Payson W. Lyman
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Capital Solutions
- Private Equity
- Private Credit
- Preferred Equity & Hybrid Capital
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Private Equity Transactions
- Special Situations
- Corporate & Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Private Capital
Payson Lyman is a corporate partner in Akin’s Boston office and a member of the firm’s global capital solutions team. Payson’s practice focuses on representing alternative asset managers in complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, preferred equity and hybrid capital transactions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, special situations, carve-outs, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, joint ventures, and general corporate matters.
Payson has a particular focus on bespoke capital investment structures involving complex liquidity solutions and capital structuring, event-driven and opportunistic investments, and other special situations transactions across a broad range of industries.
- Bain Capital in its investment in Carson Group.
- Bain Capital in its investment in Surf Broadband Solutions.
- Bain Capital in its investment in Varsity Brands.
- Bain Capital in the sale of its JV interests in IVS Bulk.
- Bain Capital in its carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air.
- The Carlyle Group in its investment in Manna Pro Products and multiple bolt-on acquisitions.
- The Carlyle Group in its investment in a leading fitness and health business.
- The Carlyle Group and TA Associates in connection with the recapitalization of PurposeBuilt Brands.
- The Carlyle Group and TA Associates in connection with their investment in Weiman Products.
- The Carlyle Group and Spectrum Equity in the sale of Extreme Reach to Gamut Capital Management.
- TA Associates in its investment, alongside GI Partners, in Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
- TA Associates and its portfolio company, RLDatix, in its acquisition of Quantros Patient Safety Business.
- TA Associates and its portfolio company, RLDatix, in its investment in Verge Health.
- TA Associates and its portfolio company, RLDatix, in its acquisition of iContracts.
- TA Associates and its portfolio company, insightsoftware, in its investment in Excel4apps.
- TA Associates in its investment in Gamma Technologies.
- TA Associates in its investment in Russel Investments.
- Abry Partners in its investment in Millennium Trust Co.
- Abry Partners in its investment in Franklin Energy Group.
- Abry Partners and its portfolio company, Franklin Energy Group, in its acquisition of Build it Green’s utility business.
- Gemspring Capital in its investment in Midland Industries, LLC.
- Gemspring Capital and its portfolio company, Amplix, in its investment in Inflow Communications LLC.
- Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in Microblink.
- Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in Webflow.
- Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in DistroKid.
- Silversmith Capital Partners in its investment in Unily.
- Nexus Capital Management in its carve-out acquisition of the Natural Balance business from J.M. Smucker.
- TZP Group in its investment in Saatva.
- TZP Group in its investment in Re-Bath.
- Charlesbank Capital Partners in its investment in Polyconcept.
- Charlesbank Capital Partners in the sale of Peacock Foods.
- Charlesbank Capital Partners in its investment in Tecomet.
- Charlesbank Capital Partners in its investment in QC Supply.
EducationJ.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Bar AdmissionsMassachusetts
Massachusetts
