Ryan A. Jackson
Overview
Ryan Jackson is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ryan’s practice focuses on structuring, negotiating and managing complex business transactions, including leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, venture and growth equity investments, corporate carve-out transactions, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity matters. Ryan has represented private companies and private equity and venture capital firms in transactions ranging in size from under one million dollars to several billion dollars. Ryan also helps families navigate key considerations for setting up a family office, including structure types, employee incentive programs, regulatory requirements and financial flexibility.
Ryan has handled matters for numerous clients, including ParkerGale, Union Park Capital, Thoma Bravo, Bain Capital, GTCR, TA Associates, Flexpoint Ford, Olympus Partners, Beecken Petty O’Keefe as well as many of their portfolio companies.
Experience
Representative Matters
Represented Bain Capital Private Equity in its $3.2 billion global carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air, a packaging solutions company
Represented Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, a Northbrook, Illinois-based pizza restaurant chain, in its strategic partnership with BDT Capital Partners, investment banking company
Represented McCarthy Capital in its investment in Omaha Steaks, a distributor of beef and other gourmet foods
Represented Maxwell Street Capital Partners in its investment in The Integration Group, a provider of contract logistics and industrial supply chain aftermarket solutions for customers across the automotive, agriculture and industrial equipment end markets
Represented Thoma Bravo-backed Riskonnect, a provider of Integrated Risk Management technology, in its sale to TA Associates
Represented Thoma Bravo in connection with its acquisition of Applitools, a leading provider of visual test automation software
Represented Thoma Bravo in connection with its acquisition of Command Alkon, a leading supplier collaboration platform for construction's heavy work
Represented Thoma Bravo and Veriforce in connection with its acquisition of Complyworks, Canada's leading compliance management solution provider
Represented Thoma Bravo in connection with its strategic growth investment in PDFTron, a global leading provider of document technology solutions for software developers
Represented Thoma Bravo in connection with its acquisition of Zipari, the company behind the first and only consumer experience platform built specifically for health insurance
Represented Thoma Bravo in connection with its acquisition of Healthx, a provider of trusted healthcare engagement technologies
Represented Thoma Bravo, along with Command Alkon, in connection with a carve-out acquisition of the construction logistics business from Trimble, a California-based hardware, software and services technology company
Represented GTCR-backed Transaction Data Systems, a provider of pharmacy management solutions and clinical applications, in its sale to BlackRock Long Term Private Capital
Represented GTCR and Mega Broadband Investments, a broadband services investment company, in its acquisition of Vyve Broadband, a cable and broadband technology company
Represented GTCR and Dash Financial Technologies, a financial technology company, in its sale to Flexpoint Ford, a capital market company
Represented GTCR and its portfolio company Convergex, a brokerage and trading services firm, in its sale to Cowen, an investment banking company
Represented GTCR and Convergex in the combination of LiquidPoint, Convergex's options trading and technology business, and Dash Financial Technologies
Represented GTCR and Avention, a business-to-business sales company, in its sale to Dun & Bradstreet, a global business data and analytics company
Represented GTCR and AssuredPartners, a property and casualty insurance brokerage, in the sale of AssuredPartners to Apax Partners, a British private equity firm
Represented GTCR in its strategic equity investment in Transaction Data Systems (Rx30), a leading developer and supplier of pharmacy management software solutions to independent, hospital, long-term care and specialty pharmacy markets
Represented GTCR and Transaction Data Systems, in connection with its acquisition of KloudScript, a cloud-based specialty pharmacy solution
Represented GTCR and Stergenics International in its recapitalization of Stergenics, a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and high-performance materials industries, from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing
Represented GTCR in connection with its acquisition of Pharm Assess, a pharmacy assessment consulting company
Represented GTCR in connection with its strategic investment in Point Broadband LLC, a company that provides fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) high-speed data (HSD) services to residential and business customers in select markets east of the Mississippi River
Represented GTCR in connection with its acquisition of RevSpring Inc., a leading provider of multi-channel billing and communications solutions to the healthcare and financial services industries
Represented Union Park Capital-backed Process Insights, a provider of analytical instrumentation to detect, analyze and monitor critical parameters across gas and liquid phase applications, in its sale to Industrial Growth Partners
Represented Union Park Capital-backed CFS Technologies in its acquisition of Knight, a provider of dispensing equipment and cleaning solutions, from IDEX Corp. (NYSE: IEX)
Represented Union Park Capital-backed Industrial Physics, a manufacturer of testing and measurement instruments, in its sale to KKR
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of CMC-KUHNKE GmbH, a global leader in quality control measurement instruments for food, beverage and aerosol cans
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its formation of Advanced Environmental Monitoring Holdings, a family of companies focused on monitoring of critical environmental parameters, including meteorology, hydrology, air and soil
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of Davis Instruments Corp., a leader in developing and manufacturing precision weather, marine and environmental instrumentation
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of Earth Networks, which helps organizations mitigate financial, operational and human risk by providing environmental intelligence from the world's largest hyperlocal weather network
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of Forest Technology Systems Ltd., a leading manufacturer of remote environmental monitoring solutions, including systems, instrumentation, telemetry and software, for the hydrology, fire, weather and meteorology industries
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of High Sierra Electronics, which specializes in flood warning sensors, equipment and transmitters for public and improved traffic safety
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its formation of Industrial Physics, a company created to build an integrated network of small and mid-sized businesses offering materials and physical testing instrumentation
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its formation of KPM analytics to bring together a portfolio of analytical instrument companies focused in the food, agriculture and environmental sectors
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of LAMBRECHT meteo GmbH, a leading provider of specialized measurement technology with a focus on wind, precipitation, temperature, pressure and humidity, as well as dataloggers
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of OneRain Inc. a leading provider of rainfall-related data and services to local, state and federal agencies across the U.S.
