Ross is a highly accomplished private equity and M&A lawyer with a proven track record of advising clients on complex, high-stakes transactions. As a partner in the Global Corporate Group, he focuses on private equity and middle-market M&A, representing sponsors, investors, strategic acquirers, and management teams across a range of industries. With extensive experience in structuring and negotiating deals, he is known for his ability to navigate difficult legal and business issues while driving transactions to successful closings. He also regularly advises founders when selling their businesses to private equity, bringing both a deep understanding of the private equity space and a practical, straightforward approach to educating those who don’t live and breathe M&A every day.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advised legendary music executive in establishing a new record label and joint venture with leading music talent.
Served as outside general counsel to grammy winning gospel music artist and related touring business.
Represented celebrity TV personality in a joint venture with a private equity backed entertainment business.
Advised legendary music executive in establishing a new record label and joint venture with leading music talent.
Served as outside general counsel to grammy winning gospel music artist and related touring business.
Represented celebrity TV personality in a joint venture with a private equity backed entertainment business.
Advised world renown DJ and producer on an investment and partnership with AI music generator business.
Represented international rap superstar in a partnership with a footwear business.
Advised a leading eSports company in connection with multiple financing rounds and other corporate matters.
Represented numerous institutional investors on co-investments alongside leading private equity sponsors.
Represented Calera Capital in its acquisition of C4 Analytics, a digital marketing services firm.
Represented EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading software development business, in its acquisition of Competentum, a full-stack educational content services company, and its learning platform, Shareknowledge.
Advised Envera Systems, a Wind Point Portfolio company, in its acquisition of Applications by Design, a software development company based in South Florida.
Represented Bausch + Lomb in its acquisition of Trukera Medical, the developer of ScoutPro, a valuable preoperative diagnostic tool for hyperosmolarity.
Represented Trivest partners in its growth investment into Hinton Lumber Products, one of the largest manufacturers of wooden pallets in the United States.
Advised Hasa, a Wind Point Portfolio company, in is add-on acquisition of Chem Eleven, a stand-alone salt-to-bleach manufacturing site.
Advised the management team of IntegrisIT, a leading provider of outsourced IT, cloud, and cybersecurity services, in connection with its sale to OMERS Private Equtiy and related rollover and incentive equity matters.
Represented Gehl Foods, a manufacturer of shelf-stable beverages, soups and sauces, in its sale to Kainos Capital.
Advised Trivest Partners on its growth investment into Alta Pest Control.
Represented The Vertex Companies, a Wind Point portfolio company, in its acquisition of Breakwater Forensics, a highly respected expert witness and business consulting firm.
Represented Trive Capital in its investment in Clipper Media, a direct mail marketing and advertising business.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of MoreGroup, a leading architecture, design and engineering business.
Advised New Harbor Capital on its debt financing for a platform acquisition involving the simultaneous purchase of two complementary businesses in the education industry.
Advised Gehl Foods, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, in its acquisition of California Natural Products.
Represented ExteNet Systems, a developer, owner and operator of distributed networks enabling advanced mobile and broadband connectivity across the US, in its acquisition of Hudson Fiber.
Represented IKEA in its acquisition of Task Rabbit.
Represented Imperial Dade, a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in over 25 add-on acquisitions over the course of 4 years of various food service packaging and janitorial supply distribution businesses headquartered in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Represented Wind Point Partners in the sale of Interface Performance Materials to Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL).
Represented American Automobile Association of Northern California, Nevada and Utah in its acquisition of SAFE Security, a provider of smart home and business security services.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisition of U.S. Nonwovens, a home and personal care products manufacturer, and subsequent add-on acquisition of Multi-Pack Solutions, a contract manufacturer of unit-dose water-soluble packaging products for laundry and dish applications.
Represented Quigley Eye Specialists in its acquisition of several Florida-based optometry and facial plastic surgery practices.
Represented LGM Pharma, a New Harbor Capital portfolio company and an international active-pharmaceutical ingredient (API) distributor, in its acquisition of the pharmaceutical division of Nexgen Pharma, Inc.
Represented Revolos, a full-service finance and insurance solutions provider and portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in its sale to Protective Life Corporation, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-Ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
Represented Nelson Global Products, a Wind Point portfolio company and manufacturer of thermal management, acoustic, air and fluid mechanics, and structural products, in its acquisition of Commercial Tube Processing, a manufacturer of high-performance tube assemblies, metal fabrications, and precision weldments.
Represented a founder-owned business process outsourcing firm in a sale to a portfolio company of a US-based private equity sponsor.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisition of The Vertex Companies, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm.
Represented Aurora Plastics, a Wind Point portfolio company, in its sale to Nautic Partners.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its sale of Ascensus Specialties, a leading U.S.-based provider of chemicals and specialty materials for use in critical life sciences and specialties markets and applications, and simultaneous re-investment alongside New Mountain Capital, the buyer.
Advised Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of Hasa, Inc
Advised Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of Envera Systems, LLC.
Advised The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) in its acquisition of Flavor Burst.
Advised Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and solutions company, in its acquisition of PPM Technologies Holdings LLC, a market leader in the global food processing and packaging industry.
Represented private equity portfolio company in the insurance industry and its management team in a debt and equity recapitalization and partial exit, and the negotiation and implementation of a new management incentive equity plan.
Represented several small business owners pro bono in connection with various startup matters.
