Press Release

Morgan Lewis Advises BNI in Growth Investment

29 декабря 2014 г.

PHILADELPHIA, December 29, 2014 – Morgan Lewis represented BNI (Business Network International), a worldwide leader in business networking, in the growth investment by Pioneer Equity Partners. 

The transaction was announced on December 10, 2014. BNI has just less than 7,000 chapters comprising nearly 175,000 member-businesses across 58 countries. Pioneer Equity Partners is an investment group that invests in growing service businesses on a long-term basis.

The Morgan Lewis team advising BNI was led by Business and Finance partner Bryan Gadol, with support from partners Michael Jack and Peter Watt-Morse, senior attorney Wendy Kottmeier and associate Randy Wood. Tax partners Bart Bassett, William Zimmerman and Daniel Nelson, as well as of counsel Daniel Carmody, Leigh Flesher and Neal Gordon, were joined in lending additional support by associates Jennifer Tolkoff, William Gorrod, Anthony Cipriano, Cosimo Zavaglia and Leslie Lao. Intellectual Property partners Carla Oakley, James Sims III and Gargi Talukder, as well as associate Zarui Kocharyan, offered their counsel in coordination with Labor and Employment of counsel Karen Peteros, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation partner Amy Pocino Kelly and associate Sariyah Buchanan. Real Estate partner Marc Liverant and associate Jung Han also aided in the effort.