Jonathan A. Dhanawade is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Jonathan represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in structuring, negotiating and executing complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, recapitalizations, corporate restructurings and equity investments (including PIPEs and growth equity investments). He also counsels clients on a range of general corporate matters, including corporate governance, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements.
Jonathan has worked on transactions in a variety of industries, including aviation, business and financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, software, specialty chemicals and materials and technology. He has handled these transactions on behalf of, among others, AFV Partners, Arcline Investment Management, Arsenal Capital, Audax, Centerbridge Partners, Flexpoint Partners, GTCR, Incline Equity Partners, Parthenon Capital Partners, Periscope Equity, SK Capital Partners, Summit Partners, Thoma Bravo, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Water Street Healthcare Partners and Waud Capital Partners.
