J. Ryan McCarthy
Partner
Boston
ryan.mccarthy@lw.com
+1.617.948.6035
PRACTICES
- Emerging Companies & Growth
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
INDUSTRIES
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Technology
EDUCATION
- JD, Boston University School of Law, 2005
cum laude - BA, Bowdoin College, 1999
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Ryan McCarthy is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins. Ryan has a broad-based transactional practice, with a focus on representing strategic buyers and sellers, private equity firms, growth equity firms, and their portfolio companies, in connection with:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Complex investments
- Carve-outs
- Auction processes
- Joint ventures
- Reorganizations
- General corporate matters
Ryan's practice spans a variety of sectors, ranging from technology and healthcare to energy and retail.
Previously, Ryan worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in its financial services division.
EXPERIENCE
Ryan's recent transactions include representing:
- KKR Technology Growth in its several transactions, including its:
- Merger of Level Access and eSSENTIAL Accessibility
- Investment in Semperis
- Investment in Anchorage Digital
- Co-investment in NetSPI alongside Ten Eleven Ventures
- Investment in RV Share
- Investment in O9 Solutions
- Investment in Slice (MyPizza Technologies, Inc.)
- Summit Partners in its investment in each of:
- Snap Finance
- 48forty Solutions
- Halborn
- Spectrum Equity in its investment in each of:
- CINC Systems
- Agilis Systems
- Kajabi
- Verisys
- Rain King Software
- Headspace
- Westview Capital Partners in numerous investments including its acquisition of, or investment in each of:
- Apex Technologies LLC
- Abacus Group
- Collaborative Solutions
- Jopari Solutions
- Snow Companies
- Alpha II
- Wavelink Software
- ABRY Partners in its acquisition of each of:
- FastMed Urgent Care
- Dermatology Associates
- NSM Insurance
- BV Investment in its sale of RKD Group to Incline Equity Partners
- Bitly in its acquisition of Egoditor
- MSA Security in its acquisition by Allied Universal
- CARWAVE in its acquisition by KAR
- Nexus Systems in its sale to Bottomline Technologies
- Perella Weinberg Growth Equity in its investment in each of:
- MetalEra Holdings
- MSA Security
- Payer Compass in its acquisition by Zelis
- Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund in its investment in American Roland Foods
- Definitive Healthcare in its sale to Advent International
- Snow Companies in its sale to Omnicom Group, Inc.
- Mintz Group in its sale to ICV Partners
- VMG Partners in the sale of Babyganics to SC Johnson & Son Inc.
- LogMeIn, Inc. in its acquisition of Bold Software
- ALKU in its sale to FFL Partners
- Park Place Technologies in its sale to GTCR
- MC Partners in its investment in Neutral Connect