Biography
Jonathan Stott is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in San Francisco. He represents private equity sponsors, alternative asset managers and operating companies in complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, growth and structured equity investments, joint ventures and other transformative capital events. His experience extends across a wide range of industry sectors, including aerospace, building products, consumer brands and products, financial services, food products, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, software and technology.
Jonathan has extensive experience counseling private equity sponsors, including Blackstone, KKR, Cerberus Capital Management, Centerbridge Partners, Graham Partners and others, as well as their portfolio companies.
Jonathan is recognized as a Rising Star for M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000.
Prior to joining Weil, Jonathan was a partner at another international law firm.
Jonathan received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Executive Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Experience*
Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions
- Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in various transactions, including the sale of Diamonds Direct USA to Signet Jewelers
- Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisitions of Landmark Structures, a leading provider of water storage solutions, and Spring EQ, a leading provider of home equity financing solutions; its strategic investment in Lighthouse Autism Center, a leading provider of center-based autism behavioral health services; and acquisitions by Worldwide Flight Services
- Fabric in its sale to MSCI Inc.
- Fifth Wall in various investments in the climate technology sector
- Graham Partners in various buyout and exit transactions, including transactions related to its investments in Advanced Barrier Extrusions, EasyPak, HemaSource, Myers Emergency Power Systems, Medbio, OptConnect, Giraffe Foods, The Atlas Group, Henry Company, Tidel Engineering, Universal Pasteurization Company, BrightPet Nutrition Group and Mercer Foods, as well as advising a number of portfolio companies on add-on acquisition, disposition and dividend recapitalization transactions
- Graham Partners in its carve-out acquisition of Berry Global’s flexible packaging converting business and concurrent combination with Advanced Barrier Extrusions
- Grant Thornton in connection with an alternative practice structure reorganization and related investment by New Mountain Capital in Grant Thornton Advisors
- KKR in its acquisition of Industrial Physics, a leading manufacturer of testing and measurements instruments
- KKR in its take-private acquisition of mdf commerce, a SaaS leader in digital commerce technologies
- KKR and its portfolio company Sovra in the acquisition of Ontopical and various dispositions
- KKR and its portfolio company Alchemer in the acquisitions of Apptentive and Chatmeter
- Precisely, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, in the sale of its Confirm business, a provider of critical infrastructure services, to Dude Solutions
- Resource Label Group, a leading manufacturer of pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and RFID/NFC technology, and its financial sponsors, First Atlantic Capital and TPG Growth, in its sale to funds managed by Ares Management
- The special committee of Steiner Leisure Limited, a global provider of spa and medi-spa services, in its $925 million going-private acquisition by Catterton
- Tyber Medical in its sale to Montagu and subsequent merger with Intech and Resolve Surgical Technologies
- Versa Capital Management in various buyout and exit transactions, including transactions related to its investments in Eastern Mountain Sports and Silver Airways
- A leading financial sponsor in its acquisition of a U.S. and European CLO manager
Growth and Structured Equity
- BC Partners in a structured equity investment in an educational platform
- Blackstone Tactical Opportunities as an investor in Genstar Capital’s recapitalization of its portfolio company ConnectiveRx
- Fifth Wall in various investments in the climate technology sector
- SEMCAP Food & Nutrition in:
- a $50 million Series B funding round for Purely Elizabeth, a leader in the natural foods category, as co-leader with Swander Pace Capital and Fresh Del Monte
- its investment in Good Culture’s $64 million Series C funding alongside MannaTree
- SEMCAP Health in:
- its $25 million growth capital investment in NeuroFlow, the market leader in behavioral health integration technology
- its Series B investment in SafeRide Health, an on-demand non-emergency medical transportation platform
*Matters noted above include those handled prior to joining Weil.