Private Equity Finance
Weil has a world-class Private Equity Finance team with lawyers who focus primarily on private equity-backed deals. As a result, we know the market in “real time” and provide our private equity clients with current, up-to-date market intelligence.
Weil has a dedicated Private Equity Finance team that works seamlessly across borders, as well as in conjunction with our Private Equity execution team, to provide complete coverage for leveraged private equity transactions. Our team provides ongoing guidance to our private equity clients and their portfolio companies from the initial acquisition or investment through the exit via a sale or IPO, including advice regarding covenant compliance and reporting, public filings, creditor relationship management, amendments, repricing transactions, refinancings, restructurings, and financing advice in connection with tack-on acquisitions and divestitures.
Broad-based service offering
The Private Equity Finance team advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a diverse array of financing and capital markets transactions, including:
- Leveraged finance
- Acquisition financings
- High-yield bond offerings
- Asset-based financings
- First and second lien financings
- Bridge loans
- Unitranche and mezzanine financings
- Cross-border, foreign and multicurrency financings
- Sponsor debt investments
- Dividend recapitalizations
- IPOs
- Secondary and follow-on equity offerings
Selected Representations
Advent International, L.P.
- Nielsen Consumer LLC (d/b/a NielsenIQ) (a portfolio company of Advent International) in an incremental senior secured term loan facility.
- Xplor T1, LLC (a portfolio company of Advent International, L.P.) in its senior secured term loan and revolving facility.
- INNIO Group Holding GmbH (a portfolio company of Advent International) in its approximately $2.1 billion amend and extend of its term and revolving facilities.
Astorg Partners
Astorg Partners, as sponsor, in a €314 million ($334 million) term loan and revolving facilities in connection with Astorg Partners acquisition of the ART product portfolio of Cook Medical, and Astorg Partners' take private of Hamilton Thorne Ltd
Aterian Investment Partners
Outlook Group, LLC (a portfolio company of Aterian Investment Partners) in its senior secured term loan and revolving facility.
Berkshire Partners LLC
EP Wealth Advisors, LLC (a portfolio company of Berkshire Partners LLC) in its incremental senior secured term loan and revolving facility to finance future acquisitions and repay existing indebtedness.
Brookfield Business Partners
J.P.Morgan Chase, as administrative agent, lead arranger, bookrunner, issuing bank and lender, in its $4.7 billion first lien senior secured term loan and revolving facility for Clarios Global LP (subsidiary of Brookfield Business Partners)
Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
KIK Consumer Products Inc. (a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, L.P.) in its $925 million senior secured term loan syndicated facility to refinance existing indebtedness and to pay a dividend to equityholders.
Citation Capital Management, LLC
Aptive Environmental, LLC (a portfolio company of Citation Capital Management, LLC) in its senior secured term loan and revolving facility.
Genstar Capital
- Marcone Group, Inc. (a portfolio company of Genstar Capital) in its $1.3 billion term loan facility
- Marcone Group, Inc. (a portfolio company of Genstar Capital) in its $250 million ABL revolving facility.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP
Orthrus Limited (a portfolio company of Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP) in connection with its $1.2 billion refinancing across multiple jurisdictions, in the form of a senior term facility, super senior term facility, acquisition/capex facility and revolving facility.
OMERS Private Equity
- The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. and Kenan Canada (portfolio companies of OMERS Private Equity) in its $1.6 billion incremental senior secured term loan and revolving facility to repay existing indebtedness.
- The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. and Kenan Canada GP (portfolio companies of OMERS Private Equity) in its $1.5 billion senior secured term loan facility to refinance existing indebtedness.
- The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. and Kenan Canada (portfolio companies of OMERS Private Equity) in $1.2 billion senior secured multicurrency facilities to refinance existing indebtedness and to increase revolving commitments.
- Outcomes Group Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a Paradigm) (a portfolio company of OMERS Private Equity) in its $698 million senior secured term loan facility to refinance existing indebtedness.
- Outcome Group Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a Paradigm) (a portfolio company of OMERS Private Equity) in its $800 million senior secured term loan and revolving facility to refinance existing indebtedness.
PAI Partners
PAI Partners, as lender, in a $118 million senior secured term loan facility for Naked Juice LLC.
Permira
Artisan Acquisitionco Limited (a portfolio company of Permira) in a $700 million senior term loan and revolving facilities to refinance Acuity existing indebtedness.
Searchlight Capital Partners L.P.
Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc. (a portfolio company of Searchlight Capital Partners L.P.) in its incremental senior secured term loan facility to repay existing indebtedness.
Thoma Bravo
- Flexera Software LLC (a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo) in its $1.95 billion first lien senior secured term loan facility, to refinance and reprice in full the Term B-1 loans.
- Flexera Software LLC in $1.7 billion first and second lien term and revolving facilities to finance its acquisition by Thoma Bravo.
- Flexera Software LLC (a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo) in its $210 million incremental second lien senior secured term loan facility to refinance existing indebtedness.
TruArc Partners
Snow Phipps Group (n/k/a TruArc Partners) in first and second lien facilities to finance its acquisition of Impact Facility Services, LLC (d/b/a Academy Fire Life Safety)