Leveraged Finance

Fact Sheet

Experience

  • Clean Tech | Renewable Energy
    • Verizon Wireless in the financings and debt purchases relating to its acquisition of Alltel Corporation, a transaction valued at $28.1 billion.
    • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell in the financing aspects of the $24.9 billion sale of Dell to an investor group including Michael Dell and Silver Lake.
    • Verizon in the financing aspects of its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier, the largest pure-play fiber internet provider in the U.S.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its bid for a controlling stake in Opella, the French-headquartered consumer healthcare company, valuing the company at c.€16 billion.
    • Elliott Management, in the financing aspects of its $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition, together with Stone Point Capital, of Truist Insurance Holdings, a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corporation, at an enterprise value of $15.5 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Carlyle and Merrill Lynch Private Equity in the senior credit and high-yield financings for the $15 billion acquisition of The Hertz Corporation.
    • Envision Healthcare in the financing aspects of its $15 billion merger with AMSURG, creating one of the largest U.S. providers of specialty physicians and hospital-related services. This included $6.3 billion of committed debt financing.
    • Discovery, Inc. in the financing aspects of the acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction that values the combined entity at approximately $130 billion.
    • Discovery, Inc. in the financing aspects of its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive.
    • Verizon in the senior credit and high-yield financings for its $13 billion spin-off of Idearc.
    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the financing aspects of its $12 billion acquisition of GE Capital’s sponsor lending business, including Antares Capital, the leading lender to middle market private equity sponsors in the U.S.
    • The Special Committee of Liberty Broadband in the financing aspects of Liberty Broadband’s $10.59 billion acquisition of GCI Liberty.
    • Verizon in the financing aspects of its $10.54 billion sale of its local wireline operations in California, Florida and Texas to Frontier Communications.
    • Verizon Communications in the refinancing of the public-debt portion of a leveraged lease transaction on its spin-off and merger of its wireline businesses in 14 states to Frontier Communications Corporation, a transaction valued to Verizon and its stockholders at $8.6 billion.
    • Bain Capital, Carlyle and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financings for the $8.5 billion acquisition of HD Supply from The Home Depot.
    • InterXion in the financing aspects of its combination with Digital Realty, valuing InterXion at $8.4 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and US Foods in the financing aspects of its $8.2 billion merger, later terminated, of US Foods with Sysco Corporation.
    • Tribune Media Company in its $7.2 billion sale to Nexstar Media.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in the financing aspects of the $7.1 billion acquisition of US Foods.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Focus Financial Partners at an enterprise value of approximately $7 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in financing aspects of its £7 billion recommended cash offer for Morrisons.
    • Spirit Airlines in the financing aspects of its merger, later terminated, with Frontier Group Holdings, parent company of Frontier Airlines, in a transaction valued at $6.6 billion.
    • Verizon in the financing aspects of its $6.25 billion acquisition of Tracfone, the largest reseller of wireless services in the U.S.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $6 billion acquisition and subsequent combination of Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation, to create the world's largest label solutions company.
    • Domtar in the financing aspects of its $6 billion combination with Weyerhaeuser's fine paper business in a "reverse Morris Trust" transaction; the new Domtar became the largest manufacturer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America.
    • International Paper in its $6 billion acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's packaging business.
    • Activision Blizzard in the financing aspects of its $5.9 billion acquisition of King Digital.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $5.8 billion acquisition of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, the largest manufacturer of exterior buildings products in North America.
    • Access Industries as a lead consortium investor in the $5.6 billion acquisition of Calpine.icon-alt
    • Sacturino in its $5.5 billion loan facility for its take-private acquisition of Polyus Gold (valuing the company at approximately $9 billion).
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $5.5 billion acquisition of The ServiceMaster Company.
    • Ply Gem and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of Ply Gem’s $5.5 billion stock-for-stock combination with NCI Building Systems.
    • The Hertz Corporation in the separation by spinoff of its Herc Rentals equipment rental business and $5.385 billion in related financings, including $2.4 billion Hertz term and revolving credit facilities, a $1.75 billion Herc asset-based revolving credit facility, and $1.235 billion in secured second priority Herc bonds.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in the financing aspects of their $5.3 billion acquisition of Cloudera.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Solenis in the financing aspects of the sale of Solenis to Platinum Equity at an implied enterprise value of $5.25 billion.
    • Reynolds Group in the $3 billion senior secured and unsecured notes issuance and $2.02 billion term loan senior secured financing to finance its $6 billion acquisition of Pactiv.
    • Covanta in the financing aspects of its sale to EQT in a transaction valued at more than $5 billion, in which EQT acquired all shares of Covanta common stock for $20.25 per share.icon-alt
    • HD Supply in the $4.9 billion refinancing of its existing senior secured credit facilities and senior unsecured notes.
    • Hewitt Associates in the financing aspects of its $4.9 billion merger with Aon Corporation.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $4.7 billion acquisition of Epicor Software, a global provider of cloud-based, industry-specific Enterprise Resource Planning software to industrial-focused sectors.
