Bio

Rahul Patel focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic corporate transactions. He is co-chair of the firm’s Global Private Equity/M&A practice and has served two terms on our firm’s Policy Committee, the firm’s governing and management group. He has been at the firm for over twenty five years. Rahul represents leading companies and private equity funds such as ACON Investments, Cox Enterprises, EVE Partners, General Electric, General Motors, The Home Depot, H.I.G. Capital, Kemira Chemicals, Mahindra & Mahindra, Oxford Industries, Roper Technologies, SK Capital, Truist Banks, T.V. Asia and UPS in a broad range of merger and acquisition, joint venture, and other control and non-control transactions. A significant portion of Rahul’s corporate work focuses on cross-border transactions. Rahul has been rated as a leading mergers and acquisitions lawyer by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers Asia-Pacific and Legal 500. He is the Vice Chair of the University of Florida Board of Trustees and recently chaired the search committee to select the 13th President of the University of Florida. Rahul also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Crawford & Company (NYSE) and the Westminster Schools.