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Justin Petzold

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General Counsel at YA Group
📍 Laguna Beach, California, United States

Justin Petzold is a seasoned legal executive and the current General Counsel at YA Group, specializing in private equity M&A and complex corporate transactions. With a career spanning over 15 years, he has a reputation for providing practical, actionable solutions to drive business goals. He holds a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

He has a demonstrated interest in emerging financial technologies and their underlying investment structures. Justin follows the evolution of cryptocurrency and critically assesses how new technologies are integrated into legacy financial systems.

Unique fact: During a one-year tenure, he built an organizations M&A playbook to successfully close over 10 deals.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
General Counsel
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Laguna Beach, California, United States
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Priorities

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Private Equity M&A
He has extensive experience leading M&A transactions for private equity clients and their portfolio companies from his time as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
Fintech Leadership
As Chief Legal Officer at InvestCloud, he led the legal and HR departments of the high-growth, global fintech SaaS company through multiple phases of evolution.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
General Counsel
YA Group
5-2024 - 9-2025
Chief Legal & Human Resources Officer
InvestCloud, Inc.
5-2021 - 5-2024
Chief Legal Officer
InvestCloud, Inc.
2-2017 - 4-2021
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1-2016 - 1-2017
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
In the press

Media appearances

YA Group Expands Executive Team. Featured in PR Newswire
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YA Group appoints four executives. Featured in Consulting.us
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Education
J.D.
University of Wisconsin Law School
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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