• Jonathan D. Goodman guides private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as strategic businesses, in corporate and investment transactions, with an emphasis on the middle market. A tenacious deal lawyer, Jon works tirelessly to achieve his clients’ objectives, no matter the deal structure or industry. His poise and ability to bridge differences across the deal table propel his clients’ transactions over the finish line. Among his notable work, Jon has represented Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident funds in numerous acquisitions and investments. His work on behalf of these clients and others earned him the 2020 Emerging Leaders Award from The M&A Advisor.

    Experience

    • Represented Stone Point Capital and its Trident funds in their acquisitions of Bullhorn, a global leader in software for the staffing and recruitment industry; PrismHR, a leading HR technology platform; the Rialto investment and asset management business from Lennar Corp.; and Grace Hill, a leading provider of online training courseware and administration for the property management industry.

    • Represented Alliant Insurance Services, a leading distributor of diversified insurance products and services in the United States, in its acquisitions of Confie, the largest personal lines insurance distributor in the United States, and Crystal & Co., a leading global provider of insurance and employee benefits consulting services.

    • Represented Vensure Employer Services, a leading provider of HR/human capital management technology, managed services and global business process outsourcing, in several of its acquisitions. 

    • Represented PrismHR in its merger with Namely, a leading HR platform for midsize companies, and in its acquisition of Epay Systems, a time and attendance software company. 

    • Represented PrismHR and Vensure, each a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in their merger.

    • Represented Oasis Outsourcing, the nation’s largest privately held professional employer organization, in its acquisition of Aureon HR, a leading Midwest-based HR outsourcing company.

    • Represented SitusAMC Holdings Corp., a leading provider of services and technology supporting the real estate finance industry, in its acquisition of Assimilate Solutions LLC, a leading provider of mortgage and title knowledge process outsourcing and IT outsourcing solutions; its acquisition of ReadyPrice LLC, a mortgage technology business; its acquisition of rSquared CRE LLC, a real estate technology provider; its acquisition of the third-party loan servicing and asset management platform of Cohen Financial from Truist Bank; its acquisition of LogicEase Solutions Inc., the parent company of leading residential regulatory compliance technology provider ComplianceEase; its receipt of a strategic investment by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board; its partnership with CMBS.com, the owner of commercial real estate loan origination, management and servicing software platform Backshop; its launch of AI mortgage market intelligence platform Impact Capitol LLC; its acquisition of Street Resource Group Inc., a warehouse loan system provider; its acquisition of CJC Worldwide Technologies LLC, a commercial lending real estate platform; and its acquisition of Baseline Analytics LLC, a third-party pricing analyzer of underlying mortgages.

    • Represented Situs Group Holdings Corp. and American Mortgage Consultants Inc., each a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in connection with their merger to create SitusAMC. The combined SitusAMC operates in 27 markets in the United States, Europe and India, with more than $175 billion of commercial assets under management.

    • Represented Ten-X, a leading online real estate marketplace, in a recapitalization transaction led by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.

    • Represented Eliassen Group, a leading national strategic technology consulting firm, in its acquisition of Webster Consulting Group LLC, a national professional IT services firm.

    • Represented Gordon Brothers, a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, in its majority investment in Nations Capital Inc., an industry-leading commercial and industrial business services provider, as well as in a $300 million financing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board through its subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments Inc.

    • Represented Allied Benefit Systems LLC, one of the nation’s largest health care administrators for employee benefit plans, in its acquisition of Medxoom Inc., an industry-leading digital benefits platform.

    • Advised Mitchell | Genex in its acquisition of Coventry Workers’ Comp Services, a leading provider of cost containment technology, clinical service and disability management, from CVS Health.

    • Represented Spectrum Vision Partners, a management services organization formed to administratively support Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, a nationally renowned multispecialty eye care group, in an investment from Blue Sea Capital.

    • Represented Kestra Financial Inc., a leading independent adviser platform, in its acquisition of Reliance Trust Co. of Delaware, a limited purpose trust company, from FIS, a leading financial services provider.

    • Represented Bluespring Wealth Partners LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kestra Financial Inc., in its acquisition of Vector Wealth Management, a provider of comprehensive financial planning and investment management services; in its acquisition of a financial interest in Beacon Financial Group, a financial planning and insurance advisement firm; in its acquisition of Believeland LLC, one of the independently owned financial planning and wealth management entities operating under oXYGen Financial Inc.; and in its acquisition of Hickory Asset Management Inc., a registered investment adviser based in Concord Township, Ohio.

    • Represented Rialto, an investment and asset management business, in its receipt of a strategic minority interest from CNO Financial Group.

    • Advised NXT Capital Inc., a provider of structured financing solutions, in its sale to Orix Corporation USA.

    • Represented MFG Partners, a private equity firm that acquires industrial manufacturing, distribution and service companies in the middle market, in its acquisition of Mail Communications Group.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., cum laude, New York Law School, 2010
      • Member, New York Law School Law Review
    • B.S., University of Maryland, 2007

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2011