Ji Lu is a partner in the Paul, Weiss Private Equity M&A Group. In her practice, Lu has represented private equity and strategic buyers and sellers in the United States and Europe in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buy-outs, minority investments, joint ventures, carve-out transactions and recapitalizations in a variety of industries including telecommunications, manufacturing, asset management, pharmaceuticals, software, satellite, financial services, trading and brokerage. Lu also advises sponsors in the M&A aspects of private funds secondary transactions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | Private Equity, M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Private Equity, M&A |
Lu’s experience includes the following representations:
- Oak Hill Capital and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including its:
- portfolio company, Metronet, in its co-investment by KKR and Oak Hill Capital
- portfolio company, Mercer, in the expansion of its ownership group to include Altas Partners
- KPS Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including its:
- acquisition of the fitness business of Brunswick Corporation, including the Life Fitness brand
- sale of Genesis Attachments to NPK Construction Equipment
- sale of Waupaca Foundry to Hitachi Metals
- acquisitions by its portfolio company, International Equipment Solutions of Saic do Brasil Ltda. in Brazil and CWS Industries (Mfg) Corp. in Canada
- General Atlantic in its:
- investments in Authentic Brands Group, Gen II and EN Engineering
- $2.7 billion sale of Gavilon Holdings to Marubeni Corporation
- CI Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including:
- portfolio company Maroon Group, in various add-on acquisitions and subsequent sale of the portfolio company to Cinven backed Barentz International
- acquisition of the portfolio company Mariani Landscape and subsequent add-on acquisitions
- Ericsson in its:
- formation of consortium Rockstar Bidco and the acquisition by Rockstar of Nortel’s $4.5 billion patent portfolio
- the divestment of its media business, Media Solutions, to One Equity Partners
- sale of patent portfolio to Unwired Planet, Inc.
- Citigroup, in its disposition of the retail brokerage business of Nikko Cordial for $7.9 billion to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- SOFIE Biosciences, in a substantial strategic growth investment made by Trilantic North America
- NAV CANADA in its investment in Aireon, the developer of the world’s first space-based global air traffic surveillance system
- Grain Management in its acquisition of wireless spectrum from AT&T and Verizon Wireless