Corporate

Deal-making is our core competency. Our team is commercially minded, creative, and practical — and we bring an unusually deep understanding of both the commercial and economic dimensions of every transaction. 

We regularly advise founders, CEOs, management teams, significant investors, and their family offices on $1b+ transactions across a range of sectors, including private equity, TMT, data centers, venture capital, direct investments and healthcare.

Our track record in this space are distinctive: we are ranked #3 in the U.S. for private equity M&A exits (Mergermarket FY2025 league tables by deal value), and we currently represent founders and management sellers in approximately 25% of all active take-private deals in the U.S. market. We also regularly represent investment managers and wealth management platforms on spinouts and rollups. 

We organize, structure, and document funds and investment vehicles, including PE, hedge, and VC funds. We advise on related regulatory filings, risk management, and disputes. We also counsel investment managers on compliance responsibilities and provide SEC, securities law, and broker-dealer advice and registrations. We regularly act on spinouts and rollups, including a recent spin-out of a PE fund from a global bank.

Our team previously held roles including COO of a PE group at a global bank, Co-Head of Investment Management M&A at a highly ranked law firm, and Chief Compliance Officer of an $80B AUM asset manager.

We have expertise in complicated finance structures and a wide range of credit, including traditional and asset finance, and derivative and structured product transactions. Our clients include issuers, lenders, borrowers, and lessors. We have a market-leading practice in asset-backed facilities and regularly represent borrowers on middle-market credit facilities.

Our team has deep experience building global incident response programs, developing security and privacy processes, and ensuring compliance with numerous international regulations to safeguard clients’ information assets. Our industry-leading team also helps organizations interpret standards and frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CIS and translate them into actionable advice to help clients meet operational objectives. With our tailored risk management expertise, we help clients proactively address potential threats and respond to cybersecurity breaches to mitigate risks. Our team leverages attorneys with previous senior roles at leading technology companies, including Coinbase, Oracle, American Express, and 3M, to help clients benchmark their security and privacy programs against other major industry players. 

Our broad-ranging practice encompasses insolvency, finance, corporate governance, litigation, and regulatory matters across borders, representing significant players in the web3, crypto, digital assets, blockchain, and VC industries.  Sterlington remains at the forefront of the evolving space, helping clients address these challenges and navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape with innovative legal solutions. We acted for the largest unsecured creditors in the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital in the British Virgin Islands and New York, a $10b crypto bankruptcy, and regularly represent crypto and digital asset companies of all sizes in corporate, transactional, and litigation matters.

We provide tax advice on a variety of business transactions, including restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, business sales, spin-offs, joint ventures, buy-outs and exits, partnership terminations, as well as other situations that may arise. The Sterlington Tax team also supports the tax aspects of our Litigation and Trust & Estates practices, having due regard for the tax consequences that those practices must address.