Sarah K. Withers
Partner
swithers@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Private Equity Transactions
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Investment Management & Private Equity
- Family Office & Private Wealth
- Fintech
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
Biography
- Focus on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions and private equity fund and portfolio company representations.
- Advises on the corporate aspects of restructuring transactions including Section 363 sales and other distressed M&A transactions.
Sarah Withers represents private equity and other corporate clients in a wide range of transactions, including M&A, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, auction processes, joint ventures, reorganizations, recapitalizations and financings. Sarah’s transaction experience covers a variety of industries, including energy, technology, health care, aviation, financial services, media and hospitality.
Representative Work
- Represented Bessemer Investors LLC in the acquisition of Legacy Restoration, a provider of exterior restoration and remodeling services.
- Represented Bessemer Investors LLC in connection with a strategic investment in RotoCo, LLC, the largest Roto-Rooter franchisee.
- Represented York Capital Management in the acquisition of Healthcare Linen Services Group, a provider of health care laundry services.
- Advised Energy Harbor Corp. (formerly known as FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.) in asset sales and corporate governance matters in connection with its $5 billion chapter 11 restructuring.
- Advised FirstEnergy Corp. with the $925 million sale of four natural gas-fired electric generating plants in Pennsylvania and a portion of a Virginia hydroelectric power station to private equity and infrastructure firm LS Power Equity Advisors.
EducationJ.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2013
B.A., Columbia University, 2006
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2013
B.A., Columbia University, 2006
Bar AdmissionsNew York
Texas
New York
Texas