Jones Day

Jones Day’s team combines deep capabilities in middle-market transactions with a robust presence in the bulge-bracket, guiding specialized sponsors such as The Riverside Company and leading funds such as KKR through all stages of their domestic and cross-border investment lifecycles. The infrastructure, life sciences, aviation, and tech sectors represent notable areas of focus within the team, which is co-led from New York by experienced partners Andrew Levine, who handles high-value acquisitions for funds and their portfolio companies, and Randi Lesnick, whose expertise spans M&A and corporate governance matters. Further key contacts in New York include Jason Grove, whose knowledge of private equity ranges from leveraged buyouts to recapitalizations. Cleveland is home to longstanding private equity M&A experts Charles Hardin and Denise Carkhuff, while the Chicago office is home to strategic and private equity-backed transactions expert Lisa Lathrop. Washington DC-based carve-out and joint venture expert Daniel Michaels is also recommended.