Jim Moriarty is a partner in the firm’s Private Equity group. His practice focuses on representing middle-market private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. He also represents strategic buyers. Jim handles a wide variety of transactions, including acquisition and sale transactions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity financings, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and management equity arrangements, across a wide variety of industries. In the past few years he has been particularly active with deals in the following sectors: industrial, manufacturing and distribution services; education technology and other education businesses; and financial services.
Experience
Jim’s recent representative experience includes:
- Advised Quad Partners in connection with its:
- Sale of Streamline Brands to Youth Enrichment Brands
- Growth equity investment in 15Five
- Acquisition of Berlitz Corporation and ELS and combination with ILSC Education Group to form Language Education Holdings
- Acquisition of eSpark
- Growth equity investment in Vivi
- Acquisition and subsequent disposition of Blue Cliff College
- Acquisition and subsequent disposition of Inside Higher Ed
- Portfolio company The Gardner Schools in its add-on acquisition of The Compass Schools
- Acquisition and subsequent disposition of Noel-Levitz*
- Sale of TargetX to Liaison International*
- Acquisition of (and several add-on acquisitions for) TargetX*
- Acquisition and subsequent disposition (to Warburg Pincus) of Stratford Schools*
- Sale of SchoolAdmin to Finalsite*
- Sale of Cayuse to Primus Capital*
- Acquisition of SchoolAdmin*
- Acquisition of The Gardner School*
- Acquisition of Watermark (f/k/a Taskstream) and subsequent disposition to TCV*
- Acquisition of Interfolio and subsequent disposition to Insight Partners*
- Acquisition and subsequent disposition of Rubicon*
- Acquisition of ILSC Education Group*
- Portfolio company Cayuse in its add-on acquisition of NTM Consulting Services
- Portfolio company Streamline Brands in its add-on acquisition of Saf-T-Swim*
- Sale of Endeavor Schools to Leeds Equity Partners*
- Growth equity investment in Endeavor Schools*
- Portfolio company Watermark (f/k/a Taskstream) in its add-on acquisitions of LiveText and Tk20*
- Advised Coral Tree Partners in connection with its:
- Portfolio company Subject Matter in its acquisition of Kivvit
- recapitalization of Subject Matter
- Advised MFG Partners in connection with its:
- Sale of Storage Solutions to Jungheinrich
- Recapitalization of A-Z Industries
- Recapitalization of CST Utilities
- Sale of Alliance Environmental to Incline Equity Partners
- Portfolio company Storage Solutions in its add-on acquisition of EMIT
- Portfolio company Storage Solutions in its add-on acquisition of SNC Solutions
- Recapitalization of (and several add-on acquisitions for) Mellott Company
- Recapitalization of Storage Solutions*
- Recapitalization of Alliance Environmental*
- Recapitalization of Elgen Manufacturing*
- Recapitalization of Mail Communications Group*
- Advised Alliance Environmental, a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, in connection with its:
- Add-on acquisition of ThermaTech Northwest
- Add-on acquisition of Pacific HVAC
- Add-on acquisition of F.S. & G.S. Services
- Add-on acquisition of the abatement and remediation division of Construction Group International
- Advised Education Growth Partners in connection with its:
- Investment in ClassWallet
- Investment in Uwill
- Sale of Apex Learning to Edmentum
- Growth equity investment in BetterManager
- Growth equity investment in Kangarootime
- Sale of HCI
- Growth equity Investment in Emtrain
- Acquisition of in Apex Learning*
- Acquisition of All Campus*
- Growth equity investment in Capp & Co. Ltd. (UK)*
- Growth equity investment in TIGER 21*
- Growth equity investment in Fuse Universal*
- Advised Lumos Capital Group in connection with its:
- Growth equity investment in Transfr
- Growth equity investment in BookNook
- Growth equity investment in Podium Education
- Growth equity investment in OpenClassrooms*
- Growth equity investment in Ironhack*
- Growth equity investment in Ellevation*
- Advised Perceptyx, a portfolio company of TCV, in connection with its:
- Add-on acquisition of Cultivate
- Add-on acquisition of Waggl*
- Add-on acquisition of CultureIQ*
- Add-on acquisition of Kantar’s Employee Insights business*
- Advised Watermark (f/k/a Taskstream), a portfolio company of TCV, in connection with its:
- Add-on acquisition of Aviso Retention
- Add-on acquisition of SmartCatalog*
- Add-on acquisition of EvaluationKit*
- Add-on acquisition of Digital Measures*
- Advised Storable, a portfolio company of EQT, in connection with its add-on acquisition of Molo*
- Advised Stone Point Capital in connection with its:
- Sale of Oasis Outsourcing to Paychex*
- Recapitalization of Prima Capital Advisors*
- Sale of Access Point Financial to Wafra Capital Partners*
- Growth equity investment in SumRidge Partners*
- Growth equity investment in Preston Hollow Capital*
- Sale of Lancaster Pollard to Orix*
- Growth equity investment in Applied Systems*
- Growth equity investment in Broadstone Real Estate*
- Advised TriSpan in connection with its:
- Portfolio company Prestige PEO Holdings in its acquisition of APR Advantage
- Portfolio company Prestige PEO Holdings in its add-on acquisition of StaffLink Outsourcing
- Portfolio company Prestige PEO Holdings in its add-on acquisition of PathGoal Employer Services*
- Acquisition of Prestige PEO Holdings*
* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Jim was most recently a partner at and co-chair of the corporate department at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Prior to Kramer, he was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
Credentials
Education
JD1995
New York University School of Law
BAEconomics1991
Williams College
Admissions
Bars
- New York
Recognition & Awards
Jim is recognized as a leading transaction lawyer by Chambers USA (2016 – 2023) and Legal 500 US (2011 – 2018).
Publications
Jim’s recent publications include:
- Quoted, “Reps and Warranty Coverage Goes Downmarket,” The Deal, February 8, 2019
Jim’s recent speaking engagements include:
- Speaker, “M&A Trends — The Next Evolution on De-Risking Deals,” Markets Group’s Private Equity US Spring Forum, May 4, 2021
- Speaker, “The Impact of the Novel Coronavirus on M&A Deal Activity, R&W Insurance, and Due Diligence,” Beecher Carlson’s COVID-19 M&A Update, Webinar, May 7, 2020