Brian McNeil

Brian McNeil is a partner in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its Private Equity group.

Brian’s practice focuses primarily on advising private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and other private companies. He regularly advises clients on domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, minority and growth equity investments, and general corporate matters across a broad range of industries, including technology and software, consumer, financial services, healthcare, education, and business services. He frequently serves as outside general counsel to growth- and late-stage private companies. Brian is also a member of the hiring committee for the firm’s Boston office.

Brian’s recent transaction experience includes representing:

• JMI Equity, its affiliated investment funds, and its portfolio companies, including in connection with investments in EdSights, gaiia, GiveCampus, SimpliGov, Vantaca, and ServiceTrade, add-on acquisitions for OnBoard, Apptegy, Vantaca, and ServiceTrade, and liquidity transactions with Vantaca and ButterflyMX.
• TA Associates, its affiliated investment funds, and its portfolio companies, including in connection with investments in Bluegrass Ingredients, Edmunds GovTech, Advantice, and AffiniPay and liquidity transactions with Affinipay, Digicert, and SWH.
• Polaris Growth Fund, its affiliated investment funds, and its portfolio companies, including in connection with investments in Amplifire, LCVista, Prolaera, Martin & Co, SETWorks, and Three+One.
• Equality Asset Management, its affiliated investment funds, and its portfolio companies, including in connection with investments in OptionMetrics, ConnectBase, Evention, Auctivo, Advanced GRC, Rhoads Online, and Elation Systems.
• Charlesbank Capital Partners, its affiliated investment funds, and its portfolio companies, including in connection with investments in Membersy and Kleer, an add-on acquisition for Ensono, and liquidity transactions with Trojan Battery Company and Oncore.
• Sunstone Partners, its affiliated investment funds, and its portfolio companies, including in connection with an investment in OSF, an add-on acquisition for NetSPI, and liquidity transactions with NetSPI and ProgenyHealth.
• Atlantic Vantage Point and its affiliated investment funds in connection with investments in Deepgram, Versa Networks, and PayNearMe.

In addition, he has represented numerous companies in connection with venture financings, venture-backed and other private companies in connection with sale transactions, and search funds in connection with acquisitions, equity financings, and subsequent liquidity transactions.

Brian was a summer associate at Goodwin in 2013.  While in law school, he was a senior editor for the Boston College Law Review.  Prior to law school, Brian taught mathematics and coached football in eastern North Carolina as a Teach for America corps member.