Luke Parsons

Senior Vice President, Private Equity & Venture Capital Group

As a Senior Vice President, Luke is skilled in working alongside private equity firms, family offices, alternative asset managers, and their portfolio companies as they seek to invest in or acquire platform and add-on transactions in the lower, core, and upper middle-market. Luke has experience in transactions across industry sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, technology and business services, consumer brands and retail, and niche manufacturing.

lparsons@woodruffsawyer.com

415.399.6392

Luke Parsons

Senior Vice President, Private Equity & Venture Capital Group

lparsons@woodruffsawyer.com

415.399.6392

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INSIGHTS

Luke Parsons

INSIGHTS

Transaction Structures and Insurance, Part 3: Mergers, Rollups, and Carve-Outs

The underlying structure of a middle-market private equity or growth equity transaction has specific implications on the correct method of implementing and managing the risk management and insurance profile. In Part 3 of this three-part series, we review Mergers, Carve-Outs, and Rollup transaction structures.

Luke Parsons

Transactional Risk in 2023: A Guide to Insurance Trends and Due Diligence

Read more for insight into the state of the M&A and Private Equity market and why insurance due diligence is more important than ever.

Looking Ahead to 2023: Trends in Private Equity and M&A Insurance

Learn about the M&A and private equity risk management and insurance landscape for 2023.

Insurance Due Diligence for Middle Market and De-SPAC Transactions

Learn how we help our private equity, growth equity, and SPAC clients with hundreds of transactions per year—and, more importantly, why.

Transaction Types and Insurance Implications: De-SPAC Transactions

Failing to understand how SPAC insurance works can lead to problems post-close in the event of a loss or claim.

Transaction Structures and Insurance, Part 3: Mergers, Rollups, and Carve-Outs

Transaction Structures and Insurance, Part 2: Majority vs. Minority Transactions

The underlying structure of a middle-market private equity transaction has specific implications on the correct method of implementing and managing the risk management and insurance profile pre-close, at close, and post-close. The latter phase invites a critical question: who will control the company’s board of directors, ownership, and management post-close?

Transaction Structures and Insurance, Part 1: Asset vs. Stock Transactions

Part 1 of this three-part blog series reviews the insurance implications associated with asset versus stock transactions.

Five Ways an R&W Deal Can Go Sideways

More companies are utilizing R&W insurance on middle-market private equity, strategic, and M&A transactions. Learn more.

A New Growth Capital Alternative for Tech Startups

Here we explore the traditional methods available to startups for obtaining growth capital including their pros and cons and delve into a new solution for some of the challenges associated with the traditional equity and debt strategies.

State of the US Private Equity Middle Market: An Insurance Perspective, Q1 2019

By the end of 2018, the middle market space had seen four successive quarters of >$100 billion in deal value and 2,971 total transactions for the year. We take a look at whether this upward trajectory continued into 2019.

Private Equity & Cyber Liability 2019: Topics from the PEI Forum

During the recent Private Equity International conference in New York, two things became abundantly clear to those in attendance: Cyber security risks and exposures continue to evolve and new threats are emerging on an almost daily basis in 2019 and CFOs and COOs of private equity firms are growing more aware of not only the risks to their funds, but also their responsibility as stewards of the fund assets to protect those them from the ongoing and emerging threats.

State of the US Private Equity Middle Market from an Insurance Perspective, Year-End 2018

2018 was a record-breaking year in the US Private Equity Middle Market, both in terms of deal count and deal value.… More