Sean M. Small

Principal

Sean Small represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies in a wide range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, capital raising, and dispositions. He also advises institutional investors and management teams in negotiating and structuring leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations. Additionally, Sean provides counsel on general corporate matters and governance issues for public and private companies.

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member of the Development Committee at Veterans Legal Services

Education & Credentials

Northeastern University School of Law
JD, 2014
Skidmore College
BA, 2002

Admissions

Massachusetts

Sean's Insights

Announcements 12.15.2021

Spectrum Equity Makes Majority Investment in PresenceLearning

Choate represented Spectrum Equity in its majority investment alongside TPG’s Rise Fund into PresenceLearning, the leading provider of teletherapy and software for special education and mental health providers in K-12 schools.

Announcements 10.29.2021

Summit Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in Hairstory

Choate represented Summit Partners in its growth equity investment in Hairstory, the unconventional haircare brand that helped to create the sustainable, non-detergent cleansing category.

Announcements 06.04.2021

Cloudbakers Merges with Qwinix Technologies

Choate represented Sunstone Partners and its portfolio company, Cloudbakers LLC, in the merger of Cloudbakers LLC, a Google Cloud Premier Partner, with Qwinix Technologies, a cloud-native consultancy on a mission to help companies engineer a brighter future.

Announcements 05.05.2021

Choate Elevates Six to Principal

Six Choate attorneys – John Chambers, Kevin Finnerty, Dr. Xiaodong Li, Mike Shinall, Sean Small, and Shaina Wamsley London – have been elected principal at the Firm, effective May 1, 2021.

Announcements 01.21.2021

Sverica Capital Successfully Exits 7Summits

Choate represented Sverica Capital and its portfolio company in the sale of 7Summits, a leading Salesforce digital solutions consultancy, to IBM.

Announcements 10.29.2020

Riverside Partners Invests in Syner-G

Choate represented Riverside Partners in its investment in Syner-G Pharma Consulting, LLC, which provides a full spectrum of chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) technical, regulatory, and compliance consulting services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients.

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