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General

Michael Nemeroff advises clients on complex transactions that drive growth and success, including mergers, acquisitions, and financing. Known for his strategic mindset, he helps close high-stakes deals, unlock capital and deliver value.

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With decades of deal experience, Michael brings an organizational perspective to transactions and governance issues, ensuring decisions align with long-term goals. He guides private equity firms and family offices through leveraged buyouts and growth investments and supports financial institutions in navigating intricate transactions. Michael is adept at structuring and negotiating executive compensation arrangements for companies, management teams, compensation committees and executives.

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Michael's practical solutions combine both legal and business insight, drawing on his experience leading an Am Law 100 firm and serving on the Board of Directors for Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE: ODC) and the Executive Advisory Board for The Edgewater Funds. He is a frequent contributor on major platforms like CNBC and Bloomberg Television.

Michael's clients include The Edgewater Funds, Ally Financial, L Squared Capital Partners, LongueVue Capital, Rockwood Equity Partners, Enova International, Monroe Capital, First Citizens Bank/CIT Group, Bank of America, CIBC Bank, Oil-Dri Corporation of America, Duchossois Capital Management, Wynnchurch Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Balmoral Funds and Vance Street Capital.

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Advised Jet Parts Engineering, a Vance Street Capital portfolio company, on its acquisition of Cima Aviation, a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company specializing in fuel and hydraulic component repairs.

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Represented Resco Products, Inc. ("Resco"), a portfolio company of Balmoral Funds LLC, in its $410 million sale to RHI Magnesita (“RHIM”).

Represented Raptor Scientific, a portfolio company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its $655 million sale to TransDigm Group, a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components. Raptor Scientific is a global leader in complex test and measurement solutions for advanced defense, space and aerospace applications.

Represented Elevated Facility Services Group, a portfolio company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its $570 million sale to APi, a global, market-leading business services provider of life safety, security and specialty services. Elevated is a leading provider of elevator and escalator maintenance, repair and modernization service.

Represented Krause Group in the sale of Kum &amp; Go, a family owned convenience store chain with over 400 locations across 13 states, and Solar Transport, a leading tank truck carrier and logistics provider, to Maverik, a Salt Lake City-based independent fuel marketer in the Intermountain West with more than 380 locations in 12 states.

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Michael Nemeroff Named to 2025 Crain’s Chicago Business Who’s Who List

25 Vedder Price Attorneys Recognized in Thomson Reuters 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers

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Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2025

76 Vedder Price Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Best Lawyers® in America

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Vedder Price Represents The Edgewater Funds in Turbine Engine Specialists (TES) Investment

Vedder Price Represents L Squared Capital Partners In $840 Million Fund Formation

Vedder Price Represents Vance Street in Secondary Transaction to Support Continued Growth of Jet Parts Engineering

Vedder Price Represents KP Aviation in its Growth Investment By Bain Capital

Vedder Price Advises PRT Offshore in $106 Million Sale to Expro

Vedder Price Represents Resco in $410 Sale to RHIM

Vedder Price Represents Elevated Facility Services Group in $570 Million Sale to APi Group Corporation

Vedder Price Represents Oil-Dri in $46 Million Acquisition of Ultra Pet

Vedder Price Represents Raptor Scientific, an L Squared Capital Partners portfolio company, in $655 Million Sale to TransDigm

Vedder Price Represents Deerfield Agency in Its Acquisition of Embedded

Vedder Price Represents L Squared Capital Partners in Strategic Growth Investment in TeachTown

Vedder Price Represents Rockwood Equity Partners in Its Investment in Energy Renewal Partners

Vedder Price Represents The Edgewater Funds in Its Investment in Silver State Refrigeration & HVAC

Vedder Price Advises Crane 1, an L Squared Capital Partners Portfolio Company, in Acquisition of Standard Crane & Hoist LLC

Vedder Price Advises Foundant Technologies, an L Squared Capital Partners Portfolio Company, in Strategic Merger with SmartSimple Software

Vedder Price Advises The Edgewater Funds in Its Investment in Nationwide Coils, Inc.

Vedder Price Advises Balmoral Funds in its Acquisition of DWFritz Automation, LLC

Vedder Price Represents Balmoral Funds in its Acquisition of Xirgo Technologies Former Sensata Insights Business Unit

Vedder Price Represents Deflecto in $103.7 Million Sale to Acacia Research Corporation

Vedder Price Represents Industrial Service Solutions and Wynnchurch Capital in Sale of Its Inspection Services Segment to Element Materials Technology

Vedder Price Advises L Squared Capital Partners in Closing of FineLine Technologies Continuation Fund

Vedder Price Represents Balmoral Funds in Acquisition of R.H. Sheppard Co. Inc.

Vedder Price Represents Jet Parts Engineering, a Portfolio Company of Vance Street Capital, in its Purchase of Percival Aviation

The Mouse That Roared: A Look Back at TCW v. Evergreen

Vedder Price Represents Innovize and Excel Scientific in the Acquisition of Zenith Adhesive Components

Vedder Price Represents Netrio, a Portfolio Company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its Acquisition of Agio

Vedder Price Represents Wynnchurch Capital in Sale of Northstar Aerospace to GE Aerospace

Vedder Price Advises Valor Equity Partners in Co-Lead Investment in Crusoe’s $1.375 Billion Series E

Vedder Price Represents GSI Group in Acquisition of GenesisBPS

FTC Publishes Final Revisions to HSR Rules:  A New Era of Regulatory Burden

26 Vedder Attorneys Recognized in 2026 Illinois Super Lawyers

Vedder Represents Unitech Aerospace in Sale of Tods Defence Limited and Tods Technology Limited to Canopy Aerospace & Defense

Vedder Represents Spartan Aerospace Group in Acquisition of Lourdes Industries, Inc.

Vedder Represents Industrial Service Solutions in its Acquisition of MSHS Pacific Power Group

Vedder Represents L Squared Capital Partners in its Acquisition of Functional Devices

Vedder Represents TeachTown, a Portfolio Company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its Sale to Everway

Vedder Advises L Squared Capital Partners on the Close of Fifth Fund at $2 Billion

Vedder Represents Cognesense, a Portfolio Company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its Acquisition of Pioneer Safety Group Brands

Vedder Represents The Edgewater Funds in its Investment in AFT Industries, Inc.

Vedder Represents BTX Precision, a Portfolio Company of L Squared Capital Partners, in its Acquisition of Maitland Engineering