    • Reynolds Group in the financing aspects of its $4.5 billion acquisition of Graham Packaging.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $4.3 billion sale of Diversey Holdings to Sealed Air.
    • International Paper in the financing aspects of its $4.3 billion acquisition of Temple-Inland.
    • Focus Financial Partners in the $4.276 billion refinancing of Focus’s existing debt facilities.
    • RSC Holdings in the financing aspects of its $4.2 billion acquisition by United Rentals.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a 42.5% stake in Univar in a sponsored recapitalization transaction valuing Univar at $4.2 billion.
    • TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the financing aspects of their $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TPG in the financing aspects of their $4 billion take-private of Covetrus, a global animal-health technology and services company.
    • EIG in the financing aspects of the formation of a joint venture with FS Investments to manage the $4 billion FS Energy and Power Fund.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its proposed $4 billion take private acquisition of Anixter International, a NYSE-listed company. (Terminated)
    • Spirit Airlines in the financing aspects of its sale, later terminated, to JetBlue for $3.8 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $3.7 billion take-private acquisition of UDG Healthcare.
    • Cornerstone Building Brands in the refinancing of its senior credit facilities, including its existing $611 million asset-based revolving credit facility and its $115 million cash flow-based revolving credit facility, and its $2.6 billion term loan facility.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.9 billion acquisition of White Cap, a leading distributor of specialty concrete and construction products, and its combination of White Cap with CSG, a leading U.S. distributor of specialty concrete and masonry accessories, for a total transaction value of approximately $4 billion. The financing for the transaction includes a $2.38 billion cash flow-based facility, a $700 million asset-based revolving facility and $640 million in senior unsecured notes.
    • Nationstar Mortgage, a leading mortgage servicer and originator, in its $3.8 billion merger with WMIH.
    • Prudential in the financing aspects of its sale of its retirement plan business to Empower for a total transaction value of $3.55 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a 40% ownership interest in Belron, which valued the company at €3 billion.
    • Amazon as strategic partner to Yankee Global Enterprises in the financing aspects of the acquisition of the YES Network from The Walt Disney Company at a total enterprise value of $3.47 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a 60% interest in Humana’s Kindred at Home Hospice and Personal Care divisions, valued at $3.4 billion.
    • The Hertz Corporation in its $3.4 billion asset-based revolving credit and term loan facilities and refinancing of existing facilities, and its $700 million offerings of senior notes.
    • Ripplewood and Oak Hill Capital in the financings for the $3.4 billion acquisition of RSC Equipment Rental.
    • Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $3.325 billion secured credit facility and $700 million offering of senior unsecured notes in connection with the combination of Brand Energy and Safway Group.
    • Access Industries in the financings for its $3.3 billion acquisition of Warner Music Group.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty Images.
    • Kelso & Company in the financings for the $3.3 billion acquisition of CCS Income Trust.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $3.2 billion acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and its indirect subsidiary, Fortress Intermediate 3, in $3 billion of financing for Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s acquisition of Presidio.
    • Domtar in the financing aspects of its $3 billion sale to Paper Excellence.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the senior credit and high yield financings of the $3 billion "sponsored spin-off" acquisition of a 47.5% interest in Sally Beauty.
    • Activision Blizzard in the refinancing of its credit facility to, among other things, refinance and replace its outstanding term loan and revolving credit facilities and incur an additional $2.875 billion of term loans and $250 million of revolving commitments.
    • Carlyle, as majority owner of Syniverse, in the financing aspects of Syniverse’s $2.85 billion merger, later terminated, with special purpose acquisition company M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp. resulting in Syniverse becoming a publicly traded company.
    • Time Inc. in the financing aspects of its $2.8 billion sale to Meredith.
    • Entities managed by Blackstone in the financing aspects of the $2.8 billion acquisition of Allstate Life Insurance Company.
    • Tribune Media Company in its financing for the sidecar transaction entered into with Dream Catcher Broadcasting on Tribune's $2.7 billion acquisition of Local TV Holdings.
    • Booz Allen Hamilton in the refinancing of its $2.67 billion senior secured credit facilities and the issuance of $500 million of new senior unsecured notes.
    • Reynolds Group in the issuance of $2.16 billion and €700 million of senior secured notes and loans for its acquisition of the Reynolds Consumer Products and Closure Systems International groups from affiliated entities.
    • Reynolds Group in the refinancing of its senior secured credit facility, consisting of $2.2 billion and €297 million of term loans and $120 million and €54 million in revolving credit facilities.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its investment in JohnsonDiversey, a transaction valued at $2.6 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial businesses of Roper Technologies, which operates market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and application-specific products, in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion.
    • Carlyle in financing matters relating to its $2.54 billion acquisition of Booz Allen Hamilton’s U.S. government consulting business.
