February 3, 2026
Willkie has been profiled by Law360 as a 2025 Private Equity Group of the Year, highlighting its accomplishments as one of the top transactional firms for the private equity industry.
Law360 discussed Willkie’s recent record of success, including landmark deals and strategic growth areas, with the Co-Chairs of the Private Equity Practice Group, Jeffrey Poss, Neil Townsend and Matthew Guercio.
Willkie’s Private Equity practice is known as a market leader and a powerhouse within the firm, with capabilities that extend across its platform and integrate a full suite of complementary practices, Law360 reported. The practice serves a client base of more than 300 sponsors and thousands of portfolio companies and management teams.
"The private equity transactional practice here — the private equity practice broadly, that would include the fund work and the fund counseling work — is really one of the engines that drives this firm," Poss told Law360.
Law360 spotlighted Willkie’s role in a series of multibillion-dollar deals across various industries that are notable for their scope and complexity. The firm advised LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC in its $12 billion sale of a portfolio of natural gas generation facilities and a commercial and industrial virtual power plant platform to NRG Energy Inc., as well as Dotmatics, a leading provider of life sciences R&D, on its $5.1 billion sale to Siemens AG, among other major deals.
"One thing all of our clients are very focused on is speed, and it requires a certain amount of experience and coverage scope to be able to provide the speed that our clients are looking for," Townsend told Law360. "A lot of times, the larger the transaction is…the faster people will expect it to go."
Willkie’s deep ties to the private equity industry allow it to work on some of the “hottest” areas for investment, including the healthcare, software and insurance sectors as well as the tech industry’s proliferating AI ecosystem, the profile noted.
“While private equity has been focused on technology for a long time, there are a lot of players in the industry now that are tech-focused, or majority tech," Guercio told Law360. "What's happening in the world of technology, particularly with AI's emergence, is that it's almost a refocus on technology, because there are so many new companies in the industry that are evolving."
Law360 also highlighted Willkie’s growth in upper-mid-market and large-cap transactions as well as the arrival of several high-profile private equity attorneys across its international platform.
Read the Law360 2025 Private Equity Group of the Year profile here.
Law360 discussed Willkie’s recent record of success, including landmark deals and strategic growth areas, with the Co-Chairs of the Private Equity Practice Group, Jeffrey Poss, Neil Townsend and Matthew Guercio.
Willkie’s Private Equity practice is known as a market leader and a powerhouse within the firm, with capabilities that extend across its platform and integrate a full suite of complementary practices, Law360 reported. The practice serves a client base of more than 300 sponsors and thousands of portfolio companies and management teams.
"The private equity transactional practice here — the private equity practice broadly, that would include the fund work and the fund counseling work — is really one of the engines that drives this firm," Poss told Law360.
Law360 spotlighted Willkie’s role in a series of multibillion-dollar deals across various industries that are notable for their scope and complexity. The firm advised LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC in its $12 billion sale of a portfolio of natural gas generation facilities and a commercial and industrial virtual power plant platform to NRG Energy Inc., as well as Dotmatics, a leading provider of life sciences R&D, on its $5.1 billion sale to Siemens AG, among other major deals.
"One thing all of our clients are very focused on is speed, and it requires a certain amount of experience and coverage scope to be able to provide the speed that our clients are looking for," Townsend told Law360. "A lot of times, the larger the transaction is…the faster people will expect it to go."
Willkie’s deep ties to the private equity industry allow it to work on some of the “hottest” areas for investment, including the healthcare, software and insurance sectors as well as the tech industry’s proliferating AI ecosystem, the profile noted.
“While private equity has been focused on technology for a long time, there are a lot of players in the industry now that are tech-focused, or majority tech," Guercio told Law360. "What's happening in the world of technology, particularly with AI's emergence, is that it's almost a refocus on technology, because there are so many new companies in the industry that are evolving."
Law360 also highlighted Willkie’s growth in upper-mid-market and large-cap transactions as well as the arrival of several high-profile private equity attorneys across its international platform.
Read the Law360 2025 Private Equity Group of the Year profile here.
