Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Taft’s Private Equity team consists of more than 100 attorneys with a broad base of private equity transaction experience, coupled with legal experience beyond traditional private equity transactions.
- Independent sponsor deals
- 19
- All observed deals
- 23
- Sponsor clients
- 4
- Repeat clients
- 2
- Latest deal
- Apr 27, 2026
45 additional professionals, 15 additional client and capital relationships, 20 additional observed deals, 5 signals and event appearances
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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19 independent sponsor deals for 4 sponsors, 2 of them more than once. Jun 25, 2021 to Apr 27, 2026; 4 in the last 12 months. It is on 23 observed deals in all; on the other 4 the buyer was a strategic acquirer or a lender, not an independent sponsor.
- Concentration Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP: 10 of its 19 observed independent sponsor deals are for HKW Management · Apr 27, 2026
- Concentration HKW Management has used Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as counsel on 10 of its 10 observed deals where its counsel is known · Apr 27, 2026
- Concentration Monument MicroCap Partners has used Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as counsel on 7 of its 7 observed deals where its counsel is known · Mar 12, 2026
- HKW Management has used Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as counsel on 10 of 10 observed transactions where its counsel is known, since 2023. deal 1 · deal 2 · deal 3
- Monument MicroCap Partners has used Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as counsel on 7 of 7 observed transactions where its counsel is known, since 2021. deal 1 · deal 2 · deal 3
- Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has worked on 10 observed transactions for HKW Management (53% of its 19 observed independent sponsor deals). deal 1 · deal 2 · deal 3
14 more facts and signals are on record for this page. They name the firms involved and open with Independent Sponsor Intelligence.
- Apr 27, 2026Buyer counselBuyer counsel · Apr 27, 2026Taftpublished Apr 29, 2026
- Mar 12, 2026Sponsor counselSponsor counsel for Monument MicroCap Partners · Mar 12, 2026Taftpublished Mar 16, 2026
- Mar 11, 2026Sponsor counselSponsor counsel for HKW Management · Mar 11, 2026Taftpublished Mar 12, 2026
- HKW ManagementRepeat client10 dealsBuyer counsel, Sponsor counsel · Jan 9, 2023 to Apr 27, 2026 · latest deal taftlaw.com
- Monument MicroCap PartnersRepeat client7 dealsSponsor counsel, Buyer counsel, Seller counsel · Jun 25, 2021 to Mar 12, 2026 · latest deal taftlaw.com
- Bluejay Capital Partners1 dealSeller counsel · May 1, 2024 · latest deal taftlaw.com
- LongWater Capital Solutions3 shared deals
- Brookside Capital Partners2 shared deals
- Lbc Credit Partners2 shared deals
Who did the work, by the deals they are named on.
- Bob Hicks16 deals
- Lonnie Johnson16 deals
- Ralph Caruso16 deals
No deal on record stated a value.
Offices: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit (Southfield), Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New York, Phoenix. Deal companies in CA 3, IN 2, AR 1, CO 1, FL 1, IL 1, LA 1, MA 1, MI 1, OR 1.
- HKW Managementsponsor · 10
- Monument MicroCap Partnerssponsor · 7
- LongWater Capital Solutionscapital · 3
- Brookside Capital Partnerscapital · 2
- Lbc Credit Partnerscapital · 2
- Bluejay Capital Partnerssponsor · 1
Website taftlaw.com. Contact details for named professionals open with the product, the same way as on every other record.
Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): James R. Waggoner (Partner), Leah C. Fleck (Partner), Michael J. Moeddel (Partner).
Who to call is the organisation, the person's role and the line they published themselves: a business phone, office address, website or profile link from Form ADV, Form 13F or their own website, with that source named on every value. The counts above are what a reveal returns; a personal email is rarely published, so most reveals are the firm's line. Never data bought from a provider, never anything personal. Reveals by plan