Aaron M. Berlin
Partner
Aaron is a corporate partner in the Chicago office and a member of Winston’s Finance practice. His practice focuses on representing private equity sponsors and borrowers in connection with debt financings.
Key Matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
- Acquisition financing in connection with a cross-border $3.9 billion take-private buyout of a technology company by a leading private equity firm.
- A refinancing transaction in connection with the merger of two private equity sponsor-owned medical practice management organizations.
- A refinancing in connection with the IPO of an existing private equity sponsor-owned software technology company.
- Acted as borrower's counsel to a U.S. private equity firm in connection with the acquisition financing for a produce and specialty food company based in the U.S. The credit facilities consisted of a $212.50 million lien term loan, $25 million revolving credit facility, a $75 million second lien term loan, and $25 million of delayed draw term loan commitments.
- Represented a private equity firm in connection with credit facilities used to fund its acquisition of a foundational education company. The credit facilities included a $95 million term loan facility, $20 million revolving credit facility and a $20 million delayed draw term loan facility.
- Represented a private food and beverage company in connection with the refinancing of its $1.16 billion credit facility.
- Represented a global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment in the clean energy and industrial gas markets in connection with a new $1.53 billion term loan b facility, the proceeds of which were used to fund a portion of the purchase price with respect to the global manufacturer's acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of a group of entities across several jurisdictions.
- Represented an IT service management company in connection with amending its existing credit agreements to provide for, among other things, $57.5 million in new DDTL commitments and an $89.5 million incremental term loan. The proceeds of the incremental term loan were used in part to fund a portion of the purchase price with respect to an acquisition.
- Represented a private equity firm in connection with credit facilities used to fund its acquisition of a professional services and technology company. The credit facilities consisted of a $140 million term loan facility, $20 million revolving credit facility and $30 million delayed draw term loan facility.