Paul J. Overmyer

Paul is recognized as a “Rising Star” lawyer for Banking & Finance in the U.S. by IFLR1000 2024. Paul has also been named a “Rising Star” in Securities & Corporate Finance by New York Super Lawyers and is recommended for Bank Lending by Legal 500 US. Paul was also named a 2024 “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor, which recognize “professionals under the age of 40 who have made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of M&A, corporate finance and restructuring.”

Experience

Private Equity

• Advent International and/or certain of its portfolio companies in connection with:
• a $1 billion senior secured term loan and revolving facility for Savor Acquisition, Inc. to finance the acquisition of Sauer Brands
• multiple senior secured term loan and revolving credit facilities for Nielsen Consumer LLC (d/b/a NielsenIQ) including a $3.7 billion senior secured term loan facility in connection with a repricing and an approximately $1.65 billion senior secured term and revolving facility to finance Nielsen Consumer LLC’s acquisition of GfK SE.
• its $6.4 billion acquisition of Maxar Technologies
• first and second lien facilities for Sovos Brands to, primarily, refinance existing indebtedness
• a $2.4 billion first and second lien term facilities for Serta Simmons Bedding LLC and its subsidiaries and an amendment and restatement of their existing $225 million asset-based revolving facility in connection with a dividend recapitalization
• senior secured facilities primarily to finance the acquisition of QW Holding Corp. by Advent International
• a $376 million first lien credit facility and CAD$140 million second lien term loan to finance the acquisition of RGL Reservoir Management Inc. (formerly RGL Reservoir Operations, Ltd.) by Advent International
• $1.15 billion first and second lien credit facilities for Connolly Corporation to finance its acquisition of iHealth Technologies, Inc.
• American Securities and/or certain of its portfolio companies in connection with:
• $955 million first and second lien facilities to finance its acquisition of LaserShip, Inc. and $1 billion first and second lien facilities for LaserShip, Inc. to finance its acquisition of OnTrac Logistics, Inc.
• a $125 million senior secured incremental revolving facility for Air Methods Corporation
• Antin Infrastructure Partners in:
  • in its senior secured term and revolving facility for Endurance Parent, Inc. to finance the acquisition of Empire Access and North Penn Telephone Co Inc (together known as Empire)
  • $520 million first and second lien facilities to finance its acquisition of FirstLight Fiber
• CVC Capital Partners and/or certain of its portfolio companies in connection with:
  • its investment in CFGI
  • senior secured facilities primarily to finance the acquisition of Radwell International
• EQT Private Equity, EQT Infrastructure and EQT Transition Infrastructure and/or certain of their portfolio companies in connection with:
  • its acquisition of Scale Microgrids
  • the financing for its acquisition of BTRS Holdings Inc. (d/b/a Billtrust), in a transaction that valued Billtrust at $1.7 billion
  • the financing aspects of its investment in United Talent Agency
  • Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (a portfolio company of EQT Infrastructure) in $900 million first lien ABL, and $325 million second lien term, commitments to finance its acquisition of approximately 72,000 chassis and related customer contracts and hosting agreements from TRAC Intermodal, LLC
• PAI Partners and/or certain of its portfolio companies in connection with:
  • its $750 million senior secured term and revolving facility to purchase all the issued and outstanding equity interests of JHW Alphia Topco, Inc.
  • multiple secured incremental term loan facilities for Naked Juice LLC
• TruArc Partners and/or certain of its portfolio companies in connection with:
• senior secured term and revolving facility for Watchtower Buyer, LLC to finance the acquisition of Watchtower Security, LLC
• first and second lien facilities to finance its acquisition of Academy Fire Life Safety
• senior secured facilities and mezzanine notes to finance its acquisition of Electric Guard Dog, LLC (n/k/a AMAROK, LLC)
• senior secured facilities to finance its acquisition of Kele, Inc
• And other sponsors including Berkshire Partners, Centerbridge Partners, Goldman Sachs, Lee Equity Partners, Oak Hill Capital Partners, OMERS Private Equity and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Corporate

• Subsidiaries of Black Knight, Inc. in various senior secured credit facilities and refinancing facilities and amendments thereto
• Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (a publicly traded company backed by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Cannae Holdings, LLC) in $980 million senior secured IPO-related facilities to refinance existing indebtedness and amended and extended $300 million senior secured revolving facility
• Definitive Healthcare, LLC in a $350 million senior secured facilities for to refinance existing indebtedness immediately following its initial public offering
• F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. in a $750 million unsecured revolving facility
• Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF) in several amendments to its $800 million revolving facility to extend the maturities of its loans and commitments thereunder
• First Watch Restaurants Group, Inc. in connection with its $350 million senior secured term loan and revolving facility
• Goldman Sachs, as sponsor of GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (GSAH), a SPAC, in $830 million first lien term and $50 million senior secured revolving facilities for Mirion Technologies, Inc. (at the time, a portfolio company of Charterhouse Capital Partners) to finance Mirion’s $2.6 billion business combination with GSAH
• Signet Group Limited, the largest specialty retail jeweler in the United States and the United Kingdom, in connection with:
• a $1.5 billion asset-based revolving credit facility and a $100 million FILO term loan to refinance existing indebtedness
• a $350 million senior unsecured bridge facility to finance its acquisitions of R2Net, Inc. and Segoma Imaging Technologies
• an $800 million credit facilities to finance in part its acquisition of Zale Corporation
• Trebia Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of Trasimene Capital Management and Bridgeport Partners, in $450 million senior secured revolving and term facilities to finance its $1.4 billion business combination with System1, LLC and Protected.net Group Limited (United Kingdom) (together with Trebia n/k/a System1)

Restructuring/Liability Management

• Air Methods Corporation in connection with
• a $155 million senior secured debtor in possession term loan facility for to fund operations during Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
• a $185 million rights offering, to holders of certain of its secured lenders in connection with its emergence from Chapter 11
• a $250 million senior secured exit term loan facility
• Ditech Holding Corporation (f/k/a Walter Investment Management Corp.) in the restructuring of its approximately $1.4 billion term loan as part of a prepackaged plan of reorganization under chapter 11, led by Weil, that also eliminated approximately $800 million of corporate debt

Paul received his J.D. from the University of Virginia and his B.A. from Northwestern University.