Abtin Jalali is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups.

Mr. Jalali has extensive experience representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their businesses, with a focus on acquisitions, divestitures, growth equity investments and general corporate matters.  Mr. Jalali also advises private companies in acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. Jalali has advised on transactions in various industries, including enterprise software, data and technology, healthcare, business services, consumer products and industrials.

Mr. Jalali’s representative private equity clients include Serent Capital, True Wind Capital, FTV Capital, Tower Arch Capital, Gryphon Investors, TPG Capital, Vector Capital,  Spectrum Equity and Vista Equity Partners.  His representative transactions include those listed below.

Serent Capital

• Acquisition of Actionstep
• Acquisition of ArbiterSports
• Acquisition of Avionté
• Acquisition of BirchStreet Systems
• Acquisition of BQE Software
• Acquisition of BW Events
• Acquisition of CallRevu
• Acquisition of Compeat
• Acquisition of Ctuit
• Acquisition of Digital Architecture
• Acquisition of Education Advanced
• Acquisition of FranConnect
• Acquisition of Hookit
• Acquisition of LawMaster
• Acquisition of ManageAmerica
• Acquisition of ParentSquare
• Acquisition of Pondera Solutions
• Acquisition of Secure Payment Systems
• Acquisition of Ser Tech
• Acquisition of Sports Alliance
• Acquisition of SSB’s Sports and Entertainment Business
• Acquisition of TalentWave
• Acquisition of USA Testprep
• Acquisition of World Manager
• Investment in First Due
• Investment in Studio Designer
• Sale of Optimal Blue to GTCR

 True Wind Capital

• Acquisition of AIA’s Contract Documents Business
• Acquisition of ARI Network Services
• Acquisition of Dealer Spike
• Acquisition of Highline Sale Investor Group
• Acquisition of The Switch
• Investment in Merative
• Investment in Sterling Capital Brokers
• Recapitalization of ARI Network Services with TA Associates

 FTV Capital

• Investment in Agiloft
• Investment in EBANX
• Investment in Embroker
• Investment in Enfusion Systems
• Investment in ID.me
• Investment in LoanPro
• Investment in PlateIQ
• Investment in RapidRatings
• Investment in SingleOps
• Investment in StoneEagle Services
• Investment in Vagaro
• Investment in Vortx

 Tower Arch Capital

• Acquisition of Intelligent Technical Solutions
• Acquisition of Raymond Construction
• Acquisition of Sweda Company
• Recapitalization of OSM Worldwide
• Sale of Enertech to ONCAP
• Sale of Softvision to Cognizant Technology Solutions

 Gryphon Investors

• Acquisition of Onsemble Software
• Acquisition of Rootstock Software
• Acquisition of Scantron’s Certification Business

 TPG Capital

• Investment in PresenceLearning
• Sale of Dreambox

 Vector Capital

• Acquisition of Ai Squared
• Acquisition of Enhanced Vision Systems
• Acquisition of Freedom Scientific
• Acquisition of Interactive Accessibility
• Acquisition of Rocket Fuel
• Acquisition of Sizmek
• Acquisition of The Paciello Group
• Sale of Tidel to Graham Partners
• Sale of Triton Digital to E.W. Scripps

 Spectrum Equity

• Investment in Bitly
• Investment in B-Stock
• Investment in ExamSoft
• Investment in GoodRx
• Investment in Litmus Software

 Vista Equity Partners

• Acquisition of AltaReturn
• Acquisition of Automated Insights
• Acquisition of Black Mountain Systems
• Acquisition of Bloomberg Sports
• Acquisition of EagleView Technologies
• Acquisition of Integral Ad Science
• Acquisition of OmniEarth
• Acquisition of STATS
• Investment in Upside
• Recapitalization of EagleView Technologies with Clearlake Capital
• Recapitalization of STATS and Perform to form STATS Perform
• Sale of Marketo to Adobe

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Jalali was a partner of Kirkland & Ellis and his representative transactions include those he led there.

Mr. Jalali received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.  He received his Master of Business of Administration and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.  Mr. Jalali is a member of the California Bar.