    • Relevant parties in the financing aspects of the £2.5 billion acquisition of 337 petrol forecourts in the UK, and more than 400 associated sites.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, AXA Private Equity and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in the financing aspects of their €2.1 billion acquisition of SPIE from PAI Partners, which included a €1.335 billion senior term and revolving credit facility and a €375 million bridge loan.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $1.755 billion secured term loan facility, $115.0 million secured cash flow revolving credit facility, $360.0 million ABL facility and $645.0 million offering of senior unsecured notes in connection with its $2.4 billion take private of Ply Gem and acquisition of Atrium Windows & Doors, two leading building products companies.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.5 billion sale of Sirius, a leading provider of secure, mission-critical technology-based solutions for approximately 3,900 large and mid-sized customers, to CDW.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.5 billion acquisition of HD Supply’s Waterworks Division, the largest distributor of waterworks products in the U.S.
    • Hertz in the financing aspects of its $2.5 billion spin-off of its equipment and rental business.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.5 billion combined acquisition of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services and Harsco Infrastructure.
    • Rexel in its €2.1 billion credit facilities relating to its initial public offering.
    • Carlyle and Insight Communications in a $2.4 billion senior credit facility.
    • Steven Cohen and Cohen Private Ventures in the financing aspects of the $2.4 billion acquisition of the New York Mets.
    • Prudential Financial in the financing aspects of its $2.35 billion acquisition of Assurance IQ.
    • Resolution Life, a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies, in the financing aspects of its revised AUS$3.0 billion acquisition of AMP Life.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its investment in Resonetics, a leader in micro-manufacturing for the medical device and diagnostics equipment industries, valuing the company at approximately $2.25 billion.
    • Booz Allen Hamilton, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its $2.25 billion leveraged recapitalization.
    • Ambac Assurance Corporation, a Wisconsin domiciled insurance company, in a holistic restructuring transaction that involved three exchange offers of existing debt securities and other payment obligations for approximately $2.2 billion of newly issued debt securities, as well as a new-money financing collateralized by the future proceeds of certain litigation claims against RMBS originators.
    • US Foods in its $2.2 billion term credit facility.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and its indirect subsidiary Verde Purchaser, in $2.125 billion of financing for CD&R’s $2.6 billion acquisition of Veritiv Corporation.
    • TPG in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in OneOncology, a network of leading oncology practices, in a transaction valued at $2.1 billion.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $1.075 billion secured term loan facility, $500 million ABL facility and $500 million offering of senior unsecured notes in connection with its acquisition of HD Supply’s Waterworks Division, the largest distributor of waterworks products in the U.S.
    • ServiceMaster in its new $1.82 billion term loan facility and $300 million revolving credit facility, refinancing and replacing its existing credit facilities.
    • Artera Services and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the $2 billion comprehensive refinancing for Artera.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and its indirect subsidiary Fiesta Purchaser, in $2 billion of financing of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s acquisition of Shearer’s Foods.
    • Resolution Life, a global life insurance group, in its $2 billion multicurrency term and revolving facility agreement in connection with its reinsurance of $35 billion in fixed indexed annuities of Allianz Life.
    • Altegrity in its $2 billion of loan facilities and first lien, second lien and third lien notes relating to the refinancing and restructuring of existing debt.
    • Reynolds Group in the issuance by certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries of $1 billion of senior secured notes and $1 billion of unsecured notes and the subsequent refinancing of its senior secured credit facilities.
    • Warner Music Group in the financing aspects of its initial public offering of 77 million shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $25.00 per share, representing an approximately $1.925 billion offering.
    • Prosperity Life Group, an innovative insurance, reinsurance, and asset management company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of National Western in a transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion.
    • Providence Equity Partners in the financing aspects of its $1.9 billion going private acquisition of SRA International.
    • Market Bidco Finco Plc, an indirect subsidiary of funds managed or advised by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in the offerings of £1.075 billion and €545 million of senior secured fixed rate notes relating to the financing of CD&R’s acquisition of Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited.
    • CF Corporation and Blackstone in the financing aspects of the $1.835 billion acquisition of Fidelity & Guaranty Life.
    • Wilsonart, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and engineered surfaces company, in its $1.8 billion refinancing consisting of a $1.1 billion Senior Secured Term Loan Facility, $500 million senior notes offering and $250 million Senior Secured Revolving Facility.
    • International Paper in the $1.8 billion combination of its North America Consumer Packaging business with Graphic Packaging.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $1.8 billion acquisition of Ashland Water Technologies, a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals for process, functional and water treatment applications.
    • Reynolds Group in its $1 billion senior notes issuance and a $800 million term loan senior secured financing for the acquisition of the Evergreen businesses and the Whakatane Mill.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
    • Haversham in the debt financing aspects of its approximately £1.2 billion acquisition of British Car Auctions.
    • Booz Allen Hamilton, a Carlyle portfolio company, in the refinancing of its $1.58 billion term loan credit facility.
    • Motor Fuel Group in the financing and tax structuring of its £1.2 billion acquisition of MRH, the UK's largest petrol station and convenience retail operator.
    • Warner Bros. Discovery in the offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.412% Senior Notes due 2026 by WarnerMedia Holdings.
    • Carlyle in the financings for the $1.5 billion acquisition of PQ Corporation.
    • Discovery, Inc. in the $1.5 billion financing for the acquisition from Cox Communications of a 25% interest in Discovery for cash and certain assets, including the Travel Channel.
