Jacqueline Oveissi

Jackie is recognized as a “Rising Star” lawyer for Banking & Finance in the U.S. by IFLR1000 2024. Jackie was also named a 2023 “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor, a 2024 “Rising Star” by United Way of New York and Women United, and is also recommended for Bank Lending by Legal 500 US. In addition, Jackie was named a “Rising Star” in Banking by New York Super Lawyers, 2022.

Experience

Private Equity Finance

• American Securities and its portfolio companies in transactions involving Conair Corporation; $1.1 billion senior secured bridge, term and ABL revolving facilities to finance its $1.37 billion take-private of Foundation Building Materials, Inc.; $570 million first and second lien facilities to finance its acquisition of FullBloom Education; $360 million senior secured facilities to finance its acquisition of Henry Company LLC; senior secured revolving and term facilities to finance its acquisition of Swinerton's Solar and Renewable Energy division (collectively n/k/a SOLV Energy LLC); and an amended and upsized first lien term facility to finance its acquisition of SW Holdings, LLC.
• Asurion LLC in connection with multiple term facilities totaling over $25.8 billion in aggregate.
• Black Knight, Inc. in $2 billion senior secured facilities for its subsidiary, Black Knight InfoServ, LLC, to refinance existing indebtedness.
• Blackstone in the financing of the acquisition of Concert Golf Properties.
• Cornell Capital and its portfolio companies in transactions involving HCT Group Holdings Limited, INW Manufacturing LLC, kdc/one Development Corporation, Inc., PureStar Linen Group, Swallowfield plc and Zobele Holding S.p.A.
• Dave & Buster’s, Inc. in $500 million senior secured facilities to refinance existing indebtedness.
• Dex Media, Inc. (n/k/a Thryv) (a portfolio company of Mudrick Capital Management and Paulson & Co.) in an $825 million secured term facility to refinance and prepay existing indebtedness and Thryv Holdings, Inc. in $875 million senior secured term and ABL revolving facilities to finance its acquisition of Sensis Pty Ltd. and to extend and refinance existing commitments and outstanding indebtedness.
• EMI Music Publishing (at the time a portfolio company owned jointly by, among others, Mubadala Development Company, PJSC and Sony Corporation of America) in a $1.2 billion refinancing of its existing senior secured indebtedness.
• EQT Partners in a $350 million first lien ABL revolving credit facility and in $325 million second lien secured notes to finance its acquisition of Direct ChassisLink, Inc.
• Flexera Software LLC (a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo) in its $1.95 billion first lien senior secured term loan facility; its incremental senior secured term loan facility to finance the acquisition of Snow Software and its $210 million incremental second lien senior secured term loan facility.
• Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc. (a portfolio company of Searchlight Capital Partners L.P.) in its incremental senior secured term loan facility.
• JAB Holding Company, as leader of an investment group, and Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. in $6.4 billion multicurrency senior secured facilities to finance in part the investment group's $13.9 billion take-private of Keurig Green Mountain.
• OMERS Private Equity in $1.05 billion secured, multicurrency credit facilities to finance its acquisition of Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and its portfolio companies in connection with a $650 million senior secured credit facility to finance APCO Holdings, Inc.’s acquisition of National Auto Care, $820 million first and second lien facilities to finance its acquisition of Vantage Elevator Solutions; a $250 million multicurrency ABL revolving facility to finance the formation of Trivium Packaging (through a combination of OTPP's portfolio company, Exal Corporation, with the Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business of Ardagh Group), as well as transactions involving PhyMed Management LLC and PetVet Care Centers, LLC.  
• TPG in senior secured facilities to finance its acquisition of Keter Environmental Services Inc.
• Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (a portfolio company of Brookfield Business Partners) in $6 billion amended senior secured credit facilities to reprice existing indebtedness.
• White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC (an affiliate of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC) in an amended and extended $625 million ABL facility and in an extended and upsized $700 million ABL revolving facility primarily to refinance existing indebtedness.

Investment Grade

• Citi, as lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with an amended $3 billion revolving credit facility for Arconic Inc. established as part of the separation of Alcoa Inc.’s manufacturing and commodity businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies.
• Goldman Sachs and another major financial institution, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in a $13.7 billion bridge facility to finance Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market.
• Goldman Sachs, as agent, in a £5.2 billion bridge financing commitment to support the $6.4 billion acquisition by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc.
• Goldman Sachs, as administrative agent, sole lead arranger and bookrunner, in a $4.2 billion committed bridge facility to finance the proposed cash and stock acquisition by Lam Research Corporation of KLA-Tencor Corporation.
• JPMorgan Chase, as administrative agent, joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger, in a $1.25 billion upsized and extended senior unsecured revolving facility for Lam Research Corporation.
• Morgan Stanley, as administrative agent, collateral agent and arranger, in an amended and upsized $541 million senior secured term facility for Cypress Semiconductor Corporation.
• Morgan Stanley, as sole lead arranger and sole lead bookrunner, in $4.5 billion committed bridge and $1.8 billion term acquisition-related facilities and a $1.5 billion revolving facility for Tyson Foods, Inc., to finance, respectively, its $4.2 billion merger with AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc., and its general corporate purposes.
• RBC Capital Markets and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners and agents, in bridge and term facilities for Dominion Resources, Inc. to finance its approximately $5.9 billion acquisition of Questar Corporation.

Restructuring

• Chassix, Inc. in its $250 million superpriority secured debtor-in-possession credit facilities in connection with its voluntary entrance into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and its $250 million credit facilities in connection with its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
• Serta Simmons Bedding LLC (a portfolio company of Advent International) in a $1.05 billion super-priority senior secured upsized term facility, as part of a recapitalization that eliminated debt and provided liquidity.
• NPC International, Inc. and its debtor affiliates in their chapter 11 cases involving over $900 million of funded debt. NPC is America’s largest franchisee company with over 1,600 restaurants across two iconic brands—Pizza Hut and Wendy’s and more than 35,000 employees.

Jackie has served on the Firm Associates Committee. She also counsels pro bono clients on not-for-profit corporation law and general corporate governance and has worked on asylum and other immigration matters.

Jackie received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as Senior Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from The Pennsylvania State University.