Ryan Jackson

Ryan Jackson is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice. Based in Chicago, he represents private companies and private equity and venture capital firms on structuring, negotiating and managing a range of complex business transactions, including leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, venture and growth equity investments, corporate carve-out transactions, recapitalizations and restructurings, executive compensation and incentive equity matters. Ryan also advises families navigating key considerations for setting up a family office, including structure types, employee incentive programs, regulatory requirements and financial flexibility.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• Sheridan Capital Partners in its investment in Carolina Components Group, a key supplier to biopharmaceutical manufacturers
• Bain Capital in its $3.2 billion global carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air, a packaging solutions company
• Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, a Northbrook, Illinois-based pizza restaurant chain, in its strategic partnership with BDT Capital Partners
• McCarthy Capital in its investment in Omaha Steaks, a distributor of beef and other gourmet foods
• Maxwell Street Capital Partners in its investment in The Integration Group, a provider of contract logistics and industrial supply chain aftermarket solutions for customers across the automotive, agriculture and industrial equipment end markets
• Thoma Bravo-backed Riskonnect, a provider of Integrated Risk Management technology, in its sale to TA Associates
• Thoma Bravo in connection with its acquisition of Applitools, a provider of visual test automation software
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Command Alkon, a supplier collaboration platform for the construction industry
• Thoma Bravo and Veriforce in its acquisition of Complyworks, a compliance management solution provider
• Thoma Bravo in its strategic growth investment in PDFTron, a global provider of document technology solutions for software developers
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Zipari, a provider of healthcare consumer experience technology
• Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of HealthX, a provider of trusted healthcare engagement technologies
• Thoma Bravo, along with Command Alkon, in a carve-out acquisition of the construction logistics business from Trimble, a California-based hardware, software and services technology company
• GTCR-backed Transaction Data Systems, a provider of pharmacy management solutions and clinical applications, in its sale to BlackRock Long Term Private Capital
• GTCR and Mega Broadband Investments, a broadband services investment company, in its acquisitions of Vyve Broadband, a cable and broadband technology company
• GTCR and Dash Financial Technologies, a financial technology company, in its sale to Flexpoint Ford
• GTCR and its portfolio company Convergex, a brokerage and trading services firm, in its sale to Cowen, an investment banking company
• GTCR and Convergex in the combination of LiquidPoint, Convergex’s options trading and technology business, and Dash Financial Technologies
• GTCR and Avention, a business-to-business sales company, in its sale to Dun & Bradstreet, a global business data analytics company
• GTCR and AssuredPartners, a property and casualty insurance brokerage, in the sale of AssuredPartners to Apax Partners
• GTCR in its strategic equity investment in Transaction Data Systems, a developer and supplier of pharmacy management software solutions to independent, hospital, long-term care and specialty pharmacy markets
• GTCR and Transaction Data Systems in its acquisition of KloudScript, a cloud-based specialty pharmacy solution
• GTCR and Stergenics International in its recapitalization of Stergenics, a global provider of mission-critical sterilization services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and high-performance materials industries, from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus
• GTCR in its acquisition of Pharm Assess, a pharmacy assessment consulting company
• GTCR in its strategic investment of Point Broadband LLC, a company that provides fiber-to-the-premise high-speed data services to residential and business customers
• GTCR in its acquisition of RevSpring Inc., a provider of multi-channel billing and communications solutions to the healthcare and financial services industries
• Union Park Capital-backed Process Insights, a provider of analytical instrumentation to detect, analyze and monitor critical parameters across gas and liquid phase applications, in its sale to Industrial Growth Partners
• Union Park Capital-backed CFS Technologies in its acquisition of Knight, a provider of dispensing equipment and cleaning solutions, from IDEX Corp.
• Union Park Capital-backed Industrial Physics, a manufacturer of testing and measurement instruments, in its sale to KKR
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of CMC-KUHNKE GmbH, a global provider of quality control measurement instruments for food, beverage and aerosol cans
• Union Park Capital in its formation of Advanced Environmental Monitoring Holdings, a family of companies focused on monitoring critical environmental parameters, including meteorology, hydrology, air and soil
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of Davis Instruments Corp., a developer and manufacturer of precision weather, marine and environmental instrumentation
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of Earth Networks, an organization that provides environmental intelligence from the world’s largest hyperlocal weather network
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of Forest Technology Systems Ltd., a manufacturer of remote environmental monitoring solutions
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of High Sierra Electronics, a company specializing in flood warning sensors, equipment and transmitters for public and improved traffic safety
• Union Park Capital in its formation of Industrial Physics, a company created to build an integrated network of small and mid-sized businesses offering materials and physical testing instrumentation
• Union Park Capital in connection with its formation of KPM analytics to bring together a portfolio of analytical instrument companies focused in the food, agriculture and environmental sectors
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of LAMBRECHT meteo GmbH, a provider of specialized measurement technology with a focus on wind, precipitation, temperature, pressure and humidity
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of OneRain Inc., a provider of rainfall-related data and services to local, state and federal agencies across the U.S.
