Mr. Goldstein focuses his practice on middle-market private equity transactions, possessing a strong track record managing hundreds of private equity (PE) transactions with $50B+ in enterprise value and guiding PE and other investment firms and portfolio companies through all aspects of business and legal challenges, including portfolio company selection, transaction execution, regulatory and risk management, valuation and negotiation, structuring for business growth and eventual profitable sale. 

Mr. Goldstein is a trusted lead advisor to C-suite management and boards of directors at PE firms and their portfolio companies on all aspects of fund operations, including identifying transaction opportunities, mitigating risk, managing litigation and other liability exposures and overseeing fund governance, administration and management transition matters. Mr. Goldstein acts as outside general counsel to numerous portfolio company clients, investment funds and multinational companies. 

Mr. Goldstein has experience in a broad range of corporate legal disciplines, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, restructurings, distressed asset acquisitions and dispositions, bankruptcy proceedings, corporate governance, compliance, risk management, venture capital, securities and initial public offerings and has significant expertise in implementing and managing loan-to-own transactions, both from the lender and the borrower perspective. 

Mr. Goldstein's business and legal expertise spans both national and international, large and small public and private companies in multiple industries, including retail, restaurants, technology, franchising, paper, packaging, healthcare, distribution and industrials.

Mr. Goldstein is a frequent speaker on topics such as due diligence and minimizing post-acquisition disputes, current trends in M&A, private equity and co-investment transactions. He has authored numerous thought leadership pieces, including “Practical Considerations for Carve-out Transactions” for The M&A Lawyer (Thomson Reuters).