    • Providence Equity Partners in the financing aspects of its $1.5 billion acquisition of US Investigations Services.
    • Sawai Pharmaceutical in the financing aspects of its $1.5 billion acquisition of the generic pharmaceuticals business of Upsher-Smith Laboratories.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Capco in the financing aspects of the $1.45 billion sale of Capco to Wipro.
    • TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with Humana, in the financing aspects of their $1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services.
    • International Paper, Bain Capital, Unisource Corporation and Veritiv Corporation in the $1.4 billion ABL credit facility entered into by Veritiv, a publicly traded corporation resulting from the spin off of International Paper’s xpedx distribution solutions business followed by the merger of the spun off entity with Unisource in a “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its €1.2 billion acquisition of Mauser Group, one of the world’s leading industrial packaging companies.
    • Rexel in the amendment and extension of its €1.1 billion revolving credit facility, with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as facility agent and swingline agent.
    • Stone Point Capital in a $1.34 billion senior secured term loan facility, $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility and $535 million offering of senior notes in connection with Stone Point’s significant equity investment in Alliant Insurance Services.
    • Booz Allen Hamilton, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its $1.33 billion refinancing of its secured credit facilities.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and BrandSafway in the financing aspects of Brookfield’s $1.3 billion investment in BrandSafway.
    • Assurant in the financing aspects of the $1.3 billion sale of its Global Preneed business to CUNA Mutual Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TRANZACT in the financing aspects of the $1.3 billion sale of TRANZACT to Willis Towers Watson.
    • Resolution Life, a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies, in the financing aspects of its $1.25 billion acquisition of Voya Financial’s individual life in-force business.
    • MetLife Investment Management in the financing aspects of a $1.2 billion managed secondary transaction, including a $975 million portfolio disposition of MetLife affiliate assets to its newly raised fund, MetLife Investment Private Equity Partners II.
    • S&S Activewear, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its acquisition of alphabroder, including a financing of $1.175 billion, consisting of a $600 million senior secured notes offering, $575 million pari senior first lien secured term loans and an upsize to the ABL credit agreement to a total $800 million facility.
    • Rexel in its concurrent €650 million offering of 5.125% senior notes and $500 million offering of 5.250% senior notes, both due 2020.
    • Reynolds Group in the issuance of $650 million of 5.625% senior notes due 2016 and $590 million of 6.000% senior subordinated notes due 2017 to refinance existing debt.
    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the debt financing aspects of its $1.1 billion acquisition of Ascot from American International Group.
    • RSC Equipment Rental its $1.1 billion senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility and refining of existing facilities.
    • Roofing Supply Group, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its $1.1 billion sale to Beacon Roofing Supply.
    • Stone Point Capital and Hellman & Friedman in the financing aspects of their $1.1 billion acquisition of Sedgwick Claims Management Services.
    • Syniverse, a Carlyle portfolio company, in the $1.1 billion refinancing of its senior secured credit facilities.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $1.1 billion acquisition of a majority ownership stake in Wilsonart International Holdings, the decorative surfaces unit of Illinois Tool Works.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $1.05 billion acquisition of David's Bridal.
    • US Foods in its $1.02 billion initial public offering.
    • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of the sale of its Insulated Metal Panels business to Nucor for $1 billion in cash.
    • Booz Allen Hamilton, a Carlyle portfolio company, in its $1.0 billion refinancing of its secured credit facilities.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its majority investment in Tyco International’s Electrical and Metal Products business in a transaction valued at $1 billion.
    • JetBlue in its $1 billion delayed draw term loan credit facility.
    • Nassau Financial Group, a Golden Gate Capital portfolio company, in the financing aspects of the issuance of $100 million of non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity to Wilton Re and Stone Point Credit.
    • Rank Group in the financing aspects of its acquisition of the SIG Group, a Swiss-based packaging company. The financing consisted of senior facilities of €825 million in aggregate, a subordinated bridge facility of €770 million and a €900 million high-yield bond facility.
    • Rank Group in the financing aspects of its $980 million acquisition of UCI International, a North American automotive products business.
    • Rank Group in the financing aspects of its $950 million acquisition of Honeywell’s automotive consumer products group.
    • PetSafe Brands, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the $925 million refinancing of existing debt facilities.
    • Domtar in the financing aspects of the $920 million sale of its personal care business to American Industrial Partners.
    • BWAY Holding Company in the financing aspects of its $915 million sale to Madison Dearborn Partners.
    • Univar in its $885 million initial public offering and concurrent private placement of $350 million of shares to Temasek and the additional purchase of 5 million shares of Univar common stock from selling stockholders by Temasek.
    • American Securities and P2 Capital Partners in the financing aspects of their $855 million acquisition of Blount International.
    • PowerTeam Services, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its purchase of Miller Pipeline and Minnesota Limited for $850 million in cash.
