Neil's addition further strengthens our ability to represent private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies and enhances our ability to attract top-tier clients and talent in Chicago and beyond, stated Raj Shah, Co-Managing Partner of DLA Piper’s Chicago office.

With more than 225 global lawyers who provide strategic counsel to private equity funds and their industry-leading portfolio companies, DLA Piper’s Private Equity practice has the capacity, experience and relationships to help drive value across the investment life cycle by delivering responsive, efficient and integrated solutions around the world. The Private Equity practice is also the #1 most active law firm globally by PitchBook.

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