Nicholas R. Pesavento

Nicholas R. Pesavento

Partner

Overview

Nick has experience with structuring and negotiating merger, acquisition, buyout, and joint venture transactions for both strategic and investment fund clients, and regularly represents private equity funds in connection with acquisitions and dispositions. Nick also advises clients on tax-free reorganization structures, internal restructurings, and debt financing transactions.

Nick focuses his practice on transactions for private equity portfolio companies and their sponsors, and has engaged in hundreds of middle-market private equity transactions over the course of his career, ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion in enterprise value. Nick has experience and expertise across several industrial sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, food & beverage, business services, consumer products and industrial services.

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Experience

Credentials

Education

University of Illinois College of Law, 2015, J.D.
  • summa cum laude
  • Order of the Coif
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, 2012, B.A. with High Distinction in Philosophy

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Illinois

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  • Listed, The Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch, Tax Law, 2026