Press Release 03.06.26
Jack Welch represents private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and strategic investors regarding a wide range of corporate matters, including complex acquisitions, dispositions, carveouts, mergers and other investments.
Jack also assists public and private companies in the technology, financial, health care, life sciences and retail sectors in buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Pillsbury, Jack was an attorney for an international law firm.
Representative Experience
Prior to and since joining Pillsbury, Jack’s notable representations include:
- Represented the Attorney General of the State of Delaware, on behalf of the beneficiaries of the OpenAI nonprofit, in connection with the recapitalization of OpenAI’s for-profit enterprise into a newly formed Delaware public benefit corporation. At closing, the nonprofit held a 26% equity stake in the for-profit valued at approximately $130 billion.
- Represented Performant Healthcare in its $670 million sale to Machinify.
- Represented Dotdigital in its acquisition of Social Snowball.
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- Represented Dotdigital in its acquisition of Alia Software.
- Represented BRANDED in its acquisition of Heydey, leading to the formation of Essor.
- Represented Danish company Orsted A/S in its sale of offshore lease area to Eversource Energy and the related spin-out and tax equity financing of the South Fork Wind project.
- Represented Entrepreneurial Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, in connection with its acquisition of Roskam Baking Company, a leading contract manufacturer supporting iconic food brands and companies.
- Represented Leeds Equity Partners in its acquisition of TalentNeuron, a provider of human capital data and insights subscription solutions, from Gartner Inc.
- Represented Lindsay Goldberg, a leading private investment firm, in connection with its acquisition of MMS, a leading data-focused contract research organization.
- Represented Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX), an asset management firm, in connection with its affiliate’s acquisition of Resource Environmental Solutions, a leading ecological restoration company.
- Represented Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, in connection with its $7.3 billion take-private sale to an equity consortium led by Nordic Capital.
- Represented Ares Management Corporation, a global asset manager, in connection with its acquisition of Black Creek Group, a real estate investment manager.
- Represented Lectra, a major player in the fashion, automotive and furniture markets, in connection with its acquisition of Gerber Technology, a developer of software and automation solutions for fashion, automotive and furniture businesses.
- Represented Odyssey Investment Partners, a private equity firm, in connection with its acquisition of Service Champions.
Education
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J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2016
B.A., Harvard University, 2010
with high honors
Admissions
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New York