A private equity investment is only as strong as the companies it powers. Thompson Hine’s Portfolio Company Services group delivers the full life-cycle legal support that keeps portfolio businesses moving fast, scaling smart and staying deal-ready, from initial capital infusion through growth, transformation and exit.
The Private Equity Mindset, Baked In
We understand the clock private equity runs on. Our team includes former general counsel and senior in-house counsel who have sat at the portfolio-company C-suite table; we have the experience to pair real-world operating insight with deep deal fluency. We translate fund expectations—IRR hurdles, leverage covenants, exit timelines—into pragmatic, day-to-day legal strategy that lets management hit the numbers while avoiding surprises.
Integrated, End-to-End Counsel
- Corporate & Securities: recapitalizations, bolt-on and carve-out M&A, board governance, minority-investor rights
- Debt & Equity Finance: senior and mezz facilities, unitranche structures, PIPEs, convertible prefs, working-capital revolvers
- Commercial Contracts: Contract Solutions™ delivers rapid, fixed-fee drafting and negotiation of supply, services, distribution and technology agreements
- Labor & Employment: executive compensation, equity incentive plans, workforce restructuring, post-closing integration
- IP, Technology & Data: portfolio development, licensing, trade secret protection, privacy, cybersecurity and incident response
- Real Estate & Construction: site acquisition, build-to-suit, leasing, zoning and environmental diligence
- Global Supply Chain & Trade: cross-border sourcing, customs, sanctions and logistics
- Tax & Structuring: blocker entities, tax-efficient rollovers, transfer-pricing and intercompany planning
- Litigation & Disputes: securities, commercial, product liability, white collar defense and bet-the-company matters
