Morgan D. Elwyn
Partner, Private Equity
Morgan Elwyn is a corporate attorney whose practice centers on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and strategic investments. He regularly leads high-value transactions for technology-focused sponsors and companies, and has a record of advising on transformative acquisitions and strategic sales in software, technology, healthcare and financial services.
Morgan has guided private-equity sponsors and their portfolio companies through transactions at every stage of the investment lifecycle, including growth equity financings, platform acquisitions, add-on M&A, secondary sales, public offerings, and continuation funds and liquidity alternatives.
As a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Morgan plays an active role in the firm’s governance.
Experience
- Insight Partners and its portfolio companies in connection with numerous acquisitions, financings, recapitalizations and exits, as well as numerous seed, venture and growth equity investments worldwide, including:
- Veeam Software in its acquisition of Securiti AI, a leader in Data Security Posture Management, for $1.725 billion
- the sale of CentralReach to Roper Technologies, Inc. for $1.85 billion
- the sale of Recorded Future to Mastercard for $2.65 billion
- the sale of AMCS to EQT Private Equity
- the sale of Jama Software to Francisco Partners for $1.2 billion
- Veeam Software in its $2 billion secondary offering
- Kaseya in its $6.2 billion take-private acquisition of Datto
- Appriss Inc. (backed by Insight and Clearlake Capital) in its sale of Appriss Insights, LLC, a wholly owned business unit, to Equifax, Inc. for $1.825 billion
- E2open in its $2.57 billion combination with special purpose acquisition company CC Neuberger Principal Holdings I
- the sale of Checkmarx to Hellman & Friedman for $1.15 billion
- the acquisition of Veeam Software for $5 billion
- Insight Partners in the fundraising of:
- flagship funds XI (aggregate commitments of $9.5 billion), XII (aggregate commitments of $20 billion) and XIII (aggregate commitments of $12.5 billion)
- continuation funds I (aggregate commitments of $1.5 billion), II (aggregate commitments of $1.3 billion), and III (aggregate commitments of $1.5 billion)
- New Mountain Capital and its portfolio companies in connection with:
- its acquisition of DRB Systems from Prairie Capital L.P. and the sale of DRB Systems to Vontier for approximately $965 million
- its acquisition of Sparta Systems from Thomas Bravo and the sale of Sparta Systems to Honeywell for approximately $1.3 billion
- Warburg Pincus and its portfolio companies in connection with:
- the sale of Payscale to Francisco Partners for approximately $325 million
- the sale of online deal site Slickdeals to Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Hearst
- the sale of Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) to Becker Professional Education for approximately $330 million
- PharmaCord LLC in connection with a substantial investment from Permira.
- Cardiovalve Ltd. (f/k/a Mitraltech Ltd.) in its $300 million sale to Venus Medtech
- Valtech Cardio in its acquisition by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation for up to $690 million
- MedAssets Inc. in connection with the take-private transaction with Pamplona Capital Management for $2.7 billion
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1998 Emory University, B.A., 1994