Ryan A. Jackson

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Chicago +1 312 862 2751

Ryan A. Jackson

Practices

Overview

Ryan Jackson is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Ryan’s practice focuses on structuring, negotiating and managing complex business transactions, including leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, venture and growth equity investments, corporate carve-out transactions, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity matters. Ryan has represented private companies and private equity and venture capital firms in transactions ranging in size from under one million dollars to several billion dollars.

Ryan has handled matters for numerous clients, including ParkerGale, Union Park Capital, Thoma Bravo, Bain Capital, GTCR, TA Associates, Flexpoint Ford, Olympus Partners, Beecken Petty O’Keefe and Audax as well as many of their portfolio companies.

Lou Malnati’s in its strategic partnership with BDT Capital Partners

TA Associates in its investment, alongside GI Partners, in Netsmart Technologies, Inc.

TA Associates in its investment in Aldevron, LLC

Bain Capital Private Equity in its $3.2 billion carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air

GTCR and its portfolio company Mega Broadband Investments in its acquisition of Vyve Broadband

GTCR and its portfolio company Dash Financial in its sale to Flexpoint Ford

GTCR and its portfolio company Convergex in its sale to Cowen

GTCR and Convergex in the combination of LiquidPoint and Dash Financial

GTCR and its portfolio company Avention in its sale to Dun & Bradstreet

GTCR and its portfolio company AssuredPartners in the sale of AssuredPartners to Apax Partners

GTCR in its strategic equity investment in Transaction Data Systems, Inc. (Rx30)

GTCR and Stergenics International in its recapitalization of Stergenics from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus

Audax Group in its acquisition of Checkers Industrial Safety Products

Flexpoint Ford in its sale of T&H Global Holdings to Sedgwick Claims Management Services

Olympus Partners and Homax Products in its sale of the cleaning products division of Homax Products to Weiman Products

Olympus Partners and The Homax Group in the sale of The Homax Group to PPG Architectural Coatings

Beecken Petty O'Keefe in its acquisition of Examination Management Services

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, 2012–2013

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Thought Leadership

Seminars 

Presented on “Conducting Effective Due Diligence in M&A Deals,” American Law Institute, June 17, 2015

Recognition

Regularly presents corporate law topics at the University of Michigan Law School.

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Illinois
  • Michigan

Education

  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D.magna cum laude
    Associate and Contributing Editor, Michigan Journal of International Law
  • University of MichiganB.A., Economicswith Distinction