Advised an artificial intelligence/virtual reality company in its Series B financing round.
Represented specialty pharmaceutical company in a strategic licensing transaction and convertible debt financing.
Represented numerous institutional investors on co-investments alongside leading private equity sponsors.
Represented Calera Capital in its acquisition of C4 Analytics, a digital marketing services firm.
Advised Envera Systems, a Wind Point Portfolio company, in its acquisition of Applications by Design, a software development company based in South Florida.
Represented Bausch + Lomb in its acquisition of Trukera Medical, the developer of ScoutPro, a valuable preoperative diagnostic tool for hyperosmolarity.
Represented Trivest partners in its growth investment into Hinton Lumber Products, one of the largest manufacturers of wooden pallets in the United States.
Advised Hasa, a Wind Point Portfolio company, in is add-on acquisition of Chem Eleven, a stand-alone salt-to-bleach manufacturing site.
Advised the management team of IntegrisIT, a leading provider of outsourced IT, cloud, and cybersecurity services, in connection with its sale to OMERS Private Equtiy and related rollover and incentive equity matters.
Represented Gehl Foods, a manufacturer of shelf-stable beverages, soups and sauces, in its sale to Kainos Capital.
Advised Trivest Partners on its growth investment into Alta Pest Control.
Represented The Vertex Companies, a Wind Point portfolio company, in its acquisition of Breakwater Forensics, a highly respected expert witness and business consulting firm.
Represented Trive Capital in its investment in Clipper Media, a direct mail marketing and advertising business.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of MoreGroup, a leading architecture, design and engineering business.
Advised New Harbor Capital on its debt financing for a platform acquisition involving the simultaneous purchase of two complementary businesses in the education industry.
Advised Gehl Foods, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, in its acquisition of California Natural Products.
Represented ExteNet Systems, a developer, owner and operator of distributed networks enabling advanced mobile and broadband connectivity across the US, in its acquisition of Hudson Fiber.
Represented IKEA in its acquisition of Task Rabbit.
Represented Imperial Dade, a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in over 25 add-on acquisitions over the course of 4 years of various food service packaging and janitorial supply distribution businesses headquartered in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Represented Wind Point Partners in the sale of Interface Performance Materials to Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL).
Represented American Automobile Association of Northern California, Nevada and Utah in its acquisition of SAFE Security, a provider of smart home and business security services.
Represented EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading software development business, in its acquisition of Competentum, a full-stack educational content services company, and its learning platform, Shareknowledge.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisition of U.S. Nonwovens, a home and personal care products manufacturer, and subsequent add-on acquisition of Multi-Pack Solutions, a contract manufacturer of unit-dose water-soluble packaging products for laundry and dish applications.
Represented Quigley Eye Specialists in its acquisition of several Florida-based optometry and facial plastic surgery practices.
Represented LGM Pharma, a New Harbor Capital portfolio company and an international active-pharmaceutical ingredient (API) distributor, in its acquisition of the pharmaceutical division of Nexgen Pharma, Inc.
Represented Revolos, a full-service finance and insurance solutions provider and portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, in its sale to Protective Life Corporation, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-Ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
Represented Nelson Global Products, a Wind Point portfolio company and manufacturer of thermal management, acoustic, air and fluid mechanics, and structural products, in its acquisition of Commercial Tube Processing, a manufacturer of high-performance tube assemblies, metal fabrications, and precision weldments.
Represented a founder-owned business process outsourcing firm in a sale to a portfolio company of a US-based private equity sponsor.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its platform acquisition of The Vertex Companies, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm.
Represented Aurora Plastics, a Wind Point portfolio company, in its sale to Nautic Partners.
Represented Wind Point Partners in its sale of Ascensus Specialties, a leading U.S.-based provider of chemicals and specialty materials for use in critical life sciences and specialties markets and applications, and simultaneous re-investment alongside New Mountain Capital, the buyer.
Advised Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of Hasa, Inc
Advised Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of Envera Systems, LLC.
Advised The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) in its acquisition of Flavor Burst.
Advised Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and solutions company, in its acquisition of PPM Technologies Holdings LLC, a market leader in the global food processing and packaging industry.
Represented Trivest partners in its growth investment into Hinton Lumber Products, one of the largest manufacturers of wooden pallets in the United States.
Advised Trivest Partners on its growth investment into Alta Pest Control.
Represented Trive Capital in its investment in Clipper Media, a direct mail marketing and advertising business.
Advised New Harbor Capital on its debt financing for a platform acquisition involving the simultaneous purchase of two complementary businesses in the education industry.
Advised an artificial intelligence/virtual reality company in its Series B financing round.
Represented private equity portfolio company in the insurance industry and its management team in a debt and equity recapitalization and partial exit, and the negotiation and implementation of a new management incentive equity plan.
Represented specialty pharmaceutical company in a strategic licensing transaction and convertible debt financing.
Represented several small business owners pro bono in connection with various startup matters.
Credentials
Education
Education
- Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 2017, J.D., magna cum laude, Alpha Sigma Nu, President – Business Law Society, Editor at Large - Loyola University Chicago Law Journal Vol. 48
- Loyola University Chicago, 2017, M.B.A., Finance, Legal Environment, Alpha Sigma Nu; Beta Gamma Sigma
- Indiana University, 2014, B.S. – Business Management, Delta Sigma Pi
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Illinois
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Chicago Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Associate Board Member – Lawyers for the Creative Arts
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