Jon Gabriel is a seasoned corporate lawyer providing pragmatic, business-oriented advice to public and private companies and private equity and venture investors in a wide range of industries. He is a partner in the firm’s Transactions Practice Group, a member of the firm’s Manufacturing and Health Care & Life Sciences Sectors, and vice-chair of the Equipment and Industrial Product Manufacturing team.
Jon focuses on complex mergers and acquisitions and venture and growth equity financings. He also advises growth companies, from start-up through exit, on formation, financing, strategic transactions, cross-border, equity and executive compensation arrangements, corporate governance, and other matters.
Representative Experience
- Represented Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) in its definitive agreement to acquire RealSense for approximately $500m.
- Represented Tier 1 automotive supplier in an $800m strategic acquisition and a series of corporate venture capital investments focused on electrified mobility
- Represented private equity sponsor in initial and follow-on acquisitions for a behavioral health platform
- Represented privately held digital security company in $300m sale to a large strategic acquirer
- Represented emerging company in connection with a minority investment by an overseas strategic investor
- Represented growth equity investor in connection with multiple minority investments in healthcare and technology companies
- Represented private equity client in $270m acquisition of private equity-sponsored manufacturing company
- Represented U.S. public company in $40m cross-border acquisition of privately held software company
- Represented rapidly growing technology company in multiple venture capital and strategic partner financing rounds
- Represented private equity-sponsored health care technology company in $130m sale to major international corporation
- Represented U.K. public company in $15m U.S. joint venture buyout and related private share issuance
- Represented U.S. public company in $20m strategic acquisition of privately held software company
Affiliations
- Member, Boston and American Bar Associations
- Member, Digital Transformation special interest group of the American Telemedicine Association
Community Involvement
- Leads the firm’s efforts in the Boston office as part of the national partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, supporting the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work of the youth development organization’s Boston-based clubs
- Serves on the board of overseers and as vice chair of the governance committee of the South Shore Conservatory
- Previously served on the board of directors of South Shore Habitat for Humanity and as a consultant to the Center for Women & Enterprise, through which he provided pro bono advice to small businesses and start up entrepreneurs
Foley Advises Novacap-Backed Lewis & Ellis in Acquisition of Alan Gray
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Lewis & Ellis, Inc., a leading full-service actuarial consulting firm backed by private equity firm Novacap, in its acquisition of Alan Gray LLC and its subsidiary, A.G. Risk Management, Inc., from Premia Holdings Ltd.
Foley Represents Cognex in Agreement to Acquire RealSense
Foley & Lardner LLP represented Cognex Corporation, the global technology leader in industrial machine vision, in its definitive agreement to acquire RealSense
Foley Advises HM Group USA in Joint Venture for TriBeCa Development Site Acquisition
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to HM Group USA, a Korean investment and development company, in the negotiation of a joint venture with Prosper Property Group for the acquisition of a development site located at 75 West Broadway in New York City’s TriBeCa neighborhood.
Foley Private Equity Team Advises Wynnchurch Capital and FloWorks in Connection with $1.6 Billion Sale of FloWorks to Ferguson Enterprises
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Wynnchurch Capital and FloWorks in connection with the definitive agreement to sell FWI Holdings Inc. to Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Second Annual Private Fund Managers Conference
Foley Advises CloserStill Media in Acquisition of Billington Cybersecurity
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to CloserStill Media, the producer of market-leading business events, exhibitions and conferences, in its acquisition of leading U.S. public sector cybersecurity conference and event organizer Billington Cybersecurity.