Ryan B. McLeod

RYAN MCLEOD focuses his practice on employee benefits and executive compensation.

Ryan earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law.

• Bonaccord Capital Partners in its passive minority investment in Kingswood Capital Management, LP.
• Commercial builder Webcor in its acquisition of GCON, a full-service construction management firm serving the technology, healthcare, aviation, higher education, and public sectors (pending).
• BBQGuys, a leading e-commerce retailer of outdoor living products, in its acquisition of Mont Alpi, a premium manufacturer of modular outdoor kitchen islands and grills.
• Twin Star International, Inc., as the stalking horse bidder, in its purchase of substantially all the assets of Walker Edison Furniture Company, LLC in connection with Walker Edison's Chapter 11 proceedings (pending).
• One Equity Partners in connection with its investment in Brown & Root Industrial Services, a provider of non-discretionary, specialty industrial services.
• Arsenal Capital Partners (“Arsenal”), a private equity firm specializing in building industrial growth and healthcare companies, on the sale of its portfolio company, Applied Products, Inc. (“APPLIED Adhesives”), to Bertram Capital.
• MarcyPen Capital Partners (MarcyPen) as lead investor, together with Brand Velocity Group (BVG), in a growth investment in The GLD Shop (GLD), a globally recognized jewelry brand.
• Thompson Street Capital Partners in its acquisition of Bubbakoo’s Burritos, a franchisor of fast-casual Mexican-fusion restaurants with more than 130 locations across 15 states.
• Lineage, Inc. (NASDAQ: LINE), the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT, in the US$247.0 million acquisition of multiple, existing cold storage warehouses and related assets from Tyson Foods, Inc.
• Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD), a leader in aerospace and industrial energy control solutions, in its acquisition of aircraft equipment manufacturer Safran’s electromechanical actuation business (pending).
• A consortium, headed by APG Asset Management N.V. (APG), on behalf of the largest Dutch pension fund, ABP, and Australian Retirement Trust (ART), in the acquisition of Riverstone Holdings’ equity stake in Pattern Energy Group LP (pending).
• RelaDyne LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its acquisition of Sun Coast Resources, Inc. 
• Magna International Inc. in its US$1.525 billion acquisition of the Veoneer Active Safety business from SSW Partners.