EXPERIENCE

Prior to Paul, Weiss, Tony’s experience has included advising:

Acquisition Financings and High-Yield Debt Offerings

• Masonite International in various debt transactions, including high-yield and cross-over 144A/Reg S offerings of nearly $1 billion aggregate of senior notes; committed financing for its attempted $3 billion acquisition of PGT Innovations; and in the financing aspects of its merger with Owens Corning, including tender and exchange offers
• First Data Corporation, a portfolio company of KKR, in various debt capital markets matters, including over $9.5 billion aggregate of secured, unsecured and subordinated notes offerings, and in the financing aspects of its merger with Fiserv
• HCA Healthcare, a portfolio company of KKR, in various debt capital market matters, including SEC-registered offerings of over $8.6 billion aggregate of secured and unsecured notes
• BMC Software, a portfolio company of KKR, in the financing for its acquisition of Compuware, including the offerings of $1.25 billion equivalent USD and Euro first lien and second lien secured notes
• Blackstone and its portfolio companies Hilton Hotels, SeaWorld Entertainment and Gates Global in various debt capital markets transactions
• Blackstone and its portfolio company Finance of America in its $350 million debut high-yield notes offering in connection with its de-SPAC transaction valued at $1.9 billion
• Vista Equity Partners in its LBO financing for the $6.5 billion acquisition of Solera Holdings, including its offering of $1.73 billion senior notes
• Home Point Capital, a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in its debut high-yield notes offering and in the financing aspects of its acquisition by Mr. Cooper Group
• AMC Entertainment, backed by Silver Lake Partners, in its offering of $500 million first lien secured notes during the height of the COVID pandemic in April 2020
• Ingersoll Rand in the spin-off of its security businesses into a new independent publicly-traded company named Allegion, and its related debut high-yield notes offering
• Aramark in connection with the financing aspects of the spin-off of its uniform business Vestis

Initial Public Offerings and Registered Equity Offerings

• First Data Corporation, a portfolio company of KKR, in connection with its $2.8 billion IPO (the largest IPO of 2015); and secondary equity offerings and share repurchases for over $8.9 billion in aggregate gross proceeds
• HCA Healthcare, a portfolio company of KKR, in secondary equity offerings and share repurchases with aggregate gross proceeds over $4.4 billion
• Dell Technologies, a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners, in connection with its innovative return to public markets in 2018 pursuant to its Class V tracking stock exchange transaction
• Home Point Capital in its initial public offering
• American Renal Associates in its initial public offering
• Underwriters in IPOs by Weber and Mister Car Wash

Liability Management and Restructuring Transactions

• Hovnanian Enterprises in connection with its multi-lien secured debt financing transactions
• Pyxus International in connection with the exit financing relating to its prepackaged chapter 11 restructuring and subsequent debt exchange and repurchase transactions
• Dealer managers in the debt-for-equity exchange offer by Jack Cooper

Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital Transactions

• HyAxiom, a portfolio company of Doosan, in its private placement of convertible preferred stock
• First Data Corporation, a portfolio company of KKR, in its $300 million convertible preferred equity and $3.5 billion private placement of holdco equity investments
• Initial purchasers in the offering of convertible senior notes by Macom Technology
• Initial purchasers in the offering of $600 million convertible preferred stock by WMI Holdings
• Underwriters in the offering of $250 million preferred stock by Aspen Insurance