Jenna McBain

Biography

Jenna McBain
Jenna McBain is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in New York. Jenna advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Experience

  • American Securities in its approximately $1.9 billion sale of Paragon Medical to AMETEK, Inc.
  • American Securities and its portfolio company LaserShip, Inc. in its acquisition of OnTrac Logistics, Inc.
  • American Securities in its $2.5 billion take-private acquisition of Air Methods Corporation
  • American Securities in its acquisition of MW Industries, Inc.
  • American Securities in its $825 million acquisition of the Life Sciences Business of NN, Inc.
  • American Securities in its acquisition of LaserShip, Inc.
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of FirstLight Fiber
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners in its pending acquisitions of Empire Access and North Penn Telephone Co Inc (together known as Empire)
  • APG Asset Management in its minority investment in SiFi Networks America Limited (SiFi) and its $500 million equity commitment to a joint venture with SiFi to roll out open-access fiber-to-the-home networks in the U.S.
  • Apollo Infrastructure in its acquisition of Lendlease (US) Telecom Holdings LLC (n/k/a Parallel Infrastructure)
  • Blackstone in its investment in Allied Benefit Systems, LLC
  • Blackstone and its portfolio company Certified Collectibles Group, LLC in its acquisition of James Spence Authentication, LLC
  • Blackstone in its $1 billion sale of Aqua Finance, Inc.
  • Blackstone in its $300 million acquisition of a minority stake in Recurrent Ventures
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of a majority stake in New Tradition Media
  • Blackstone, along with Greater Sum Ventures, in its preferred equity investment in Inhabit
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of Sustana Group and Sustana Group’s acquisition of Hanna Paper
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of DECA Dental Holdings LLC
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of a majority stake in ZO Skin Health, Inc.
  • Blackstone in its investment in Hotwire Communications
  • Blackstone in its sale of Concert Golf Partners
  • Blackstone in the sale of the US Claims business of DRB Financial Solutions to Further Global, and the related financing transaction of DRB Capital
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of Certified Collectibles Group LLC
  • Blackstone in the acquisition of Amergint Technologies, Inc.
  • Blackstone in its investment in Sema4
  • Blackstone in its acquisition, alongside Francisco Partners, of Dynamo Software Ltd.
  • Blackstone in a strategic investment in The PMI Group, Inc. together with a commitment to provide working capital financing in exchange for warrants and certain other rights
  • EQT Partners in its strategic investment in United Talent Agency
  • EQT Partners and its portfolio company WS Audiology A/S in its acquisition of the assets of My Hearing Centers, LLC
  • EQT Partners in its sale of Dorner Manufacturing Corporation
  • EQT Infrastructure in its acquisition of Direct ChassisLink Inc.
  • EQT Infrastructure in its sale of Synagro Technologies, Inc.
  • CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC in the initial public offering of Milacron Holdings Inc.
  • CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC in the initial public offering of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.
  • CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC in Milacron in the acquisition of Kortec, Inc.
  • Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in the initial public offering of Black Knight Financial Services Inc.
  • Irving Place Capital in its sale of Caribbean Financial Group Holdings, L.P.
  • J.C. Flowers, together with Bain Capital and others, in the $100 million acquisition of a minority stake in Insigneo Financial Group LLC
  • J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of TRICOR, LLC
  • J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of Ariel Re, the reinsurance business of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
  • J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC
  • J.C. Flowers in its acquisition of a majority stake in iLendingDIRECT
  • J.C. Flowers and Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC in the acquisition of Canastream Holdings Ltd.
  • Lee Equity Partners in its sale of Cadent Technology, Inc.
  • Lee Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Unlimited Technology, Inc.
  • Lee Equity Partners, together with Twin Point Capital, in the acquisition of Alliance Corporation
  • Limerston Capital Partners in its sale of Arch Sciences Group
  • Lindsay Goldberg in its sale of its equity interest in Aptitude Investment Management LP
  • Motive Partners in its $50 million investment in Splitit Ltd.
  • Octagon Credit Investors, LLC in its sale to Conning & Company
  • ONCAP Management Partners, together with Penfund, in the acquisition of a 49% stake in Mavis Tire Supply Corporation
  • Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in its acquisition of PhyMed Management LLC
  • PSP Investments, together with EQT Active Core Infrastructure Fund (a fund managed by EQT AB), in its acquisition of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., in a transaction that implies a Radius Global Infrastructure enterprise value of approximately $3 billion
  • PSP Investments, as co-investor, in an Onex-led $1.8 billion investment in Convex Group Ltd.
  • Storytel AB, a publicly traded portfolio company of EQT, in its $135 million acquisition of Audiobooks.com
  • Susquehanna Growth Equity and Accel Partners in their acquisition of XebiaLabs, Inc.
  • Teasdale Latin Foods (a portfolio company of Snow Phipps Group) in its acquisition of Rudy's Food Products Inc.
  • Thomas H. Lee Partners in the sale of THL Credit Advisors LLC to First Eagle Investment Management, LLC

Jenna was named to the 2022 “40 Under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity” list by Private Equity International, where she was one of just five honorees from leading law firms recognized. She is recognized as a “Rising Star” for Private Equity in the U.S. by IFLR1000. Jenna was also recommended for M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts by Legal 500 US and named a “Rising Star” by United Way of New York and Women United in 2024.

Jenna received her LL.M. from New York University School of Law, her LPC from College of Law, London, her GDL from BPP Law School and her B.A. from Bristol University.

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