Raam S. Jani is a partner of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Chicago office. He focuses his practice on the areas of mergers and acquisitions and private equity/emerging companies. Additionally, Raam has participated in various International transactions.
Raam has experience in a wide range of transactions, business ventures and general corporate matters and regularly represents a number of private equity funds in leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations. He also represents a number of privately held corporations, including private equity portfolio companies, in connection with a variety of corporate matters, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, compliance matters and executive compensation. His public company experience includes representation of a company in connection with its initial public offering and various acquisitions and divestitures.
Raam has also advised clients in connection with numerous international transactions including advising clients in connection with a U.S.-Chinese joint venture, the sale of a division of a public company with operations in Asia and Europe and certain private company transactions involving varying levels of cross-border expertise. He was a summer clerk with a law firm in Mumbai, India, and studied international law through a U.S.-based law school program held at Jimei University in Xiamen, China.
Raam is also committed to providing pro bono legal services to those in need including helping several nonprofit entities gain tax-exempt status and register as charitable organizations, helping low-income individuals purchase their first homes and assisting with the preparation of wills and basic estate planning documents.
Prior to attending law school, Raam worked in investment banking with a bulge-bracket investment banking firm.
Raam is admitted to the bar in the state of Illinois and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.
Representative Experience
- Represented Great Point Partners, LLC, in the acquisition of The Risk Services Companies, a provider of specialized consulting services to the insurance industry; the acquisition of Caprion Proteomics, a provider of protein targets and biomarker services; the acquisition of Health Systems International, Inc., a leading provider of complex medical claim repricing and bill review services; and the acquisition of the Biotronic NeuroNetwork, a leading provider of neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring services
- Represented Glencoe Capital, LLC, in connection with the acquisition of Child Development Schools, Inc., and the acquisition of System Development, Integration, LLC
- Represented Dixon Midland Company, LLC, in connection with the acquisition of Barcodes, Inc., the acquisition of Tech for Less, Inc., and the sale of Tech for Less LLC to ModusLink
- Represented H.I.G. Capital LLC in connection with the acquisition of Service Net Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of extended warranties and service contracts; the sale of Service Net Solutions, LLC, to GTCR Golder Rauner; and the sale of Pinkerton Computer Consultants, a provider of information technology services, to Kforce, Inc.
- Represented The Heico Companies LLC in connection with its investment in Individual Network, LLC, and the acquisition of S-Line LLC
- Represented J.W. Childs in its acquisition of Sheridan Healthcare
- Represented Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) in connection with its investment in Broadlight Corporation, a U.S. holding corporation with an Israeli operating company, and investments in AgION Technologies, Inc.
- Represented First Mercury Financial Corporation (NYSE: FMR) in connection with its initial public offering
- Representation of family in the sale of auto parts business to public company
- Representation of family real estate development business in connection with succession planning reorganization
- Representation of family office venture capital arm in connection with Series C Preferred Stock Purchase
- Representation of family office in connection with various family ventures and minority investments
- Search fund representation for Blue Canyon Capital, LLC in its acquisition of Valued Relationships, Inc.; Summit Line Capital, LLC; Flag Tree Capital LLC; Clover Capital Partners LLC; and Longreach Capital, LLC
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2004
- University of Notre Dame, B.B.A. (magna cum laude), 1999
