Lauren Nickoloff joined Ropes & Gray as an associate in 2018 and practices in the leveraged finance group of the firm’s private capital transactions group. Her practice focuses on advising private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and public companies in a broad range of financing transactions, including acquisition financings, syndicated credit facilities, asset-based financings, second lien credit facilities and high-yield bond offerings.

Experience

  • Represented Bain Capital in connection with obtaining secured bonds and syndicated credit facilities for its acquisition of U.S. Renal Care
  • Represented Bain Capital in connection with obtaining syndicated credit facilities for its acquisition of Dessert Holdings
  • Represented Bain Capital in connection with obtaining financing for its take-private acquisition of PowerSchool Holdings
  • Represented Bain Capital in connection with obtaining syndicated credit facilities for its take-private acquisition of Envestnet
  • Represented Canada Goose, a Bain Capital portfolio company and a publicly-held premium outdoor apparel retailer, in multiple financing transactions
  • Represented Kohlberg & Co. in connection with obtaining financing for its acquisition of AWP Safety
  • Represented Kohlberg & Co. in connection with obtaining financing for its acquisition of Engage PEO
  • Represented Kohlberg & Co. in connection with multiple financing transactions for Entrust Solutions Group
  • Represented Paulson & Co. and TriArtisan Capital Advisors in connection with obtaining financing for the acquisition of P.F. Chang's China Bistro
  • Represented Tronox in multiple secured bond offering, a refinancing of existing credit facilities and multiple incremental and other financing transactions
  • Represented New Mountain Capital in connection with obtaining financing for its acquisition of HealthComp
  • Represented New Mountain Capital in connection with obtaining financing for its acquisition of Real Chemistry
  • Represented New Mountain Capital in connection with obtaining syndicated credit facilities for its take-private acquisition of Aegion Corporation
  • Represented Partners Group in connection with obtaining syndicated credit facilities for its acquisition of Careismatic Brands
  • Represented Cirque du Soleil in connection with obtaining syndicated credit facilities for the refinancing of its existing credit facility
  • Represented Advent International in connection with obtaining financing for its take-private acquisition of Forescout Technologies

Areas of Practice