J. Ryan McCarthy

Ryan McCarthy is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. McCarthy has a broad-based transactional practice, with a focus on representing strategic buyers and sellers, private equity firms, growth equity firms, and their portfolio companies, in connection with:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Complex investments
• Carve-outs
• Auction processes
• Joint ventures
• Reorganizations
• General corporate matters

Mr. McCarthy's practice spans a variety of sectors, ranging from technology and healthcare to energy and retail. 

Previously, Mr. McCarthy worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in its financial services division.

Mr. McCarthy’s recent transactions include representing:

• KKR Technology Growth in its investments in each of:
  • O9 Solutions
  • Slice (MyPizza Technologies, Inc.)
• Spectrum Equity in its investment in each of:
  • CINC Systems
  • Agilis Systems
  • Kajabi
  • Verisys
  • Rain King Software
  • Headspace
• Westview Capital Partners in numerous investments including its acquisition of, or investment in each of:
  • Apex Technologies LLC
  • Abacus Group
  • Collaborative Solutions
  • Jopari Solutions
  • Snow Companies
  • Alpha II
  • Wavelink Software
• ABRY Partners in its acquisition of each of:
  • FastMed Urgent Care
  • Dermatology Associates
  • NSM Insurance
• Perella Weinberg Growth Equity in its investment in each of:
  • MetalEra Holdings
  • MSA Security
• Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund in its investment in American Roland Foods
• Definitive Healthcare in its sale to Advent International
• Snow Companies in its sale to Omnicom Group, Inc.
• Mintz Group in its sale to ICV Partners
• VMG Partners in the sale of Babyganics to SC Johnson & Son Inc.
• LogMeIn, Inc. in its acquisition of Bold Software
• ALKU in its sale to FFL Partners
• Park Place Technologies in its sale to GTCR
• MC Partners in its investment in Neutral Connect