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of Testing Machines Inc., a global manufacturer of testing instrumentation for the paper, pulp, film, foil, ink, coating, nonwoven and corrugated industries
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of TM Electronics, a provider of lead detection equipment to improve quality and productivity in the medical device, consumer electronics and food markets
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of United Testing Systems, a company that manufactures machines for tension, compression and materials testing applications
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of Vieux & Associates Inc., a provider of advanced technologies for rainfall and runoff products and services
• Union Park Capital in its acquisition of Z-LASER GmbH, a designer and manufacturer of laser sources and laser projectors
• ParkerGale in its investment in e-PlanSoft, a provider of electronic plan review software
• ParkerGale in its investment in RedZone Technologies, a provider of IT services with a focus on security for highly regulated industries
• ParkerGale in its investment in HiBid, a provider of auction management software
• ParkerGale-backed OpenBrand in its acquisition of TraQline, a market research and consumer data provider
• ParkerGale-backed Biscom, a provider of enterprise fax and secure file transfer solutions, in its sale to Concord Technologies, a provider of cloud fax, workflow and document management software solutions
• ParkerGale Capital in connection with its acquisition of EditShare, a privately owned postproduction technology developer
• ParkerGale Capital in its majority investment in Biscom, a provider of enterprise fax and secure file transfer solutions
• ParkerGale-backed DealerBuilt in its acquisition of Oplogic, a provider of CRM solutions for dealerships
• ParkerGale’s portfolio company, DealerBuilt, an enterprise Dealer Management System (DMS) provider for retail automobile dealerships, in its acquisition of Vistadash, an agnostic marketing intelligence platform
• Sun Capital Partners Inc. in its acquisition of Calcium Products Inc., a manufacturer of calcium-based fertilizers
• A&M Capital Partners-backed MPLT Healthcare, a provider of locum tenens staffing, placing physicians and advanced practice providers in temporary positions at hospitals and healthcare systems, in its sale to Cortec Group
• A&M Capital Partners’ portfolio company, INSPYR, in its acquisition of ProTask, a staffing and consulting agency
• A&M Capital Partners in its acquisition of P2P Staffing Corp., a provider of professional staffing, locum tenens staffing and solutions through brands TekPartners and MPLT Healthcare
• TA Associates in its investment, alongside private investment firm GI Partners, in Netsmart Technologies Inc., a leading healthcare software company
• TA Associates in its investment in Aldevron LLC, a biological science company
• Flexpoint Ford in its minority investment in Service Finance Company, a service provider that originates, underwrites, and services financing for home improvement and solar projects
• Flexpoint Ford in its sale of T&H Global Holdings, a Chicago-based insurance claims services company, to Sedgwick Claims Management Services
• Olympus Partners and The Homax Group, a consumer products company, in its sale of the cleaning products division of Homax Products to Weiman Products, a specialty surface cleaning manufacturer
• Beecken Petty O’Keefe’s portfolio company, Alliance Physical Therapy Partners, in its acquisition of Excel Rehab & Sports, a provider of outpatient physical therapy clinics
• ClearLight Partners in its sale of Taymax Group Holdings, one of the largest Planet Fitness franchises, to Trilantic Capital Partners
• iManage, a provider of document, governance and knowledge solutions, in its growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities
• New Water Capital in its acquisition of Klosterman Baking Company, a producer of fresh and frozen bakery products
• Equity Group Investments in its sale of Lanter Delivery Systems, a provider of time-critical delivery services
• Equity Group Investments in its acquisition of East Coast Warehouse, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics to the food and beverage industry
• GoodVets Group on its partnership with SkyKnight Capital to accelerate growth and build leading, modern veterinary care platform
• Systima Technologies Inc. in its sale to Karman Missile & Space Systems, a portfolio company of Trive Capital Management LLC
• Pine Tree Equity IV LP in its acquisition of Shortridge Academy LLC, a therapeutic boarding school in New Hampshire that supports the cognitive, emotional and social development of adolescents
• Benchmark Analytics, a provider of an enterprise analytics platform that serves law enforcement agencies, in its investment from PSG Equity
• ITI Data, a data management solutions firm, in its sale to EXL
• Triton Partners in its acquisition of Integris Composites, a provider of lightweight, mission critical survivability and protection solutions, from Agilitas Private Equity