Experience

• • 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.
  • 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.
  • Focus Financial Partners in the $4.276 billion refinancing of Focus’s existing debt facilities.
  • Verizon in the financing aspects of its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier, the largest pure-play fiber internet provider in the U.S.
  • TPG and OneOncology in the financing aspects of OneOncology’s acquisition of United Urology Group.
  • Safe-Guard Products International, a Stone Point Capital portfolio company, in the financing aspects of Hellman & Friedman’s majority investment.
  • Windstream Holdings, a privately held fiber and cloud based communications provider, in the financing aspects of its merger with publicly held Uniti Group.
  • 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 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its investment in Pathstone, an independently operated, partner-owned advisory firm offering comprehensive family office services.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Focus Financial Partners at an enterprise value of approximately $7 billion.
  • Inovar Packaging Group in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Cimarron Label and Western Printing, a label printing provider.
  • 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 $5.8 billion acquisition of Cornerstone Buildings Brands, the largest manufacturer of exterior buildings products in North America.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisitions of Atalian and OCS to create a global facilities management platform.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its strategic partnership with Orsini, an independent specialty pharmacy focused on rare diseases, gene therapies and complex conditions.
  • Elliott Management, in the financing aspects of its $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company.
  • 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.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in financing aspects of its £7 billion recommended cash offer for Morrisons.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in the financing aspects of their $5.3 billion acquisition of Cloudera.
  • 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.
  • TPG in 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.
  • 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.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
  • A U.S. direct lending fund in its $225 million second lien financing as part of the dividend recapitalization by a global private equity firm of its portfolio company, which is the largest car wash operator in the U.S.
  • A U.S. direct lending fund in its CAN$195 million second lien financing as part of an acquisition by CCMP Capital of the global businesses of Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions.
  • TPG Growth in an investment by U.S. Steel in Big River Steel valuing Big River Steel at $2.325 billion.
  • Elliott Management in the financing aspects of its $683 million acquisition of Barnes & Noble, the largest retail bookseller in the U.S.
  • 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.
  • Providence Service Corporation in a strategic partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners in Matrix Medical Network.
  • Booz Allen Hamilton, a Carlyle portfolio company, in the $399 million refinancing of its existing term loan B credit facility.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its investment in NEP Group, the leading worldwide provider of outsourced production solutions offering technical services for remote production, studio production, video display, host broadcasting, post production, smart asset / media management, multi-screen delivery and end-to-end OTT solutions.
  • Logix Communications, an Astra Capital Management portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Alpheus Holdings.
  • Dealer Tire in the financing aspects of a significant investment by Bain Capital Private Equity.
  • 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.
  • TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the financing aspects of their $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.
  • 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.
  • TPG and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with Humana, in the financing aspects of their $1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of it strategic minority investment in DiscoverOrg, the leading global sales and marketing intelligence platform.
  • Cerberus Capital Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Cyanco International, the largest global producer of sodium cyanide.
  • Carlyle in the financing aspects of its acquisition of MedRisk, a provider of managed physical medicine to the workers’ compensation industry.
  • 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.
  • Crescent Capital Group in the formation of Crescent Mezzanine Partners VII, a $4.6 billion U.S. mezzanine fund.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Envision Healthcare in the financing aspects of its $620 million acquisition of Rural/Metro Corporation.
  • J.C. Flowers in the financing aspects of its acquisition of AmeriLife Group.
  • Standard General in its acquisition of RadioShack’s asset based credit facility from GE Capital in a transaction expected to result in ownership of not less than 50% of the company's equity securities.
  • Vetra Exploración y Producción Colombia, a Colombian energy company, in a $250 million secured credit facility to refinance debt and fund exploration.
  • 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.
  • Envision Healthcare, in its offering of $750 million of senior notes and in its $1.1 billion initial public offering of common stock.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $910 million acquisition of Healogics, the largest advanced wound care services provider in the U.S.
  • TIAA-CREF in its $6.25 billion acquisition of Nuveen Investments, a diversified investment management company with $221 billion in assets under management.