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Raj Patel

Associate
About

Raj Patel is a corporate and private equity attorney focused on representing US-based private equity firms and their portfolio companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, minority and control investments, recapitalizations, strategic partnerships, joint ventures and restructurings. Raj regularly represents and advises middle-market private equity funds in a broad range of industries, including healthcare, franchise, food & beverage, construction, software, waste management, consumer products and industrial manufacturing.

Raj also engages in legal pro bono work. In addition to successfully obtaining asylum for one of the firm's pro bono clients, he has assisted clients in criminal defense cases involving retroactive first offender petitions and record expungements. Recently, Raj assisted a client in filing a petition under the Violence Against Women Act, seeking lawful permanent resident status and protection in the United States after suffering spousal abuse.

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EXPERIENCE

Representative Matters
  • Represented a corporate client in obtaining a strategic growth investment from well-known US-based private equity sponsor
  • Represented private equity sponsor in its majority investment in a software company focused on providing an EHR software platform for assisted living and senior care facilities
  • Represented private equity sponsor portfolio company in its acquisition of multiple dental practices
  • Represented private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a top provider of line painting, pavement maintenance, and other essential facility services
  • Represented private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a software company with a focus in back-office management for charter schools
  • Represented private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a franchising company with a focus in chiropractic clinics
  • Represented private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a geospatial data development software company to add to its existing platform valued at $522 million
  • Represented private equity client’s portfolio company in its acquisition of a value-added distributor of power transmission, motion control and fluid power products
  • Represented private equity client in its acquisition of a leading manufacturer in precision meteorological instrumentation
  • Represented private equity client in its acquisition of a leading branded, private label, and B2B Hispanic food and beverage products company selling to retail and CPG Food customers across the United States
  • Represented a corporate client in a sale of its waste & recycle services business assets
  • Represented private equity client in its acquisition of a value-added distributor of industrial automation & motion control products sold to highly technical customers in diverse end markets
  • Represented private equity sponsor portfolio company in its acquisition of an electrical safety services company
  • Represented private equity sponsor's portfolio company in an add-on acquisition of an online company focused on coding bootcamp training software
  • Represented private equity sponsor portfolio company in an add-on joint venture acquisition of a veterinary clinic
  • Represented a corporate client in its acquisition of a consumer-facing nutrition supplement company
  • Represented private equity sponsor's portfolio company in an add-on acquisition of paving and concrete services provider to existing platform
  • Represented a corporate client in an equity sale, a software company specializing in AI-enabled drug diversion detection and controlled substance compliance to Wolters Kluwer
  • Represented private equity sponsor in its acquisition of certain assets of a provider of locomotive, marine and engine services
  • Represented private equity sponsor's portfolio company in its acquisition of a supplier of fruit and vegetable juice concentrates and purees to global consumer packaged goods companies

Pro Bono

  • Represented a pro bono client in petition application for citizenship under the Violence Against Women Act
  • Represented a non-profit organization in revising operational financial policies to adhere to updated legal requirements under the Official Code of Georgia
  • Represented a pro bono client in a defensive asylum case and successfully obtaining a favorable verdict
  • Represented a pro bono client engaged through the Georgia Justice Project in their petition to seal criminal records with a successful outcome
  • Represented a pro bono client engaged through the Georgia Justice Project in their retroactive first offender petition with a successful outcome
  • Represented a non-profit organization in its entity dissolution process
Education
  • J.D., The Ohio State University
    Articles Editor, Business Law Journal
  • M.B.A., Mercer University
  • B.A., Mercer University