    • Windstream Holdings, a privately held fiber and cloud based communications provider, in the issuance of $800 million Senior First Lien Notes and the incurrence of a $500 million new term loan facility to refinance a portion of its outstanding indebtedness and a separate consent solicitation to modify certain terms of its $1.4 billion outstanding Senior First Lien Notes in anticipation of its proposed merger with Uniti Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its approximately £500 million acquisition, alongside management, of Motor Fuel Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the £585 million senior secured credit facilities for its investment in B&M Retail.
    • TruGreen Holding Corporation in an $800 million incremental First Lien Term loan and Dividend Recapitalization transaction.
    • Third Point Re in the financing aspects of its $788 million merger with Sirius Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Huntsworth and Sharp in obtaining $787.5 million in debt financing for Huntsworth’s spin-off of Sharp.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of a majority investment in Cronos, including a $765 million revolving credit facility.
    • Carlyle, as majority owner of Syniverse, in the financing aspects of Twilio’s $750 million investment in Syniverse.
    • TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate investing strategy of TPG's global impact investing platform TPG Rise, in the financing aspects of the equity portion of a $700 million investment in Hybar, a newly formed company, to start up and operate a technologically advanced, environmentally sustainable scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill.icon-alt
    • Domtar in its $700 million revolving credit facility.
    • Syniverse in its delayed draw term loan credit agreement of up to $700 million on the acquisition of W.P. Roaming III S.a r.l. ("MACH").
    • Elliott Management in the financing aspects of its $683 million acquisition of Barnes & Noble, the largest retail bookseller in the U.S.
    • INDICOR, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of the $670 million sale of its Compressor Controls Corporation division, a leading provider of turbomachinery control and optimization solutions, to Honeywell.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $650 million acquisition of Capco, FIS’s management consulting business.
    • TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Management and GSO Capital Partners in their $625 million mezzanine financing for Vestar's $1.45 billion acquisition of Unilever’s laundry detergents business.
    • Envision Healthcare in the financing aspects of its $620 million acquisition of Rural/Metro Corporation.
    • Certain holders of second lien term loans issued by Integro Parent Inc., part of Tysers Insurance Brokers, Ltd., a leading Lloyds independent broker, in a transaction under which AUB Group Limited will acquire Tysers from Odyssey Investment Partners for $615.2 million.
    • Kelso & Company and its portfolio company, Eagle Family Foods Group, in the financing aspects of their acquisition of General Mills’ Helper main meals and Suddenly Salad side dishes businesses, in a transaction valued at approximately $610 million.
    • Konica Minolta, a Japanese multinational equipment and materials manufacturer operating in the healthcare and industrial industries, in the financing aspects of the $600 million sale of its subsidiary, Ambry Genetics, to Tempus AI.
    • Spirit Airlines in its $600 million secured notes offering, backed by assets and intellectual property of Spirit’s Free Spirit and Spirit Saver$ Club programs.
    • Morgan Stanley Private Equity in the financing aspects of the $600 million sale of Creative Circle, a leading professional staffing firm specializing in advertising, creative and marketing talent, to NYSE-listed On Assignment for a mix of stock and cash consideration.
    • US Foods in its $600 million offering of senior notes.
    • Lannett Company in its $585 million comprehensive refinancing.
    • Antares Holdings LP, a leading provider of lending solutions to private equity sponsor-backed middle-market companies, in its offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 3.750% notes due 2027.
    • Antares Holdings LP, a leading provider of lending solutions to private equity sponsor-backed middle-market companies, in its offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.350% senior notes due 2029.
    • Resolution Life in its strategic partnership with Blackstone, including a $500 million strategic investment, for its life insurance and annuity consolidation business.
    • Providence Equity Partners in the financing aspects of its minority investment of up to $500 million in the formation of The North Road Company.
    • Constellation, backed by institutional investors Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of and $500 million capital contribution to Ohio National, as part of Ohio National’s demutualization process.
    • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of the pricing of its $500 million offering of 6.125% unsecured senior notes due 2029.
    • Blount International, an American Securities and P2 Capital Partners portfolio company, in the refinancing of its $471.4 million term loan facility.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing and tax aspects of its £400 million acquisition of Huntsworth.
    • Qatar Investment Authority in the financing aspects of its $375 million co-investment in Elon Musk’s take private acquisition of Twitter.
    • Kelso & Company as sponsor in Logan’s Roadhouse’s secured revolving credit facility and $355 million offering of 10.75% senior secured notes.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its £308 million acquisition of Wolseley UK, a leading distributor of plumbing, heating and climate products.
    • White Cap Parent in the offer and sale of $300 million of 8.25%/9.00% Senior PIK toggle notes due 2026 to fund a dividend payment to the company's equity holders.
    • Core & Main, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its $300 million offering of senior unsecured PIK toggle notes to fund a distribution to holders of common units.
    • Ambac in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Beat Capital Partners in a transaction valued at approximately $282 million.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $205 million acquisition of Cynosure from Hologic.
    • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of the $168 million sale of its roll-up sheet door business, DBCI, to Janus.
    • Brigade Capital Management, as debtor-in-possession lender in providing a $95 million DIP facility and a $100 million exit facility to Alpha Media in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition, together with TowerBrook Capital Partners, of R1 RCM.
