Profile
Jeffrey K. Ekeberg advises clients on a wide array of tax matters with a focus on the tax aspects of complex business transactions, including the planning and structuring of mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, buyouts, joint venture and debt and equity issuances.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented Consello Capital in connection with its acquisition of EHE Health, a national health care provider network in preventive health.
- Represented GTCR in connection with its acquisition of Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of foundation management services.
- Represented Sidereal Capital Group in connection with its acquisition of Peachey Hardwood Flooring, a manufacturer of premium hardwood flooring and a leading supplier of various types of custom products to both wholesalers and distributors nationwide.
- Represented Watchtower Capital Partners in connection with its acquisitions of SPS Mechanical and JF Plumbing & Heating.
- Represented Marquee Brands, LLC, an affiliate of Neuberger Berman, in connection with its acquisition of a majority ownership in America’s Test Kitchen (“ATK”) and its associated brands, including Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country. ATK is a food and culinary media business, which leverages its industry-leading testing process for recipes and kitchen equipment to produce top class recipes and unbiased product reviews. ATK and its diverse portfolio of brands has an expansive audience across various media platforms.
- Represented PWCC Marketplace, LLC, PWCC Services, LLC and PWCC Vault, LLC in connection with their senior secured credit facilities in an amount up to $175 million from WhiteHawk Capital Partners, LP and Wingspire Capital LLC.
- Part of a team that represented an affiliate of The Carlyle Group in connection with an investment in Tillman Infrastructure, a leading privately held cell tower platform in the United States.
- Represented Carrick Capital Partners in connection with its Series B Investment in Bishop Fox. Bishop Fox provides offensive security solutions ranging from continuous penetration testing, red teaming, and attack surface management to product, cloud and application security assessments.
- Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC and GCM Grosvenor, as joint sponsors, in connection with their acquisition of Hallcon Corporation from Canadian private equity firm Novacap. Hallcon is the leading North American provider of mission-critical transportation services and infrastructure for a broad range of customers including railroads, universities, airports, hospitals and health care systems, public transit, technology and industrial companies, and other large employers seeking custom transportation solutions.
- Part of a team that represented an affiliate of The Carlyle Group in connection with the acquisition of Involta, LLC, a leading regional U.S. data center and hybrid infrastructure company.
- Represented Blue Wolf Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the sale of StateServ Medical, the leading durable medical equipment (DME) benefit management company supporting hospices and other post-acute care providers in the United States.
- Represented buyers, sellers and investors in numerous private equity, merger, and acquisition transactions ranging from several million dollars to several billion dollars for clients including: Madison Dearborn Partners, Arsenal Capital Partners, Cressey & Company, ParkerGale Capital and Union Park Capital.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Ekeberg prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Emerging Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network, 2022-2024
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Tax - U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2019
Credentials
Education
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J.D., magna cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law, 2008
- Order of the Coif
- Associate Editor, University of Illinois Law Review
- B.A., University of Michigan, 2005
Admissions
- Illinois