Cory J. Lewis

A partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity group, Cory Lewis counsels private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies throughout the investment life cycle.

Cory draws on a commercial, business-focused approach to help clients quickly and efficiently execute transactions and achieve their investment goals. He advises clients on structuring, negotiating, and executing complex US and cross-border transactions, including:

• Leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, spinoffs, and other M&A transactions
• Joint ventures, alliances, and other commercial partnerships
• Recapitalizations and restructurings
• Platform company management employment and equity matters
• Platform divestiture
• Ongoing general corporate and strategic matters

In addition to his commercial work, Cory maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing families of children with special education needs on matters related to individualized education plans (IEPs) and related special education services.

Cory’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity

• Veritas and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on the acquisitions of Cornerstone Advisors and MetroStar Systems*
• Coalesce Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on the acquisition of DecisionHR*
• KKR and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including its investments in Aiwyn and Ontic*
• Behrman Capital and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including the acquisition by portfolio company The Thermal Group of Applied Composite Technologies Aerospace*
• Capitol Meridian Partners and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on the acquisitions of TechnoMile and SIMS Software*
• Seven Point Equity Partners and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on Seven Point’s acquisition of Frazier Aviation and portfolio company RiteScreen’s acquisition of FlexScreen*
• H.I.G. Capital and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on its acquisitions of Health E-Commerce and RBMedia*
• Madison Dearborn Partners and its portfolio companies on various matters, including on its take-private acquisition of MoneyGram*
• PSG Equity and its portfolio companies on various matters, including on investments in Clearer.io (formerly AppHub), Buxton Enterprises, Qmulos, Xurrent (formerly 4Me) and PreVeil*
• WestView Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on various matters, including on its investments in Kymanox and Dark Horse Consulting*
• Spectrum Equity Management and its portfolio companies on various matters, including the equity investment in Goldbelly, a specialty food online marketplace*
• The Sterling Group and its portfolio companies on various matters, including Sterling’s acquisition of Ergotron and sale of Bad Boy Mowers*
• BV Investment Partners on its side-by-side acquisitions of energy consulting firms Resource Innovations and Nexant*
• Intentsify, a software company that provides services in data cleansing, lead generation, and marketing analytics, on its sale to BV Investment Partners*
• Vivo Capital and its portfolio company Seran Bioscience on Seran’s equity refinancing and receipt of an equity investment from Bain Capital*
• GTCR and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on its acquisitions of Flavor Producers and EaglePicher*
• Nautic Partners and its portfolio companies on various matters, including on its acquisition of ExactCare*
• Monomoy Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on various matters, including on its acquisitions of Shaw Development and Construction Resources*
• Waud Capital Partners and its portfolio companies on various bids and other matters, including on its acquisitions of Sphere and Unifeye Vision Partners*
• Thoma Bravo on its sale of TravelClick*

Strategic M&A

• A global medical devices manufacturer on the acquisition of a surgical laser platform*
• Drift.com, a sales communication platform provider, on its sale to Vista Equity Partners and its issuance of Series A PIK preferred equity*
• Eyeota, a Singapore-based provider of audience data for digital marketing, on its sale to Dun & Bradstreet*
• Homology Medicines, a genetic medicines company, on its joint venture with Oxford Biomedica to create a full-scope adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing and innovation business*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

• Boston Bar Association