    • Presidio, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Contender Solutions, an Elite ServiceNow partner.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of the sale of Sila Services to the private equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
    • TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of TPG, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a minority stake in Homrich Berg.
    • Veritiv, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, on the financing for its acquisition of Orora Packaging Solutions, the North American packaging and distribution business of Orora.
    • TPG and OneOncology in the financing aspects of OneOncology’s acquisition of United Urology Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software, in the financing aspects of the sale of a significant ownership position in Epicor to CVC, a global private markets manager.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of American Restoration, a provider of residential and commercial property mitigation and restoration services.
    • Safe-Guard Products International, a Stone Point Capital portfolio company, in the financing aspects of Hellman & Friedman’s majority investment.
    • Valenz Health, a Kelso & Company portfolio company and platform of integrated cost containment and payment integrity solutions, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Healthcare Bluebook, a healthcare cost and quality navigation platform.
    • Electrical Components International, a Cerberus Capital Management portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Flex-Tec, a supplier of electrical harness systems, assemblies, and other critical engineered components for LED Commercial Lighting, Connected Lighting, and IoT markets.
    • White Cap, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Dayton Superior, a provider of highly engineered accessories, chemicals and forming solutions within the concrete construction industry.
    • Lovell Minnick in the financing aspects of the merger between wealth management companies London & Capital and Waverton. Lovell Minnick was London & Capital’s majority shareholder, and takes a majority shareholding in the combined business.
    • Windstream Holdings, a privately held fiber and cloud based communications provider, in the financing aspects of its merger with publicly held Uniti Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its strategic partnership with Elevance Health, which will bring together certain care delivery and enablement assets of Elevance’s Carelon Health and CD&R portfolio companies, apree health and Millennium Physician Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Presidio, a leading technology services and solutions provider, from BC Partners.
    • Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, and n2y in the financing aspects of the merger of Texthelp with n2y.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its sale of World 50 and its related subsidiary companies to a single asset GP-led continuation fund investment vehicle managed by an affiliate of MSCP.
    • Cornerstone Building Brands in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Harvey, a manufacturer of high performing windows and doors.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a significant ownership position in Foundation Building Materials, a specialty building products distributor.
    • Cynosure, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and provider of medical aesthetic treatment systems, in the financing aspects of its strategic combination with Lutronic, a provider of intelligent laser and energy-based systems.
    • Schneider Electric in the financing aspects of the sale of its subsidiary AutoGrid, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) provider, to Uplight.
    • The Special Committee of SiriusXM in the financing aspects of its agreement to combine SiriusXM with Liberty Media’s Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group to create New SiriusXM, a new public company.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Sharp in the financing aspects of Sharp’s acquisition of Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing.
    • Prudential Financial in the financing aspects of the formation of Prismic Life Reinsurance, a licensed Class E Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance company.
    • Kelso & Company and its portfolio company, BradyIFS, in the financing aspects of the merger of BradyIFS and Envoy Solutions, which includes a new strategic and financial partnership with Warburg Pincus and its affiliate funds.
    • TPG Growth in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Crowe Healthcare Consulting, establishing it as an independent entity.
    • Elliott Management in the financing aspects of its investment leading Speyside’s single asset continuation fund to support the future growth of its portfolio company Opta.
    • Ascent, a global leading provider of expedited, time-critical logistics solutions and other transportation services, in the financing aspects of its sale to affiliates of H.I.G.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its investment in Valenz.
    • Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co., in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in n2y, a provider of comprehensive, SaaS-based solutions for students with unique learning challenges.
    • Prudential Financial in the financing aspects of the acquisition of a majority interest in Deerpath Capital Management and its associated affiliates by PGIM, the $1.2 trillion global investment management business of Prudential.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Allstar Services and RowCal.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its investment in Pathstone, an independently operated, partner-owned advisory firm offering comprehensive family office services.
    • Gentiva, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and leading hospice, palliative, and personal care company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Heartland hospice and home care.
    • Inovar Packaging Group in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Cimarron Label and Western Printing, a label printing provider.
    • Providence Equity Partners in the financing aspects of its investment in a multi-decade lease for nine marquee billboards at Two Times Square and 1600 Broadway from Universal Branding Group.
    • M&T Bank Corporation in the financing aspects of the sale of its Collective Investment Trust business to Madison Dearborn Partners.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition, together with Greenbriar Equity Group, of Paradigm Precision and Whitcraft Group and the merger of the two companies.
    • The Evercare Group wholly owned by the Evercare Health Fund, in the financing aspects of its sale of a majority shareholding in Metropolitan Hospital Holdings Limited to The Metro Group.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its investment in Emler Swim School.
    • Wilton Re, a majority-owned reinsurance company of CPP Investments, in its sale of Ivari, a Toronto-based life insurance company, to Sagicor Financial Company.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its strategic investment in WilliamsMarston, a leader in complex accounting, tax and valuation advisory services.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisitions of Atalian and OCS to create a global facilities management platform.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in Inovar Packaging Group, a full-service provider of pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and flexibles for a wide range of industries.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Fairway Lawns, a residential lawncare services provider.
