Lisa Krausz Eisenberg

Paul, Weiss is advising Gemspring Capital, a private equity firm with deep expertise in specialty software and data-enabled services, in its financial backing of FORM’s merger with Trax. FORM is the maker of market execution software GoSpotCheck and FORM OpX, and Trax is the developer of Image Recognition, which delivers AI-powered shelf-level insights for brands and retailers. The deal creates a global solutions provider uniquely positioned to help brands and retailers deliver excellence. Gemspring’s investment will help facilitate the combined company’s accelerated product innovation and global expansion. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Ted Ackerman and Jeffrey Marell, and includes partners David Tarr, Marc Shepsman and Steven Kaye, and counsel Justin Fraterman; tax partner Scott Sontag; antitrust partners Aidan Synnott, Ross Ferguson and Yuni Sobel; intellectual property partner Chuck Googe; litigation partner Nicole Succar and counsel Audrey Paquet and David Cole; and executive compensation partner Rebecca Coccaro and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg.

Feb 4

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising Madison Dearborn Partners on its strategic growth investment in the merger of accounting and advisory firm Nichols Cauley, insurance brokerage Partners Risk Services and transactions advisory firm JGH Consulting. The investment will support the merging businesses’ combined platform, which will provide accounting, insurance and transaction advisory services to privately held small and midsize businesses, self-made entrepreneurs and family-owned companies. The merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. Following the closing of the transaction, Nichols Cauley will operate in an alternative practice structure. Nichols Cauley & Associates, LLC, a licensed CPA firm, will provide attest services and Nichols Cauley Advisory Group, LLC will provide business advisory, tax, and other non-attest services. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Adam Givertz, Lukas Richards and associate Brian Huang, and includes partner Peter McCormack; tax partner Scott Sontag and counsel Daniel Bleiberg; executive compensation partner Rebecca Coccaro and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg; real estate partner Matthew Dulak; intellectual property partners Jonathan Ashtor and Meggin Bednarczyk; antitrust counsel Todd Hahn; and litigation counsel Audrey Paquet.

Jan 5

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising San Francisco-based private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in its investment in oneZero Financial Systems, a global leader in multi-asset enterprise trading technology solutions. Golden Gate Capital will support oneZero alongside Lovel Minnick Partners, oneZero’s current financial partner. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The Paul, Weiss team is led by, among others, corporate partner Jeremy Veit, and includes partners Jarryd Anderson and Aaron Schlaphoff, and counsel Nathan Mitchell and Daniel Meade; tax partner Robert Holo; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor; litigation partners John Carlin and Nicole Succar, and counsel Audrey Paquet and Benjamin Klein; and executive compensation partner Lawrence Witdorchic, and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg and Sasha Belinkie.

Nov 12

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised KPS Capital Partners, LP, and its portfolio company Eviosys, a leading global supplier of metal packaging, in the sale of Eviosys to Sonoco Products Company for €3.615 billion. The combination of Eviosys with Sonoco, a global leader in highly engineered and sustainable packaging, brings high-quality, sustainable and innovative packaging solutions to new and existing customers around the globe. Under the terms of the transaction, Eviosys will transition to the Sonoco brand and operate under Sonoco’s Consumer Packaging segment. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Angelo Bonvino and Michael Vogel and partner elect Daniel Fuschillo, and included partners David Carmona, Manuel Frey, Suhan Shim, Timothy Cruickshank, Joseph Friedman, Matthew Merkle, Robert Zochowski and Roger Johnson and counsel Nathan Mitchell; antitrust partners Ross Ferguson, Annie Herdman and Richard Pepper, partner elect Yuni Sobel and counsel Chad de Souza and Lauren O’Brien; tax partners Robert Killip and Timothy Lowe and counsel Jamie Chambers; intellectual property partners Charles Googe, John Patten and Claudine Meredith-Goujon and counsel Alex Zapalowski; executive compensation partner Andrea Wahlquist Brown and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg; litigation partners John Carlin, Aidan Synnott, Lewis Clayton and Nicole Succar and counsel Benjamin Klein and Audrey Paquet; real estate partner Peter Fisch; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Dec 4

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised ADP, a leading global technology company providing human capital management solutions, in its acquisition of WorkForce Software, a premier workforce management solutions provider that specializes in supporting large global enterprises. The deal expands ADP’s global offering of workforce management solutions and enables future innovation in the space. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Paul, Weiss team was led by partners Neil Goldman, Megan Spelman and Aidan Synnott, and included corporate partners David Huntington and Joseph Friedman and counsel Nathan Mitchell and Gabriella Toossi; intellectual property partners Chuck Googe and John Patten; tax partner Anne McGinnis and counsel Alyssa Wolpin and Patrick Karsnitz; executive compensation partner Lawrence Witdorchic and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg and Meghan Fox; antitrust partners Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel and Marta Kelly and counsel Chad de Souza, Yuni Sobel, Todd Hahn and Lauren O’Brien; real estate partner Peter Fisch; and litigation counsel Audrey Paquet, Benjamin Klein and Pietro Signoracci.

Oct 15

1 min