Foley Hoag Adds Private Equity M&A Partner Brandon Cuffy in Washington, DC

Foley Hoag announced that Brandon Cuffy has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office. He is affiliated with the firm's M&A and Private Equity practice groups and its Private Capital industry group. The hire expands the firm's private capital capabilities, according to Meredith A. Haviland, co-chair of the firm's Private Capital Group, who said Cuffy's experience advising sponsors, investors, management teams, and companies on acquisitions, investments, and growth initiatives will strengthen the practice.

Cuffy's practice centers on mergers and acquisitions, strategic financial transactions, private fund formation, and general corporate law. He represents private equity sponsors, portfolio company management teams, independent sponsors, traditional and self-funded searchers, and founder-led operating companies across financial services, technology, life sciences, healthcare, and manufacturing. He advises on leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, sales to private equity and strategic buyers, capitalization management, corporate governance, and other complex transactions, and has significant experience advising middle-market private equity sponsors and senior management teams.

Cuffy said Foley Hoag's market reputation and industry-focused approach made the firm an ideal fit, and that he intends to collaborate across the firm to expand its transactional services. Public profiles indicate he previously practiced as a corporate lawyer at Miles & Stockbridge, where he was named a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow for 2024.

Cuffy earned his J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law and his B.S. from the University of Maryland. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law, and was selected as a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.