Sponsor Finance

Our Sponsor Finance lawyers have extensive knowledge and provide a full suite of services to financial sponsors and other asset managers in every stage of their financing strategies.

The group is comprised of a dedicated interdisciplinary team of lawyers with deep experience representing private equity sponsors and other asset managers and their portfolio companies and funds, public companies, startups, fintech originators and other privately held companies across diverse industries. We assist in securing and structuring debt for a wide array of transactions — from initial fund formation to investment and even after an exit — by combining broad knowledge, practical experience and a commitment to delivering value in a dynamic financial landscape.

Our team includes seasoned attorneys across the Americas, Europe and Asia working together on all matters involving sponsor finance. We understand the unique complexities of private equity-backed transactions, as well as the opportunities they present, and we deliver tailored solutions to meet our clients’ specific business needs and objectives.

As part of our firm’s integrated private equity practice, we collaborate seamlessly with our mergers and acquisitions, tax, employee benefits, capital markets, global finance, financial restructuring and other market-leading teams to deliver comprehensive client-focused solutions.

Our proven track record of successful complex transactions includes:

• Acquisition Finance
• Cross-Border and Multicurrency Finance
• Syndicated Loan Facilities
• Private Credit Facilities
• ARR Facilities
• Note Issuances
• Derivatives
• Fund Finance
• Recapitalizations
• Refinancings
• Margin Loans
• Asset Backed Finance
• Securitizations
• Mezzanine and Holdco Facilities
• Bridge Loans
• IPOs
• Regulatory Compliance
• Restructuring and Workouts
• Working Capital

Sophisticated Client Base

• Arcline Investment Management on multiple financings, including in the financing of its $1.8 billion acquisition of Kaman Corp. (NYSE:  KAMN)
• Ardian Expansion on multiple financings, including:
  • Unitranche debt refinancing of existing debt for Finaxy
  • Unitranche and Holdco PIK debt for the acquisition of Alixio Group
  • TLB acquisition financing for Alstef Group and Groupe Orion
• Capza on the financing of its minority stake acquisition in Travelsoft
• Equistone Partners Europe on the unitranche financing for the leveraged buyout of Vulcain Ingénierie Group
• H.I.G. Capital on multiple financings, including on the financings of its acquisitions of Best Version Media, LLC and Northwest Pump & Equipment Co.
• HLD on the TLB refinancing of existing debt for TSG
• Insight Partners on the financing of its investment in IAD
• Keensight Capital on the leveraged buyout financing of Sogelink
• Oakley Capital on the financing of its acquisition of Flemming Dental, Excent, and Artinorway Group by Oakley Capital Fund V in a carve-out from European Dental Group
• Madison Industries in connection with its subscription facilities
• Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Dataciders GmbH, including unitranche financing for the transaction
• SD Biosensor and SJL Partners on the financing of their $1.53 billion acquisition of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO)
• Symphony Technology Group on multiple financings, including on the financing for its $1.5 billion acquisition Momentive Global (NASDAQ: MNTV)
• Wynnchurch Capital on multiple financings, including on the financing of its acquisition of Reagent Chemical & Research