Key Takeaways
- • Paul Hastings LLP strengthened its New York private equity and M&A platform by recruiting Brian C. Miner as partner, bringing expertise in upper middle market buyouts and GP stakes transactions.
- • Miner joins from Dechert with a track record advising premier asset managers and PE firms on acquisitions, dispositions, and minority/control investments in asset management and financial institutions.
- • His representative transactions include Industry Ventures' $965 million GP stake sale to Goldman Sachs Asset Management and HPS Investment Partners' minority GP stake investment from Blue Owl Capital, demonstrating deep expertise in GP-led secondaries and continuation vehicles.
- • The hire expands Paul Hastings' strategic presence in New York, a stated foundation of the firm's PE and M&A capabilities, positioning the firm to capture market share in complex upper middle market transactions across asset management, insurance, life sciences, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
Summary
Paul Hastings LLP announced the addition of Brian C. Miner as partner in its New York office, marking the firm's latest investment in its global private equity and M&A platform. Miner, who previously practiced at Dechert, brings specialized experience in traditional upper middle market buyouts and asset manager M&A, with particular depth in GP stakes transactions—a high-growth segment within the alternative investment ecosystem.
Miner's practice encompasses counsel on acquisitions and dispositions of interests in asset management firms and financial institutions, spanning structuring, negotiation, and execution of GP stakes, minority investments, and control transactions in private equity and alternative asset management vehicles. His client roster includes prominent firms such as Lovell Minnick, Industry Ventures, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, LLR Partners, HPS Investment Partners, and Newport Specialty Partners, among others. He has advised across multiple sectors including asset management, insurance, life sciences and healthcare, and energy and manufacturing.
Among Miner's notable representative matters are his representation of Industry Ventures in a minority GP stake investment originating from Petershill Partners and its subsequent sale to Goldman Sachs Asset Management for up to $965 million—a benchmark transaction in the secondary GP stakes market. He also advised HPS Investment Partners in its minority GP stake investment from Blue Owl Capital and represented Lovell Minnick in the formation of Newport Specialty Partners and its growth capital investment in Complex Coverage, Inc. These transactions reflect expertise in the structured and complex GP-led continuation vehicles that have become central to private equity portfolio management.
Frank Lopez, chair of Paul Hastings, characterized Miner's arrival as highly synergistic with the firm's platform and strategic vision, noting that New York will remain a foundation of the firm's PE and M&A capabilities as it supports clients on complex, large-scale transactions and gains market share. The hire underscores the firm's commitment to building specialized expertise in the upper middle market and alternative asset management spaces—sectors that remain active in deal flow and command premium advisory fees for sophisticated transactional counsel.
Miner's practice encompasses counsel on acquisitions and dispositions of interests in asset management firms and financial institutions, spanning structuring, negotiation, and execution of GP stakes, minority investments, and control transactions in private equity and alternative asset management vehicles. His client roster includes prominent firms such as Lovell Minnick, Industry Ventures, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, LLR Partners, HPS Investment Partners, and Newport Specialty Partners, among others. He has advised across multiple sectors including asset management, insurance, life sciences and healthcare, and energy and manufacturing.
Among Miner's notable representative matters are his representation of Industry Ventures in a minority GP stake investment originating from Petershill Partners and its subsequent sale to Goldman Sachs Asset Management for up to $965 million—a benchmark transaction in the secondary GP stakes market. He also advised HPS Investment Partners in its minority GP stake investment from Blue Owl Capital and represented Lovell Minnick in the formation of Newport Specialty Partners and its growth capital investment in Complex Coverage, Inc. These transactions reflect expertise in the structured and complex GP-led continuation vehicles that have become central to private equity portfolio management.
Frank Lopez, chair of Paul Hastings, characterized Miner's arrival as highly synergistic with the firm's platform and strategic vision, noting that New York will remain a foundation of the firm's PE and M&A capabilities as it supports clients on complex, large-scale transactions and gains market share. The hire underscores the firm's commitment to building specialized expertise in the upper middle market and alternative asset management spaces—sectors that remain active in deal flow and command premium advisory fees for sophisticated transactional counsel.
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