A transactional asset management counsel, Marc Migliazzo represents financial sponsors and institutional investors on fund transactions and private equity investments. In particular, Marc advises on all types of GP-led secondaries and fund liquidity transactions for sponsors and their investors across the spectrum of investment strategies, asset types and industries. He is a member of the firm’s sponsor solutions practice and asset management group.
Marc’s practice focuses on transactions involving private investment funds, including continuation funds, fund recapitalizations, tender offers, preferred equity funding, end of fund-life solutions, and other structured and nontraditional situations. Marc also advises on GP stakes transactions, sponsor succession planning and manager lift-outs. His clients are based around the world and range from the largest asset management firms and sovereign wealth investors globally, to first-time fund managers.
Marc also advises clients with respect to majority and minority direct investments and co-investments, including transactions involving both public and private securities, in addition to routinely advising clients on joint ventures, traditional leveraged buyouts and other mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Marc worked as an investment banker, advising companies, financial sponsors and entrepreneurs on cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He was based in Paris for six years.
Experience
Private Fund Investments and Liquidity Solutions
- Advises private equity sponsors and investors in connection with co-sponsor and co-invest transactions, joint ventures, single-asset funds and warehouse transactions
- Represents financial sponsors and investors in fund secondaries transactions, including single-asset and multiple-asset continuation funds and fund recapitalizations, multi-fund asset transfers, strip sales, fund spinouts, and other liquidity transactions
- Advises sponsor clients in connection with other asset management transactions, sponsor restructurings, management transitions, GP stakes and seed financings for new managers
Leveraged Buyouts and M&A
- Advises private equity funds in connection with leveraged buyouts, non-control investments and other strategic transactions
- Represents companies on mergers and acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and sale transactions
- Advises on joint ventures, co-investments and other direct investments