Brian Lenihan of Choate, Hall & Stewart specializes in venture capital and growth equity, primarily in the technology sector. With deep experience in the space, Lenihan represents both capital providers and companies, advising on high-value transactions, cross-border deals, and regulatory challenges, including work for clients like Spectrum Equity, M/C Partners, and Venminder.
Legal 500 redaktioneller Kommentar

Auszeichnungen

Boston Elite

Profil

Position

Brian Lenihan has more than 25 years of experience advising private equity funds in a broad range of financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, majority and minority recapitalizations, and growth equity investments. Brian also represents private technology companies in a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, and cross-border transactions. Brian regularly acts as special counsel to Canadian and UK companies and investors in cross-border transactions with US funds or issuers. He has particular domain expertise in financial technology and IT solutions within the healthcare and financial services industries. Brian is a former member of Choate’s eight person Executive Committee.

Ausbildung

Boston College Law School JD, 1993, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif Executive Editor, Boston College Law Review Dartmouth College BA, 1989, cum laude

ProfileSections.contentSuppliedFootnote

Kernmandanten

  • Citadel
  • Spectrum Equity
  • Century Equity Partners
  • M/C Partners
  • Copley Equity Partners
  • Silversmith Capital
  • Lydonia Technologies
  • BV Investment Partners
  • Venminder

Highlight-Mandate

  • Represented Venminder, a platform for managing third-party risk, in its acquisition by Ncontracts, a provider of compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions, while also advising on Hg's buyout of Gryphon Investors and prior Venminder shareholders, including Bain Capital Ventures, MissionOG, and Silversmith Capital Partners.
  • Represented BV Investment Partners in its investment in Balance Partners, a specialty insurance managing general agency, to support its growth, enable additional investments, and facilitate acquisitions or partnerships.
  • Represented Century Equity Partners in the sale of its portfolio company, DOXA Insurance Holdings, to Goldman Sachs Asset Management, supporting DOXA's growth strategy and acquisition plans in the niche insurance sector.