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Sean F. Hilson

Partner

Chicago

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Sean is a corporate partner in Winston’s Chicago office, with a practice focused on debt financing in complex transactional matters. 

Sean represents middle-market and upper-tier private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, and financial institutions in all aspects of debt financing transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, asset-based loans, leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and reorganizations. He has been responsible for transactions covering leveraged buy-outs, recapitalizations, cross-border financings, and in-and-out of court restructurings.

Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

  • Represented a global private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous technology, consumer and healthcare investments.
  • Represented a global private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous technology investments.
  • Represented a global private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous insurance and technology investments.
  • Represented a leading sector-focused private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous industrial investments.
  • Represented multiple chapter 11 debtors in connection with debtor-in-possession and exit financings.
Recent Experience
Winston Represented Shore Capital Partners in its Sale of Behavioral Innovations
Winston Represented Industrial Opportunity Partners in Recapitalization of Transcendia Holdings
Winston Represented Zipline Logistics in its Acquisition of Summit Eleven
Crowe LLP's Carveout Sale of its Health Care Consulting Business

Sean was recognized as a “Key Lawyer” in the area of Finance: Commercial Lending in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. 

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Key Matters

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

  • Represented a global private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous technology, consumer and healthcare investments.
  • Represented a global private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous technology investments.
  • Represented a global private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous insurance and technology investments.
  • Represented a leading sector-focused private equity sponsor and its portfolio companies in connection with leveraged acquisitions, refinancings and exits in numerous industrial investments.
  • Represented multiple chapter 11 debtors in connection with debtor-in-possession and exit financings.
Recent Experience
Winston Represented Shore Capital Partners in its Sale of Behavioral Innovations
Winston Represented Industrial Opportunity Partners in Recapitalization of Transcendia Holdings
Winston Represented Zipline Logistics in its Acquisition of Summit Eleven
Crowe LLP's Carveout Sale of its Health Care Consulting Business

Credentials

Education

Sean earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School. He received his B.A. from Trinity College in International Studies.

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