Key Takeaways
- • Greenberg Traurig strengthens its Private Equity Practice by adding two shareholders—Cornelius "Neal" Loughery and Curt Ostosh—to its Chicago office as part of strategic practice expansion.
- • Loughery brings specialized debt finance expertise covering leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and subscription line financings, with early-career experience advising sponsors on M&A transactions across the private equity lifecycle.
- • Ostosh contributes M&A and portfolio company advisory capabilities, including leveraged buyouts, minority investments, take-private transactions, and add-on acquisitions, supported by prior secondment experience with a major private equity sponsor and Fortune 100 corporate development background.
- • The dual hire delivers integrated end-to-end private equity transaction support, combining debt financing expertise with complex M&A advisory to serve sponsors and their portfolio companies across the investment cycle.
- • Loughery joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Ostosh joins from Sidley Austin LLP, after prior experience at Ropes & Gray, bringing senior-level talent from top-tier private equity legal advisors.
Summary
Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced the addition of two shareholders to its Private Equity Practice in the Chicago office on June 11, 2026. Cornelius "Neal" Loughery and Curt Ostosh join the firm as part of its continued strategic expansion in the private equity sector, strengthening the firm's capabilities across financing and M&A advisory services.
Loughery brings specialized expertise in debt financing for private equity transactions. His experience spans leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and subscription line financings, structures commonly deployed by sponsors navigating capital markets and credit facilities. Notably, Loughery combines his current debt finance focus with early-career experience advising sponsors on acquisitions and dispositions, offering integrated perspective across the full private equity financing lifecycle. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he developed his financing practice.
Ostosh focuses on M&A and corporate advisory for private equity sponsors and strategic investors. His transaction experience includes leveraged buyouts, minority investments, take-private transactions, and add-on acquisitions. Beyond deal execution, he counsels portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives and general corporate matters. Ostosh brings practical, business-oriented perspective informed by prior secondment with a major private equity sponsor and corporate development and treasury experience at a Fortune 100 company. He joins from Sidley Austin LLP, following previous tenure at Ropes & Gray.
According to Peter H. Lieberman, Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Private Equity Practice, the additions strengthen the firm's ability to deliver "seamless, end-to-end support across private equity transactions." The complementary skill sets—Loughery's debt financing expertise paired with Ostosh's M&A and portfolio company advisory capabilities—enable the firm to serve sponsors and portfolio companies across the transaction lifecycle, from deal structure and execution through portfolio management and growth initiatives.
Loughery brings specialized expertise in debt financing for private equity transactions. His experience spans leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and subscription line financings, structures commonly deployed by sponsors navigating capital markets and credit facilities. Notably, Loughery combines his current debt finance focus with early-career experience advising sponsors on acquisitions and dispositions, offering integrated perspective across the full private equity financing lifecycle. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he developed his financing practice.
Ostosh focuses on M&A and corporate advisory for private equity sponsors and strategic investors. His transaction experience includes leveraged buyouts, minority investments, take-private transactions, and add-on acquisitions. Beyond deal execution, he counsels portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives and general corporate matters. Ostosh brings practical, business-oriented perspective informed by prior secondment with a major private equity sponsor and corporate development and treasury experience at a Fortune 100 company. He joins from Sidley Austin LLP, following previous tenure at Ropes & Gray.
According to Peter H. Lieberman, Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Private Equity Practice, the additions strengthen the firm's ability to deliver "seamless, end-to-end support across private equity transactions." The complementary skill sets—Loughery's debt financing expertise paired with Ostosh's M&A and portfolio company advisory capabilities—enable the firm to serve sponsors and portfolio companies across the transaction lifecycle, from deal structure and execution through portfolio management and growth initiatives.
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