Janel A.

Simonelli

"I help clients navigate legal challenges with practical, efficient solutions so that we can focus on growing and strengthening their business."

Education
Recognitions
Community
Outside Interests

Janel Simonelli focuses her practice on advising entrepreneurs, high growth companies and private equity firms in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and general corporate matters.

experience

Janel’s practice covers awide range of complex corporate and transactional matters, including mergers, divestitures, acquisitions, equity investments and strategic partnerships. She also advises clients on their everyday needs, including entity formation, commercial agreements and governance.

Representative Experience:

  • A large regional retailer in the sale of its convenience store business, including approximately 270 locations, to a global convenience store operator.*
  • A private equity sponsor in its approximately $282 million take-private acquisition of a medical technology company and simultaneous acquisition of a reproductive health product portfolio.*
  • A private equity sponsor and a portfolio company in their $848 million acquisition of a payments and retail technology company.*
  • A private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in the sale of a data and analytics business and the acquisition of a software company*
  • A private equity sponsor in the sale of an enterprise software company to a software investment firm.*
  • A private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in the acquisition of a consumer healthcare business.*

*Janel began her career as anassociate in the Private Equity group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she provided counsel to private equity firms and their portfolio companies in various corporate transactions. Janel is admitted to the Massachusetts bar.

Education
Recognitions
Community
Outside Interests