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of Testing Machines Inc., a global manufacturer of testing instrumentation for the paper, pulp, film, foil, ink, coatings, nonwoven and corrugated industries
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of TM Electronics, which provides leak detection equipment to improve quality and productivity in the medical device, consumer electronics and food markets
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of United Testing Systems, a company that manufacturers machines for tension, compression and materials testing applications
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of Vieux & Associates Inc., a leading provider of advanced technologies for rainfall and runoff products and services serving wet weather, stormwater, flood and water resources applications
Represented Union Park Capital in connection with its acquisition of Z-LASER GmbH, which designs and manufactures laser sources and laser projectors for positioning, measurement and other specialty original equipment manufacturer (OEM) applications
Represented ParkerGale-backed OpenBrand in its acquisition of TraQline, a provider of market share and consumer behavior data
Represented ParkerGale-backed Biscom, a provider of enterprise fax and secure file transfer solutions, in its sale to Concord Technologies
Represented ParkerGale Capital in connection with its acquisition of EditShare, a privately owned postproduction technology developer
Represented ParkerGale Capital in its majority investment in Biscom, a provider of enterprise fax and secure file transfer solutions for large enterprises
Represented ParkerGale-backed DealerBuilt in its acquisition of Oplogic, a provider of CRM solutions for dealerships
Represented ParkerGale’s portfolio company, DealerBuilt, in its acquisition of Vistadash
Represented Sun Capital Partners Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Calcium Products Inc., a leading manufacturer of calcium-based fertilizers for row and specialty crop growers as well as the professional turf industry
Represented A&M Capital Partners’ portfolio company, INSPYR, in its acquisition of Ntelicor, an IT staffing and solutions company
Represented A&M Capital Partners’ portfolio company, INSPYR, in its acquisition of ProTask, a staffing and consulting agency
Represented A&M Capital Partners in its acquisition of P2P Staffing Corp., a provider of professional staffing, locum tenens staffing and solutions through brands TekPartners and MPLT Healthcare
Represented TA Associates in its investment – alongside private investment firm GI Partners – in Netsmart Technologies Inc., a leading healthcare software company delivering management process solutions and electronic medical records to the health and human services (HHS) and post-acute end markets
Represented TA Associates in its investment in Aldevron LLC, a biological science company
Represented Flexpoint Ford in its minority investment in Service Finance Company
Represented Flexpoint Ford in its sale of T&H Global Holdings, a Chicago-based insurance claims services company, to Sedgwick Claims Management Services, a claims and productive management services company
Represented Olympus Partners and The Homax Group, a consumer products company, in its sale of the cleaning products division of Homax Products to Weiman Products, a specialty surface cleaning manufacturer
Represented Olympus Partners and The Homax Group in the sale of The Homax Group to PPG Architectural Coatings, a global supplier of paints, coatings and specialty materials
Represented Beecken Petty O'Keefe in its acquisition of Examination Management Services, a risk management services company
Represented Beecken Petty O’Keefe’s portfolio company, Alliance Physical Therapy Partners, in its acquisition of Excel Rehab & Sports, a provider of six outpatient physical therapy clinics
Represented ClearLight Partners in its sale of Taymax Group Holdings, one of the largest Planet Fitness franchises, to Trilantic Capital Partners
Represented iManage, a provider of document, governance and knowledge solutions, in its growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities
Represented New Water Capital in its acquisition of Klosterman Baking Company, a producer of fresh and frozen bakery products
Represented Equity Group Investments in its acquisition of East Coast Warehouse, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics to the food and beverage industry
Represented GoodVets Group on its partnership with SkyKnight Capital to accelerate growth and build leading, modern veterinary care platform*
Represented Systima Technologies Inc. in its sale to Karman Missile & Space Systems, a portfolio company of Trive Capital Management LLC*
Represented Pine Tree Equity IV LP in its acquisition of Shortridge Academy LLC, a leading therapeutic boarding school in New Hampshire that supports the cognitive, emotional and social development of bright, yet struggling adolescents*
Represented Benchmark Analytics, a provider of an enterprise analytics platform that serves law enforcement agencies, in its investment from PSG Equity
Represented ITI Data, a data management solutions firm, in its sale to EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS)
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Thought Leadership
Seminars
Presented on “Conducting Effective Due Diligence in M&A Deals,” American Law Institute, June 17, 2015
Recognition
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Illinois
- Michigan
Education
- University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laudeAssociate and Contributing Editor, Michigan Journal of International Law
- University of MichiganB.A., Economicswith Distinction