Proskauer announced the addition of nationally renowned private equity M&A lawyer Sarah Stasny. Ms. Stasny is joining the firm as Head of Private Equity Transactions – US, adding strength and depth to the firm’s market-leading private capital offering.

“We are focused on anticipating our clients’ needs and delivering complete solutions to them. Sarah fits perfectly within our strategy, which is to build a platform with scale and expertise throughout the lifecycle of private capital,” said Tim Mungovan, Chair of Proskauer. “Sarah is a generational talent and one of the top private equity M&A lawyers in the country. Private equity firms demand exceptional practitioners like Sarah, who have developed deep expertise and current market knowledge across multiple sponsor clients and investors. She has a recognized ability to serve these clients at the highest levels and in the most demanding environments. Sarah will supercharge our momentum as we look to increase our market share, especially in private equity M&A.”

With over two decades of experience, Sarah’s practice focuses on private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in connection with acquisitions and investments, divestitures, joint ventures, equity financings, and restructurings. Sarah has been recognized by Chambers USA and The Legal 500. She has been featured as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America;” shortlisted for Euromoney’s The Americas Women in Business Law Award; and named to M&A Advisor’s “40 Under 40” list of top M&A professionals. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.

Ms. Stasny said, “I am thrilled to join Proskauer and continue building the firm’s private equity M&A practice and private capital offering. Proskauer has a market-leading practice in private capital – particularly in private funds and private credit. Combining my private equity M&A experience with Proskauer’s deep relationships across the private capital spectrum creates a market opportunity that was too compelling to pass up. Together, we have leading practices in capital formation, capital deployment, and global finance.”

Proskauer’s global Private Equity and M&A practice includes more than 100 lawyers across the U.S., London, and Paris. Sarah is a key part of the firm’s investment in private equity and M&A, which has also included the recent hiring of six partners across the firm’s U.S. and London offices.

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