Faiza Rahman is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s capital markets group in New York with over two decades of experience in sophisticated, high-profile capital markets transactions. Faiza has a broad practice representing public and private corporate issuers, private equity sponsors and investment banks in a variety of equity and debt capital markets transactions, including IPOs, secondary and follow-on equity offerings, acquisition finance, high yield, investment grade and other debt offerings, PIPEs and other private placements, and liability management and other debt restructuring transactions. Faiza also advises clients on related corporate governance and securities matters.
Highly regarded by clients for her attention to detail, expansive market knowledge, and ability to skillfully manage complicated issues, Faiza is ranked in Chambers Global. She has also been named a “Rising Star” and “Leading Lawyer” by several guides, including The Legal 500, IFLR and Women in Business Law, among others.
Faiza is also committed to pro bono and community service. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Lawyers Alliance for New York. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Faiza was a partner in the New York office of another global law firm.
Experience
- Representing HG Vora Capital Management and Nantahala Capital as Fossil Group’s noteholders in the negotiation and implementation of an innovative exchange offer for new first-out and second-out senior secured notes due 2029 and associated incremental funding, warrants, and equity consideration, implemented by means of a single class English Part 26A restructuring plan.
- Represented Ginkgo Bioworks in its $100 million at-the-market offering.
- Represented KinderCare Learning Companies, a portfolio company of Partners Group Holding AG, in KinderCare’s $576 million IPO.
- Represented Commonwealth Financial Network in a series of minority investments.
- Represented Avista Healthcare Partners in its $130 million purchase of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock from Organogenesis Holdings Inc.
- Represented Mariner in a private tender offer of a minority stake to Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions and funds managed by Neuberger Berman Private Markets.
- Represented CCMP Capital Partners and Hillman Group Inc. in its $220 million secondary equity offering and $172.6 million registered block trade.
- Represented CCMP Capital Partners in its $59.9 million rule 144 broker-dealer sale of shares of Hillman Group Inc.
- Represented Tekni-Plex, a GenStar portfolio company, in Its $620 million rule 144A bond offering for Trident TPI Holdings.
- Represented CCMP Capital Partners and Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies in a variety of matters including its $114.3 million secondary offering and $158.5 million secondary offering.
- Represented LSB Industries in its $213 million secondary offering and share repurchase.
- Represented Partners Group in its acquisition of Foundation Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm.
- Represented Avista Public Acquisition Corp. II in its $230 million IPO.*
- Represented Arrival in its upsized $353 million follow-on offering and $275 million senior unsecured green notes offering.*
- Represented Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. (a portfolio company of CCMP Capital Advisors) in its $164 million initial public offering and over $500 million in secondary offerings of common shares.*
- Represented the underwriters in the Up-C structured IPO for Camping World Holdings.*
- Represented WPX Energy, Inc. in its $900 million senior unsecured notes offering to finance in part its acquisition of Felix Energy, LLC.*
- Represented Black Knight, Inc. in a $1 billion private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior unsecured notes by its subsidiary Black Knight InfoServ, LLC to finance Black Knight’s acquisition of Optimal Blue Holdings, LLC.
- Represented the lead underwriters in a $2.15 billion offering of senior unsecured notes by Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., to repay existing indebtedness.*
- Represented Blue Bird Corporation, an American Securities portfolio company, in its $75 million private placement of equity securities and related registration statements.*
- Represented 24-Hour Fitness in all capital markets matters related to its Chapter 11 restructuring process.*
- Represented Tidewater Inc. in a strategic tender offer and consent solicitation to modify terms of negotiated high yield senior secured notes.*
- Represented General Growth Properties, Inc. in its historic $2.3 billion equity offering to fund its emergence from bankruptcy, one of the largest-ever equity offerings by a REIT and the only such offering effectively undertaken while the issuer was in chapter 11.*
- Represented Kronos Acquisition Holdings Inc. (a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners), as the parent of KIK Custom Products, Inc. in its $1 billion 144A/RegS offering of senior unsecured and senior secured notes, simultaneously with an amended $900 million senior secured term facility to refinance existing indebtedness.*
- Represented Aethon United BR LP (a joint venture of Aethon Energy, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Redbird Capital Partners) in a $750 million 144A/Reg S offering of senior unsecured note to finance existing indebtedness.*
- Represented Equiniti Newco 2 plc (a portfolio company of Advent International Corporation) in its issuance of GBP250 million fixed rate senior secured notes and GBP 190 million floating rate senior secured notes listed on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.*
- Represented Softek Integration Systems, Inc. in its private placement of senior secured high yield notes to refinance existing indebtedness.*
- Represented AK Steel Corporation in numerous notes offerings and its consent solicitation with respect to its $662 million senior notes which were the object of an exchange offer by Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. in connection with its merger with AK Steel.*
- Represented Advent International in a $650 million notes offering to finance its acquisition of a majority stake in Serta Simmons Bedding Company.*
- Represented Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity in a $570 million senior unsecured notes offering to finance the acquisition of Husky Injection Molding Systems.*
*Handled prior to joining Ropes & Gray