Arek Maczka
Partner
With more than a decade of experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on leveraged finance transactions, Arek Maczka brings clients a sophisticated understanding of business and finance combined with a strategic and practical approach.
Arek regularly works with sponsors to help negotiate and structure complex financings, including syndicated credit facilities, mezzanine financings, ABL facilities, bridge facilities and high-yield debt offerings.
Clients appreciate Arek’s ability to translate their business objectives into financing agreements that meet both immediate and long-term needs. With deep insight into a range of markets and industries, Arek executes quickly and efficiently to help clients secure the best terms.
Experience
- Represented New Mountain Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for the acquisition of Ontario Systems, a leading provider of enterprise software.
- Represented Avista Capital Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for Cosette Pharmaceuticals, a generic pharmaceutical company.
- Represented Berkshire Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for the acquisition of Heritage Foodservice Group by Berkshire Partners’ portfolio company Parts Town, the leader in foodservice equipment parts distribution.
- Represented Avista Capital Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of GCM Holding Corporation, a leading outsourced manufacturer of high-precision components and assemblies that provides an integrated platform of manufacturing solutions for the medtech industry.
- Represented CCMP Capital Advisors in connection with obtaining debt financing for the acquisition of BGIS, an integrated facilities management company.
- Represented American Industrial Partners in obtaining term loan financing and an ABL revolving credit facility for its acquisition of the Current lighting business unit from GE.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for the acquisition of HealthScape Advisors by New Mountain Capital’s portfolio company Convey Health Solutions, a leading provider of technology-enabled and advisory solutions for health plans.
- Represented Providence Equity Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Vistage, the world's largest executive coaching organization for small and midsize businesses.
- Represented TPG Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for McAfee, one of the world’s largest global cybersecurity firms in computer security solutions and software.
- Represented Genstar Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Tekni-Plex, a developer of highly engineered products, including medical tubing and compounds and specialty food packaging.
- Represented Silver Lake Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software.
- Represented Berkshire Partners in connection with its acquisition of Access Information Management, a provider of records and information management services.
Education
- JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and James Kent Scholar, Columbia University School of Law, 2009
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2010