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Michele Cohen is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. She focuses her practice on corporate finance and restructuring transactions and has extensive experience in acquisition financings, leveraged restructurings and refinancings, and other syndicated lending transactions, in addition to high-yield bond issuances, senior and subordinated bridge financings, project and structured financings, and private placements.
Ms. Cohen has represented numerous commercial and investment banks, finance companies, lenders, borrowers and investors in domestic and international transactions and financings.
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 1989 (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa)
- Georgetown University, B.A., 1985
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Blue Owl Credit Advisors, Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors, and Ares Capital Management in $7.2 Billion Take-Private of Squarespace - October 17th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Blue Owl Credit Advisors, Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors, and Ares Capital Management in $6.9 Billion Take-Private of Squarespace - May 13th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Blackstone Credit and Ares Corporation in the Largest Unitranche Debt Financing in History for Thoma Bravo’s Acquisition of Stamps.com for $6.6 Billion - October 5th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Advises Blackstone, Ares and PSP in the Debt Financing for Thoma Bravo’s $6.6 Billion Acquisition of Stamps.com - July 9th, 2021
- Bass Pro Shops Secures $4.745 Billion Loan; Finalizes Acquisition of Cabela’s - September 25th, 2017
- RBC, Barclays and Other Major Financial Institutions To Provide Financing for Permira's Acquisition of Diversitech - April 20th, 2017
- BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and Other Major Banks Provide $5.1 Billion Financing for Bass Pro Shops’ Acquisition of Cabela’s - October 3rd, 2016
- BNP Paribas Completes Refinancing for PrimeLine Utility Services - November 12th, 2015
- Paul Hastings Represents Banks in the $610 Million Financing for the Purchase of PODS by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan - February 3rd, 2015
- Paul Hastings Advises Banks on Financing KKR’s $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Goodpack Limited - October 31st, 2014
- Paul Hastings Advises Société Générale in Connection with Financing Novetta’s Acquisition of Digital Results Group, Inc. and Sentinel Applied Analytics, LLC - October 6th, 2014
- Paul Hastings Represents Banks in The KEYW Corporation’s Refinancing - August 5th, 2014
- Paul Hastings Advises Banks on $340 Million LMI Aerospace, Inc. Financing - June 19th, 2014
- Paul Hastings Advises RBC in the $1.6 Billion Financing for Media General's Acquisition of LIN Media - March 21st, 2014
- Paul Hastings Advises Banks on Financing of Hellman & Friedman LLCs Acquisition of Applied Systems - January 24th, 2014
- Paul Hastings Advised on the Financing of First Reserve's Acquisition of Utilities Services Associates, Inc. - October 25th, 2013
- Paul Hastings Advises on the Financing of General Atlantic's Acquisition of CLEAResult - August 6th, 2013
- Paul Hastings Advises on Financing KKR's $3.9 Billion Acquisition of Gardner Denver - August 1st, 2013
- Paul Hastings Advises Debt Financing Sources in Berkshires acquisition of SRS Distribution - March 5th, 2013
- Paul Hastings Represents Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Capital Markets in $450 Million Financing of Lindsay Goldbergs Joint Venture with NuStar Energy - October 16th, 2012