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Stefanie Birkmann is co-head of the firm’s global finance practice group. She represents private equity firms, corporate borrowers and other borrowers in complex financings. Stefanie is highly experienced in a wide variety of syndicated financings—with an emphasis on leveraged acquisition finance and recapitalizations—and advises her clients on senior and subordinated credit facilities, cash-flow and asset-based loans, first and second lien financings, mezzanine financings, bridge loans, high-yield debt offerings and debt restructurings, including DIP and exit financings.
Experience
- Represented H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo in connection with the financing for the acquisition of CompTIA, an IT certifications and trainings company.
- Represented American Industrial Partners in connection with the financing for the acquisition of the Sulfuric Acid Regeneration Business of Veolia North America.
- Represented H.I.G. Infrastructure in connection with the financing for the acquisition of Best Trash, a provider of residential waste and recycling collection services.
- Represented HealthComp, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in obtaining unitranche financing and holdco financing for its $3.0 billion combination with Virgin Pulse to create a technology and data powered health platform.
- Represented American Industrial Partners in obtaining $565 million syndicated first lien term loan facilities, a $165 million second lien term loan facility and a $150 million ABL facility for the acquisition of RelaDyne, a leading automotive, industrial and commercial lubricants provider, and various incremental financings and repricing transactions.
- Represented Samsonite in connection with the refinancing of the Company’s existing senior secured credit facilities with a $800 million Tranche A Term Facility, $600 million Tranche B Term Facility, and $850 million Revolving Credit Facility.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in obtaining $500 million in credit facilities for its acquisition of Radancy, a provider of enterprise software and services solutions for talent sourcing.
- Represented Frontier Communications in connection with the extension of, and amendments to, $900 million in revolving credit commitments and various financing aspects of its inaugural $2.5 billion fiber ABS transaction.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital in obtaining $567 million in syndicated credit facilities for the acquisition of Pixelle Specialty Solutions, a provider of fiber-based specialty solutions.
- Represented Berkshire Partners and Warburg Pincus in connection with the incremental financing raised for the acquisition of Ensemble Health, a provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems, including hospitals and affiliated physician groups.
- Represented MolyCop, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in connection with a $1.275 billion refinancing of its existing secured notes and ABL financings.
- Represented American Industrial Partners in obtaining $650 million of term loans and a $125 million ABL facility to finance its acquisition of Attindas, a manufacturer of diapers and hygienic products.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in obtaining financing for its simultaneous acquisitions and combination of Pearce Renewables, a provider of telecommunications infrastructure maintenance, repair, and engineering, and MaxGen Energy Services, an independent provider of repair and maintenance services for utility-scale renewable wind and solar assets as well as electric vehicle charging station infrastructure.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in obtaining $750 million in syndicated credit facilities for its take-private acquisition of Aegion Corporation, a provider of infrastructure maintenance, rehabilitation and protection solutions.
- Represented American Industrial Partners in obtaining $580 million in term loan facilities and a $100 million ABL facility for its acquisition of SEACOR, a diversified shipping and logistics company.
- Represented Datavant, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in connection with the $720 million refinancing of its existing credit facilities.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital in obtaining $300 million in credit facilities for its acquisition of St. Croix Hospice, a provider of hospice care across the Midwest United States.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in obtaining $225 million in first lien secured credit facilities for its acquisition of the chemical business of Aceto in a 363 bankruptcy sales process.
- Represented American Industrial Partners in obtaining financing for its acquisition of the Current lighting business unit from GE and the subsequent acquisition by Current of the commercial and industrial lighting business of Hubbell.
- Represented American Industrial Partners and its portfolio company Cabinetworks Group in the financings for the acquisitions of Elkay Wood Products Company and the cabinetry division of Masco.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in obtaining $198 million in first lien secured credit facilities for its acquisition of MAG Aerospace, a provider of ISR services and other specialty aviation to federal, international, civilian and commercial customers.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital in obtaining $315 million in first lien credit facilities and a $80 million second lien term loan facility for its acquisition of Wastequip.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital in obtaining $560 million in first lien facilities and $150 million in second lien term loans for its acquisition of Vantage Specialty Chemicals.
- Represented Surgery Partners Inc. in connection with $1.365 billion in secured credit facilities and the issuance of $335 million in senior unsecured notes for the acquisition of National Surgical Healthcare.