About Jonathan M. Deitch

Jonathan Deitch focuses on corporate transactions, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions, advising clients through complex deal structures, negotiations and strategic investments. Jonathan's work has included representation of private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and public and private companies across a variety of industries.

Diverse experience informing practical solutions

Prior to joining Katten, Jonathan worked at a large law firm advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on acquisitions, recapitalizations, growth investments and related financings, with additional exposure to complex restructuring matters that deepened his understanding of deal risk and transaction dynamics. During law school, Jonathan worked as a legal extern at a large academic medical center in Chicago, as a legal intern at a technology company, and was a student clinician in the Bluhm Legal Clinic's Center on Wrongful Convictions. He also served as an articles editor for the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, and received the Lowden-Wigmore Prize for an article published in the journal. Before entering the legal profession, Jonathan spent eight years advising clients as a health care consultant, giving him a practical, business-minded perspective that he brings to his transactional practice.

Representative Experience

  • Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Represented a private investment firm in its acquisition of a leading national distributor and technical service provider of mission-critical communication devices and network infrastructure primarily for public safety applications, including police, fire and 911 call centers. *
  • Represented a private investment firm in its acquisition of a leading to‑the‑trade home furnishings company that distributes fabric, furniture, wall coverings, trimmings, and carpet across a portfolio of well‑known luxury brands. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in the sale of one of its portfolio companies, a value-added distributor of process materials and production supplies used in electrical and electronic applications. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a full-service provider of installation, retrofit, repair and preventative maintenance services for building automation systems (BAS) in health care, government, education and commercial buildings. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in a competitive bid process for a target in the commercial and home appliance space. *
  • Represented a global growth equity firm in connection with its Series B investment in a social media technology company. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a premier global purveyor of customized breading, batters, seasonings, sauces, and functional ingredients. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a provider of plumbing supplies, luxury plumbing fixtures, lighting, and cabinet and door hardware to residential and commercial-focused plumbers, builders, contractors, designers, and homeowners. *
  • Represented a private equity firm and its portfolio company, a data‑driven media intelligence platform, in a strategic investment in a leading provider of advertising pricing and spend analytics. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in its significant growth capital investment in a leading provider of HVAC, electrical, plumbing and building automation services to commercial, industrial, multi-family, government, health care, education and other end markets. *
  • Represented a private investment firm and its portfolio company, a global producer of flexible packaging solutions, in the acquisition of a manufacturer specializing in custom flexible packaging products. *
  • Secondaries
  • Represented a private equity firm in the recapitalization of its portfolio company, a specialty pharmaceuticals business, and in the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund. *
  • Represented a private equity fund in the recapitalization of a portfolio company and the related formation of a single-asset continuation fund. *
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Represented a leading national medical group and 216 of its affiliates in the commencement of pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases. The two restructuring support agreements contemplate a collective deleveraging of approximately $7.4 billion of secured and unsecured debt and the separation of physician services and ambulatory surgical center businesses. *
  • Represented a national retail pharmacy chain and 119 affiliated entities in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The company is one of the largest pharmacy operators in the country. After extensive negotiations with key stakeholders, the company entered Chapter 11 with access to approximately $3.45 billion in committed post‑petition financing from its existing lenders and an agreement in principle with a majority of its secured bondholders on a comprehensive restructuring designed to address roughly $4 billion of debt and streamline its operational footprint. *
  • Debt Finance
  • Represented a private equity firm in connection with the financing for its growth investment, a leader in policy, training and wellness support software for first responders and public servants. *
  • Represented a private equity firm in connection with the financing for its acquisition of a premier distributor of interior building products. *
  • Capital Markets
  • Represented a privately held specialty‑insurance services company, acting through one of its indirect subsidiaries, in a US$400 million Rule 144A/Reg S senior notes offering. *
* Experience prior to Katten

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Education
  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD, cum laude, Dean's List
  • University of Vermont, BA
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois