Carol Barnhart, Co-Chair of the Miami Corporate Practice, represents clients in complex domestic and cross-border transactions across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. Her practice focuses on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carve-outs, spin-offs, and other strategic negotiated deals, both buy-side and sell-side. She advises clients across a range of industries, including health care, data center/digital infrastructure, professional services, manufacturing, retail, and food & beverage. A significant portion of her practice focuses on structuring and negotiating divestitures, acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex commercial arrangements, as well as structuring bespoke business combinations across multiple jurisdictions. Carol provides pragmatic legal advice to clients operating in unpredictable markets and navigating complex, highly volatile transactions. Having led multi-jurisdictional structured transactions from both the firm and client sides, Carol brings a practical, business-oriented perspective to sophisticated deal execution. She is well positioned to help clients align legal strategy with business priorities, identify and prioritize key legal needs underlying each transaction, and navigate complex issues with commercial judgment and corporate awareness. Carol also frequently advises and maintains close relationships with clients’ boards of directors, counseling board members on strategic, legal, operational, and deal-related risks. She has significant experience helping clients develop and implement corporate governance and compliance programs.