A McGuireWoods team advised Wailes Capital on the launch of WCM Holdings, a new investment platform focused on the nonprofit fundraising and administrative software and services sectors, and its inaugural acquisition of a technology-enabled services and software company.
McGuireWoods New York partner Abdul-Rahman Lediju led the team advising on the formation of the investment platform, and Richmond partner Dan Howell led the team advising on the acquisition.
“It was a privilege to serve as Wailes’ counsel in forming this new investment platform and assist in its first acquisition, which highlights the firm’s multi-pronged approach in partnering with sophisticated dealmakers in complex industries,” Lediju said.
“This transaction highlights our team’s ability to draw upon deep legal and business experience to deliver strategic guidance that helps clients achieve their goals,” said Tom Zahn, chair of the firm’s Corporate & Private Equity Department.
The McGuireWoods team included attorneys PJ Harris, David Duncan, Richard Senior, Clint Roscoe, Tristan Smith, Ann Terrell Dorsett, Jon Neal, Alec Sauble, Stephanie Martinez, Amy Starinieri Gilbert, Hilyard Nichols, Katherine Barnes, Payam Khodadadi, Samantha Souza, John Woolard, Sarah Zielinski, Emma Leonelli, Christopher Karamanos and Janet Peyton.
McGuireWoods’ private equity and M&A lawyers advise private equity firms, institutional investors, independent sponsors, emerging managers, family offices, investment advisers, management teams, lenders and portfolio companies. The firm earned nationwide rankings for M&A and private equity deal work in the Chambers USA and Legal 500 United States guides.