Garrett A. Lorentz

Partner Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Chicago +1 312 862 2320

Garrett A. Lorentz

Overview

Garrett Lorentz is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he concentrates on complex business transactions for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, with a focus on structuring, negotiating and managing leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, recapitalizations, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements and capital investments, ranging in size from a few million to over a billion dollars. Additionally, Garrett acts as outside counsel to many privately held companies (including the portfolio companies of his private equity clients).

Garrett’s experience spans a range of industries, including software, technology, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and business and in-home services. Garrett has handled matters for numerous clients, including Accel-KKR, Alpine Investors, Audax, Francisco Partners, GTCR, H.I.G. Capital, Keystone Capital, Olympus Partners, Thoma Bravo, as well as many of their portfolio companies.

Arsenal Capital Partners in its $115 million acquisition of PolyOne's Designed Structures and Solutions business

Aterian Investment Partners-backed Johnstown Wire Technologies (JWT), a manufacturer of carbon and alloy wire products, in Aterian's sale of JWT to Liberty Steel, an affiliate of GFG Alliance

Audax Group in its acquisition of Checkers Industrial Safety Product

Comverge and parent company Peak Holding Corp. in their $100 million sale to Itron

Duff & Phelps in its acquisition of Kroll, the global leader in cyber solutions, from Corporate Risk Holdings

EpiServer, a technology provider that supports digital experiences, in its sale to Insight Venture Partners from Accel-KKR

Francisco Partners and its portfolio company eSolutions in its acquisition of Medidal

GTCR in its $150 million sale of Avention, a technology platform which provides company, contact and market data, to Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), a commercial data, analytics and insights provider

H.I.G. Capital in its sale of Enerwise Global Technologies, a provider of energy resources, to LS Power

Harren Equity Partners in its acquisition of Shrimp Basket Holdings

Keystone Capital in its formation of Foundation Dental Partners

Lovell Minnick Partners in its equity investment in Worldwide Facilities

Olympus Partners in its $1.35 billion sale of The Waddington Group to Jarden Corp.

R1 RCM Inc. in its acquisition of SCI Solutions, Inc.

RF IDeas in connection with its acquisition by Roper Technologies, Inc.

Sparta Systems, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, in its sale to New Mountain Capital

Staple Street Capital in its acquisition of Dominion Voting Systems, a leading provider of hardware and software election tabulation solutions

Thoma Bravo in Sparta Systems acquisition of 123Compliance

Zebra Technologies in the $55 million sale of its wireless LAN business to Extreme Networks

ExternHonorable Ilana D. RovnerUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit2011

Honigman LLP

Toyne & Mayo, P.A., Miami, Florida

Bacardi U.S.A., Inc., Coral Gables, Florida

Tyco Integrated Security LLC, Boca Raton, Florida

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2014Illinois
  • 2013Florida

Education

  • University of Miami School of LawJ.D.cum laude

    Dean's List

    Dean’s Certificate, Legal Research

    Fellow, Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program

    Founding Editor, LegalEthicsinMotion.com

    Quarterfinalist, University of Miami School of Law Negotiation Competition

  • University of MiamiB.S., Finance

    Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholarship