Bio

As co-leader of Ropes & Gray’s sponsor solutions group, Paul Van Houten focuses his practice on addressing the diverse and complex legal needs of private equity sponsors. In addition to representing private equity sponsors in connection with their investments in a wide variety of industries, including technology, retail, consumer products and professional and financial services, Paul regularly provides advice to sponsors at all stages of their life-cycle with respect to a wide range of internal matters and significant capital transactions, including formation of new managers, capital raises and liquidity events (e.g., GP stakes transactions), joint ventures, generational succession planning and mergers and acquisitions. Paul also provides strategic fund-related advice to managers including with respect to new fund launches, product-line expansion and fund liquidity transactions, including GP-led secondaries. Representative clients include Gridiron Capital, TSG Consumer Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, Monomoy Capital Partners, HarbourVest, Cove Hill Partners, Mason Wells, Agriculture Capital Management and Natixis Investment Managers.