17 Feb 2026
McGuireWoods Expands Private Equity Team with Partner Zachary Shub-Essig in Los Angeles
"McGuireWoods has welcomed Zachary Shub-Essig as a Los Angeles partner to strengthen its private equity practice, focusing on M&A, joint ventures, equity offerings and complex corporate transactions."
Shub-Essig brings extensive experience advising corporate and private equity clients on strategic transactions. He focuses on private equity matters, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity offerings and other complex corporate deals across industries including technology, healthcare and industrial sectors. His client work spans investors, public and private corporations, emerging companies, private equity sponsors and operating partners. He also advises corporate directors, officers and other executives on board governance, investor relations and employment matters. Shub-Essig joins McGuireWoods from Sidley Austin and enters McGuireWoods as a partner.
His arrival follows the recent addition of Los Angeles partner Shahrooz Shahnavaz, who advises on tax issues associated with large, intricate corporate deals.