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Ekaterina (Katya) Boyko

Partner
San Francisco
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628.295.2010
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Katya is a corporate attorney who focuses her practice on representing private equity funds, venture capital funds and their portfolio companies, prominent financial institutions and family offices in a wide range of complex business transactions.

Her experience spans carve-out transactions, strategic mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, private and growth equity, venture capital investments and minority equity investments. She represents both publicly and privately held corporations.

Prior to joining Benesch, Katya was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has extensive experience advising deal teams and senior management on legal business matters and general corporate governance issues; drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documents; and managing deal processes. Throughout her career, Katya has successfully represented high-profile clients in transactions ranging from $150 million to over $1.6 billion in value.

Katya has studied and practiced abroad in Moscow, Brussels and London, leveraging her diverse international experience to provide clients with a unique and comprehensive legal perspective.

*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch

Representative Experience

  • Represented K1, a leading B2B Enterprise SaaS Software investment firm, in numerous transactions, including:
    - its co-sale of Zapproved, Inc. alongside Vista Equity Partners*
    - $375 million acquisition of Digital Safe business by Smarsh, Inc.*
    - acquisition of Ria in a Box by ComplySci*
    - acquisition of Lever by Employ Inc.*
  • Represented Vista Equity Partners in numerous transactions, including:
    - its portfolio companies in connection with its acquisition of the businesses that compose the Daily Mail and General Trust PLC educational technology unit, Hobsons.*
    - in recapitalization of iCIMS with TA Associates and subsequent add-on acquisitions of SkillSurvey.*
  • Represented Bain Capital in its $250 million growth investment in Cuisine Solutions.*
  • Represented MRI Software, a portfolio company of GI Partners and TA Associates, in its acquisition of Qube Global Software, one of the world’s leading suppliers of property and facilities management software.*
  • Represented HGGC, a private equity firm, in numerous transactions, including:
    - its $555 million take-private acquisition of RPX (NASDAQ: RPXC).*
    - its $825 million take-private acquisition of Monotype Imaging Holdings.*
    - its $446 million take private acquisition of Nutraceutical (NASDAQ: NUTR).*
    - its acquisition Beauty Industry Group.*
  • Represented Sumeru Equity Partners in its acquisition of 3Gtms, Inc.*
  • Represented SoftBank Vision Fund and its affiliates in numerous transactions, including:
    - its investment in ParkJockey (now REEF Global) and ParkJockey’s and Mubadala’s acquisition of Citizens Parking and Imperial Parking.*
    - its investment in Zume Pizza.*
  • Represented GLP in numerous growth equity and venture investments.*
  • Represented Luminate Capital Partners in numerous transactions, including:
    - its sale of AutoQuotes to TA Associates.*
    - its strategic investment in Quantivate.*
    - its strategic investment in Thought Industries.*
    - its strategic investment in LiquidFrameworks.*
    - its strategic investment in Fintech.*
  • Represented Willoughby Capital in multiple growth-equity investments across various industries.*

  • Private Equity
  • Corporate
  • Capital Raising
  • Corporate Governance & Board Counseling
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
  • Domestic & International Joint Ventures
  • Shareholder, Operating & Partnership Agreements
  • Venture Capital
  • Stanford Law School, 2016, LL.M., Corporate Governance and Practice
    • Co-Chair of the Advanced Degree Student Association 
    • Advanced Degree Students’ Representative in the Stanford Law Association
  • College of Europe, 2013, Training Program in EU Competition Law
  • Kutafin Moscow State Law University, 2012, Specialist in Law, International Private Law
    • Magna cum laude 
  • New York
  • California
News
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September 10, 2024
Ekaterina Boyko mentioned in San Francisco Business Times People on the Move
August 27, 2024
Benesch Partner Katya Boyko Mentioned in Law360 | "Kirkland Corporate Ace Jumps to Benesch in San Francisco"

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