Eric Schwartzman is a partner in Weil’s Silicon Valley office and a member of the firm’s Private Equity and M&A practice group. He focuses on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, on various merger & acquisition, financing, restructuring and general corporate matters. He has deep experience in a broad range of industries, including telecommunications, software & services, e-commerce, media & entertainment, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, retail and energy.
Representative Experience:
- The Carlyle Group in its acquisitions of Syniverse Holdings, Hawaiian Telcom and Dex Media
- CPU Technology (a Carlyle portfolio company) in its sale to The Boeing Company
- Riverstone Holdings in its disposition, as the majority selling stockholder, of FDR Holdings Limited (Frontier Drilling)
- Ares Capital Corporation in its acquisitions of the Senior Secured Loan Fund and the Allied Capital Senior Debt Fund from Allied Capital
- Spectrum Equity in its disposition of Canon Communications
- Platinum Equity in its acquisitions of Americatel Corporation and Startec Global Communications
- Pivotal Private Equity in its disposition of Network Solutions to General Atlantic
- ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services in its sale to Warburg Pincus
- Opera Software in its acquisition of Skyfire Labs
- Hubbell Incorporated in its various and ongoing acquisitions of small to medium-sized companies participating in Hubbell’s electrical, industrial and commercial markets
In addition to practicing law, Mr. Schwartzman worked for a time with Oscar Capital Management, where he and his team launched and managed an early stage venture capital fund. Mr. Schwartzman joined Oscar Capital after serving as director of strategic and business development for an Oscar Capital portfolio company.