Neil Townsend
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Private Equity: Buyouts
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Neil W. Townsend is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice Group. He leads a cross-border, multidisciplinary group practicing in 15 key markets across the US and Europe. Neil handles the full spectrum of private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies and public and private securities transactions. He represents financial sponsors in the structuring, negotiation, financing, implementation and restructuring of leveraged buyouts, structured investments and exit transactions. He also advises on the design and negotiation of tax-efficient equity and equity-based executive compensation plans, and on sponsor restructuring arrangements and generational transitions for sponsor clients. Neil focuses most of his time on businesses in the health care sector, the business and professional services sectors, the specialty food industries, and the industrial and consumer products fields, and on a variety of distressed sales and restructurings. He represents clients in both high-end transactions and deals across all segments of the middle market.
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Villanova University, J.D., 1990, Tufts University, B.S., 1987; See https://www.willkie.com/professionals/t/townsend-neil-w
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