Michelle Vivian is an associate in the Ropes & Gray’s finance group, based in Boston. Michelle represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies in a broad range of complex financing transactions, including acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, cash-flow and asset-based loans, senior and subordinated credit facilities, preferred equity issuances and high-yield bond offerings.

Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Michelle worked as an associate in the finance group of another large international law firm, where she primarily represented private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and corporate borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions.

Experience

  • Represented TPG Capital in connection with financing for an agreement to acquire from AT&T the remaining 70% stake in DIRECTV, a provider of satellite television network and digital television entertainment services.
  • Represented DIRECTV in connection with financing for an agreement to acquire EchoStar's video distribution business DISH, including DISH TV and Sling TV, through a debt exchange transaction.
  • Represented Thrive Pet Healthcare in a liability management and financing transaction that enabled the company to obtain more than $350 million of enhanced liquidity and extend the maturities of more than $1.7 billion of existing debt obligations.
  • Represented Audax Group in connection with financing for its acquisitions of:
    • 48forty
    • Flashpoint
  • Represented BV Investment Partners in connection with financing for its acquisition of Source Advisors, a provider of tax consulting services, and in the subsequent add-on acquisition financings.
  • Represented BV Investment Partners in connection with financing for its acquisition of The Hardenbergh Group, a nationwide provider of non-clinical professional staffing, consulting, physician peer review and outsourced solutions to healthcare organizations.
  • Represented Cove Hill Partners in connection with financing for its acquisition of Kalkomey Holdings, a provider of online recreational safety education and cloud-based agency management solutions.
  • Represented Gauge Capital in connection with financing for its investments in:
    • Craftable
    • Engine & Transmission Exchange
  • Represented GI Partners in connection with financing for its acquisitions of:
    • Aras
    • Daxko
    • Sectigo
  • Represented GI Partners in connection with its financing for its take-private acquisition of GTY Technology, a NASDAQ-listed SaaS company offering a cloud-based suite of solutions for North American state and local governments.
  • Represented Galway Holdings, a Harvest Partners portfolio company, in connection with obtaining $3.4 billion of secured credit facilities to refinance its existing debt and to finance the acquisition of MAI Capital Management.
  • Represented Integrity Marketing Group, a Harvest Partners portfolio company, in connection with the refinancing of its existing credit facilities.
  • Represented Harvest Partners in connection with financing for its acquisition of Road Safety Services, an infrastructure services platform dedicated to enhancing road safety across the United States.
  • Represented Hayward Industries in the $1.475 billion refinancing of its first lien and ABL credit facilities and other incremental facilities.
  • Represented H.I.G. Capital in connection with financing for its acquisition of Time Manufacturing.
  • Represented HMAN Group Holdings, Inc. (now Hillman Solutions Corp., listed on NASDAQ) and its subsidiaries (collectively “Hillman) in $4.17 billion of debt financing commitments in connection with the merger of a subsidiary of Landcadia Holdings III, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company and redeeming long outstanding trust preferred securities.
  • Represented The Vistria Group in connection with financing for its acquisition of Beacon Specialized Living Services, a provider of residential healthcare services.
  • Represented various clients, including American Industrial Partners, CIVC Partners, Cressey & Company, Genstar Capital, Lee Equity Partners and Liberty Latin America, in connection with various senior secured financings and acquisition financings.

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