Forrest Neal is a corporate and private equity lawyer focused on representing US-based private equity firms and corporations in connection with M&A transactions and general corporate matters. Forrest also regularly represents global corporations in connection with their US transactions and represents privately-owned US businesses in preparation for sale to private equity firms and other institutional investors.
Forrest has represented corporations, private equity firms and sellers selling to such firms in connection with more than 30 transactions in the last three years alone. The sectors involved in Forrest's recent transactions include healthcare, software, telecommunications, transportation, IT services, automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer products, retail, franchising, food ingredients and supplements, industrial products, and media and marketing services.
Forrest also advises clients on various legal and business matters, including entity formation, corporate governance, partnership matters, tax, capitalization, equity compensation, capital raising and customer contracts. Forrest also serves as outside general counsel to various public and private companies.