Overview
Benjamin Kozinn is a leading lawyer with in-depth experience across a broad range of matters related to private equity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment management.
In his M&A practice, Ben focuses on middle-market private equity and asset manager M&A. He advises clients on middle-market buyouts, carve-out transactions, take-private transactions, minority stakes, and venture investments. He also guides private equity managers through complex leveraged buyout transactions across various industries, including technology and data centers, industrial services, business services, consumer, logistics, and investment advisory services.
As part of his investment management practice, Ben works with investment advisers and investors on fund formation, structuring, managed accounts, compensation, and regulatory and compliance issues, including counseling on material non-public information considerations. Drawing on his experience in structuring, seeding arrangements, managed accounts, and funds-of-one, Ben also advises new managers seeking capital in the highly competitive startup market.
In addition to his private practice, Ben has experience serving as in-house counsel, including as general counsel at a credit-focused hedge fund and vice president and associate general counsel at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Results
- Represented AS Birch Grove in its sale to Third Point LLC*
- Represented MGG Investment Group in its sale of a majority stake in MGG and its affiliates to Conning & Company, a subsidiary of Generali Investments, for $320 million*
- Represented Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of the commercial refrigeration and food service equipment businesses of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: FMX)*
- Represented Mill Point Capital in its partnership with Proficium, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative products for commercial artificial intelligence infrastructures, hyperscale data centers, and enterprise companies*
- Represented Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of Seviroli Foods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products, and Vertullo Imports LLC, a leading specialty food importer*
- Represented Mill Point Capital and Seviroli Foods in their carve-out acquisition of the Italian food products portfolio of Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.*
- Represented Mill Point Capital in its carve-out acquisition of CrashPlan Group, a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint data backup and recovery software, from Code42 Software*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- Chambers USA, 2022-2024
- Chambers Global, 2025
- Lexology Index, Recommended Thought Leader – Private Funds Formation
Credentials
Education
Fordham University School of Law, JD, Order of the Coif, 2001
Emory University, BBA, with distinction, 1998
Admissions
New York
Languages
English