    • S&S Activewear, a leading American imprintable apparel wholesale company and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of TSF Sportswear, a multi-line wholesaler.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its strategic partnership with Orsini, an independent specialty pharmacy focused on rare diseases, gene therapies and complex conditions.
    • Atlas Merchant Capital in its investment in and strategic partnership with MarshBerry, a boutique investment banking and consulting firm.
    • Kindred Healthcare, a TPG portfolio company and leading specialty hospital company delivering acute health services, in the financing aspects of its sale to LifePoint Health, a leader in the delivery of community-based care.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of the sale of 24 Seven, a leading provider of digital marketing and creative staffing solutions, to a single asset GP-led continuation fund vehicle managed by an affiliate of MSCP.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in ReSource Pro, a market leader in business process solutions for the P&C insurance industry.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Saama, a leading AI-driven intelligent clinical cloud company that enables the life sciences industry to conduct faster and safer clinical developments and regulatory programs.
    • S&S Activewear in the financing aspects of its acquisition of TSC Apparel, a leading national distributor of blank apparel and accessories.
    • H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm in its acquisition of a majority stake in Grupo Ransa, a leading third party logistics operator in the Andean Region and Central America.
    • HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Wellframe, a digital health management company.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of PwC’s Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services practice, the global leader in employee tax, immigration, business travel, cross-border managed services, and payroll solutions to multinational organizations and their employees.
    • International Paper, a global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging and pulp products, in financing arrangements related to the separation and spin-off of its global printing papers business, Sylvamo.
    • Artera, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and one of the nation’s largest providers of integrated infrastructure services to natural gas and electric industries, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Feeney Utility Services Group.
    • Electrical Components International, a Cerberus Capital Management portfolio company and leading wire harness, electrical components, and sub-assembly supplier for the diversified industrial markets, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Omni Connection International.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Sila, a heating and air company that offers HVAC, plumbing, indoor air quality, and home automation systems in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in C.L. Smith and its combination of C.L. Smith with Inmark.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Ferraro Foods, a specialty foodservice distributor.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of S&S Activewear, a leading North American distributor of imprintable apparel and accessories.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its sale of MedRisk to CVC Capital Partners.
    • Individual FoodService, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its merger with Brady Industries.
    • HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the financing aspects of the acquisition of Altruista, a care management software company that delivers care management and population health management solutions that support value-based and person-centered care models.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its investment in Inmark.
    • Kelso & Company and US LBM in the financing aspects of Bain Capital Private Equity’s acquisition of a majority interest in US LBM.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Refresh Mental Health.
    • Gogo, the leading inflight Internet company, in the financing aspects of the successful sale of its commercial aviation business to Intelsat, which was in Chapter 11 at the time of the transaction.
    • Kindred Healthcare in the financing aspects of its sale of its RehabCare business line, a provider of contract therapy services in 43 states, to Select Rehabilitation, a leading provider of contract rehabilitation services.
    • Foundation Consumer Brands, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of seven over-the-counter brands from GSK Consumer Healthcare.
    • Artera, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company and one of the nation’s largest providers of integrated infrastructure services to natural gas and electric industries, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Otis Eastern Service.
    • TPG in the financing aspects of the sale of Adare Pharmaceuticals, a leading specialty contract development and manufacturing organization, to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Frazier Healthcare Partners and the related separation of Adare’s Eosinophilic Esophagitis product into a TPG-backed entity.
    • HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of The Burgess Group, an innovative payment integrity software company focused on improving healthcare payment operations through a cloud-based technology platform.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its partnership investment in Cheney Brothers, a leading family-owned and operated regional food distributor serving the Southeastern United States.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Radio Systems Corporation, a market-leading provider of innovative pet product solutions.
    • J.C. Flowers and AmeriLife Group in the financing aspects of the sale of AmeriLife to Thomas H. Lee Partners.
    • Blackstone in the financing aspects of its acquisition of HealthEdge, a leading technology business that delivers next generation Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) solutions to healthcare businesses.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and Pathway Vet Alliance in the financing aspects of the sale of a majority stake in Pathway to TSG Consumer Partners.
    • Lovell Minnick in the financing aspects of its take-private deal for Charles Taylor, a leading provider of professional services to the global insurance market.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its investment in World 50, a provider of private peer communities for business executives.
    • RL LP in the financing aspects of its sale of Lincoln Benefit Life to an affiliate of Kuvare US Holdings.
    • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its investment in American Express Global Business Travel.
    • Reynolds Group and Closure Systems International (CSI) in the financing aspects of Cerberus Capital Management’s acquisition of CSI businesses and facilities from Reynolds Group.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority equity interest in Individual FoodService from Sole Source Capital.
    • One Rock Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of the Engineered Components and Systems segment of Actuant Corporation.
    • OEConnection (OEC) and Providence Equity in the financing aspects of the sale of a majority stake in OEC to Genstar Capital.
    • Morgan Stanley Private Equity in the financing aspects of its sale of CoAdvantage to Aquiline Capital.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of J.S. Held, a global consulting firm focused on high value insurance claims and construction-related matters.
