A partner in the Private Equity M&A Group, Megan Spelman advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all types of transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures, financings, restructurings and other corporate matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Private Equity M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Private Equity |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Private Equity M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A, Private Equity |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Corporate, M&A, Private Equity |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | M&A, Private Equity |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Corporate, M&A, Private Equity |
Spelman’s recent engagements include:
- Accenture in its acquisition of Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM)
- Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in its acquisitions of Pequity and WorkForce Software
- Altas Partners and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including in connection with its investment in PADI and its portfolio company Unified Women’s Healthcare in its acquisition of Women’s Health USA
- Biofourmis in its sale of Bifourmis Connect; and in its strategic merger with CopilotIQ
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its approximately $843 million (C$1.2 billion) investment in Tallgrass Energy
- Clearlake Capital Group in its growth investment in Crash Champions
- Crestview Partners and TenCate Grass Holding B.V. in the sale of a majority stake in TenCate to Leonard Green & Partners
- Five Arrows in its strategic investment, alongside existing investor Vista Equity Partners, in StarRez
- Fortive Corporation in its acquisition of Landauer
- General Atlantic in its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of Arco Platform Limited; and in its growth investment in HighLevel
- Hg Saturn 2 as a majority investor in the recapitalization of Sovos
- Information Resources, Inc. in its acquisition of Retail Solutions
- The Jordan Company in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of Potters Industries and TransImpact
- Maiden Holdings in its combination with Kestrel Group
- Monomoy Capital Partners in its acquisition of West Marine
- Patient Square Capital in its acquisition of Summit Behavioral Healthcare
- Roark Capital Group in its acquisition of Subway Restaurants
- Good Sportsman Marketing in its acquisition by Gridiron Capital
- TPG Capital in its acquisition of Transplace
- Warburg Pincus in its investment in Procare Software Holdings
Spelman has also represented a number of other private equity clients, portfolio companies and financial institutions, including Barclays, Centerbridge Partners, EQT Partners and EQT Infrastructure, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, to name a few.