Jonathan Dhanawade Bio

Jonathan A. Dhanawade is a trusted advisor to private equity firms, their portfolio companies, sovereign and sovereign-backed investors in the Middle East and North America, and other publicly and privately held companies, including venture-backed companies. He concentrates his practice on structuring, negotiating and executing domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, carve-out transactions, equity investments at all levels of the capital structure (including co-investments, preferred equity investments, PIPEs and growth equity investments), joint ventures, recapitalizations, out-of-court restructurings, and secondary transactions. Jonathan also provides strategic counsel on a range of general corporate matters, including corporate governance, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements. Jonathan regularly assembles and leads diverse, interdisciplinary teams in high-stakes transactions that range in size from several million dollars to several billion dollars and that span an array of industries, including technology and software, business and financial services, mortgage, real estate, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, media and entertainment, aviation, aerospace and defense, and education. Jonathan is frequently quoted on matters involving the private equity industry, including in the following nationally recognized publications: The American Lawyer, PE Hub, Crain’s Chicago Business, and Private Funds CFO. Additionally, he has been featured on various podcasts, including M&A Science, and has authored articles that have been published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, the American Bar Association’s Business Law Today, and Deal Lawyers. Jonathan is also actively involved in his community. He is an adjunct professor at his alma mater, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he instructs students on the nuts and bolts of private equity transactions. He also supports entrepreneurs and startup founders in his capacity as a mentor for 1871, mHUB and Techstars, and serves as a member of the Chicago board of directors of Susan G. Komen and the board of directors of VOCEL.