    • Sirius Computer Solutions, a leading IT solutions integrator, and its majority owner, Kelso & Company, in the financing aspects of the sale of a majority equity interest in Sirius to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Educate 360 Holdings.
    • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Impact Fitness, a franchisee of Planet Fitness and formerly a Bain Capital portfolio company.
    • Manna Pro, a manufacturer and marketer of pet care and nutrition products and a Morgan Stanley Capital Partners portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Hero Pet Brands.
    • Risk Strategies, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Krauter & Company, a leading specialty firm focused on the risk and insurance needs of private equity firms and their portfolio companies nationwide.
    • Atlas Merchant Capital in the financing aspects of its investment in Ascensus, the largest independent recordkeeping services provider, third-party administrator, and government savings facilitator in the United States.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a controlling interest in Westbury Street, a leading independent contract caterer and hospitality services provider in the UK.
    • NCI Building Systems in the financing aspects of its unit purchase agreement with Environmental Materials, LLC.
    • Vets First Choice in the financing aspects of its merger with the Henry Schein Animal Health business to create Covetrus, a new standalone public company.
    • Dealer Tire in the financing aspects of a significant investment by Bain Capital Private Equity.
    • Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group in the financing aspects of its strategic minority investment in Annexus, a leading designer of annuities and insurance-based retirement products.
    • SunSource, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of United Distribution Group, one of the largest distributors of industrial components and assemblies in North America.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its sale of PowerTeam Services to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its joint investment with Cardinal Health in naviHealth, the largest manager of post-acute benefits for health plans and a leading value-based care partner to health systems and providers.
    • Risk Strategies, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Oxford Risk Management, an established leader in alternative risk and captive insurance and consulting.
    • Solenis, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its combination with BASF's paper and water chemicals business.
    • Cerberus Capital Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Electrical Components International, the world’s leading manufacturer of wire harnesses, control boxes and value-added assembly services, from KPS Capital Partners.
    • SunSource, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in American Greetings.
    • Cerberus Capital Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Cyanco International, the largest global producer of sodium cyanide.
    • AmTrust Financial Services in the financing aspects of a strategic transaction with Madison Dearborn for a portion of AmTrust's U.S. fee businesses valued at $1.15 billion.
    • Morgan Stanley Investment Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Manna Pro, a leading producer of nutritional supplements and other animal products, from Carlyle.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of SunSource, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada.
    • CVC Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its investment in Republic Finance, a consumer loan provider.
    • CoAdvantage, a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Private Equity, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Progressive Employer Management Company.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a controlling stake in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, a global manufacturer of medical products.
    • High Ridge Brands, a leading personal care consumer products company and a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Dr. Fresh.
    • Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services in the financing aspects of its buyout of Harsco Corporation’s 26% interest in Brand, a leading single-source provider of specialized industrial services to the worldwide energy and infrastructure sectors.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Tranzact Holdings, the leading provider of comprehensive, direct-to-consumer sales and marketing solutions for insurance carriers in the U.S., from White Mountains Insurance Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of BUT, the largest furniture retailer network in France, in a 50:50 partnership with WM Holding, a company related to the XXXLutz Group.
    • Providence Equity Partners and SRA in the financing aspects of the merger of SRA with the government services unit of CSC, creating the largest pure-play IT services provider serving the U.S. government sector.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Risk Strategies Company, a national insurance and benefits brokerage and risk management firm, from Kohlberg & Company.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Sirius Computer Solutions, a leading national IT solutions integrator.
    • PowerTeam Services in an incremental facility under its existing credit agreement on PowerTeam’s acquisition of the assets of CMC Holdings.
    • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of US LBM Holdings, a building products distributor, from BlackEagle Partners.
    • American Seafoods, the largest harvester of wild-caught fish for human consumption in the United States, in its completed deleveraging recapitalization.
    • Stone Point Capital in the financing aspects of its significant equity investment in specialty insurance broker Alliant Insurance Services, with KKR retaining a significant equity investment in the business.
    • J.C. Flowers in the financing aspects of its acquisition of AmeriLife Group.
    • Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity in the financing aspects of its sale of EmployBridge.
    • Atkore International in its first and second lien financings for the refinancing of its secured notes and redemption of Tyco International’s minority investment in Atkore’s parent company, Atkore International Group.
    • Crescent Capital Group in a significant and innovative mezzanine investment in Berkshire Partners’ large, private acquisition of a majority interest in Catalina Marketing.
    • Warner Music Group in the financing aspects of its acquisition of the Parlophone Label Group from Universal Music Group.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a significant stake in B&M Retail.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Roofing Supply Group.
    • Capital Group in the financing for the acquisition of approximately 1,600 McDonalds restaurants in Latin America.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and GS Capital Partners in the financing aspects relating to their acquisition of AssuraMed.
    • International Lease Finance Corporation in the financing aspects of its acquisition of AeroTurbine and the subsequent refinancing of AeroTurbine’s secured revolving credit facility.
    • A consortium led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s private equity arm, in the financing aspects relating to their acquisition of Exal Group.
    • Wilsonart, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Durcon, a manufacturer of laboratory-grade work surfaces.