Maureen S. Dixon, P.C.
Overview
Maureen S. Dixon is a corporate partner in Kirkland's Chicago office, focusing her practice on debt financing transactions. Maureen represents private equity sponsors, private and public companies and private lenders and pension funds in connection with the structuring, negotiation and documentation of secured and unsecured financing transactions for both borrowers and lenders.
Maureen has been responsible for financings in connection with major leveraged buy-outs, take-private transactions, asset-based financings, cross-border transactions, and loan workouts and restructurings, including DIP and exit financings. She has handled transactions including senior bank and subordinated or mezzanine financings, both secured and unsecured, ranging in size from several hundred million dollars to several billion dollars.
In the 2019 edition of IFLR1000, Maureen was selected as a Notable Practitioner for Banking, Finance. Since 2017, Maureen has been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for her work in debt finance.
Experience
Representative Matters
Financing Transactions
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Negotiation, structuring and documentation of various types of financing transactions
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Negotiation, structuring and documentation of preferred equity investments
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Various uses with financing proceeds, including acquisition financing, working capital, dividends and recapitalizations, and debt refinancings
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Intercreditor and subordination issues
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General legal counseling pertaining to lending arrangements and Uniform Commercial Code matters
Acquisition Financing
- Thoma Bravo in its financing for the acquisition of AxiomSL
- Thoma Bravo in its senior secured first and second lien financing for its acquisition of Quorum Software, a maker of software for the oil and gas industry
- Thoma Bravo in its financing for the acquisition of Veracode, the leading provider in next-generation application security testing (AST), from Broadcom Inc.
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Thoma Bravo in its senior secured financing for its acquisition of Apttus Corporation
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Micro Focus International plc in its $8.8 billion “Reverse Morris Trust” acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s software business
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Bain Capital and Viewpoint Inc., Inc. in its senior secured first and second lien financing for the acquisition of Dexter & Chaney, LLC and refinancing of existing facilities, and subsequent $1.2 billion sale of Viewpoint to Trimble Inc.
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Bain Capital for the take-private acquisition of Blue Nile, Inc. and its asset based working capital facility
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Madison Dearborn Partners in its first and second lien financing for the acquisition of 51 percent of the U.S. fee business of AmTrust Financing Services
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Madison Dearborn Partners in its first and second lien financing for the acquisition of Alcami Corporation
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Madison Dearborn Partners in its senior secured financing of Remote DBA Experts LLC (d/b/a RBX)
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Elliott in connection with its second lien and preferred equity financing for Francisco Partners’ acquisition of the Dell software business
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Bain Capital in its senior secured first and second lien financing for the acquisition of Apple Leisure Group, and its subsequent sale to KKR
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Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital in $6.2 billion senior financing, consisting of $4.2 billion multi-currency cross-border senior secured financing and $1.7 billion unsecured bridge loan, for the take-private acquisition of BMC Software
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Bain Capital Credit in its second lien and holdco loan facilities to finance the acquisition of Tenax Aerospace Holdings by The NTC Group and Bain Capital Credit
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PSP Investments Credit USA in its bridge loan commitment to backstop
$3.14 billion second lien notes offering in connection with Apollo Global Management’s (NYSE: APO) acquisition of the ADT Corporation (NYSE: ADT) -
PSP Investments Credit USA consisting of senior secured facilities for the acquisition by New Mountain Capital of OneDigital Health and Benefits
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PSP Investments Credit USA consisting of a second lien term loan facility for the acquisition by West Street Capital Partners of Transcendia Holdings, Inc.
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KKR in its senior secured first and second lien financing for the acquisition of Crosby Worldwide Limited
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KKR in its senior secured first and second lien financing for the acquisition of C.H.I. Overhead Doors
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Greenbriar Equity Group in numerous matters, including senior secured first and second lien financing and unsecured mezzanine financing for the acquisition of the Aerospace Fasteners Unit of Anixter Corp., the acquisition of Align Aerospace, Lazer Spot Inc. and Whitcraft LLC and investments in World Freight Company International and Muth Mirror Systems
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Petroflow, Inc. in its first and second lien financing for the take-private acquisition of Equal Energy
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Astoria Generating Company in its senior secured refinancing and debt upsize in connection with an agreement and plan of merger with Tenaska Capital Management
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Bain Capital in senior secured term loan facility and revolving credit facilities for the acquisition of Apex Tool Group
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Madison Dearborn Partners in its senior secured financing for the acquisition of Kaufman, Hall & Associates
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Madison Dearborn Partners in its senior secured first and second lien financing for the acquisition of Ikaria, Inc., and subsequent sale to Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
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Madison Dearborn Partners in its senior secured first lien and second lien financing for the acquisition of Schrader International
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Molson Coors Brewing Company in $2.5 billion senior unsecured financing, consisting of $1.9 billion bridge loan facility in connection with the acquisition of Starbev
General Financing
- The Ardonagh Group, majority owned by Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, in connection with the largest-ever unitranche financing transaction globally
- Six Flags in its $1.1 billion senior secured refinancing
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Chicago Public Media in its working capital and letter of credit facilities
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Chobani, LLC in its second lien term loan facility and recapitalization transactions
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Sagent Pharmaceuticals in its senior secured refinancing
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Kaufman, Hall & Associates in its senior secured refinancing
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Hanesbrands in revolving credit facility amend and extend transaction
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TransUnion in its senior secured term loan amend and extend and refinancing transaction
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Navistar International Corporation in senior secured asset based revolving credit facility
Restructuring
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Samson Resources Corporation, a leading oil and gas exploration and production company with over $4 billion in outstanding funded debt, in its Chapter 11 restructuring
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Petroflow, Inc. in its out-of-court debt restructuring
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MD Investors in connection with its successful credit bid for the assets of Metaldyne, and handling of the acquisition financing and refinancing transactions related thereto
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US Concrete in debtor-in-possession financing and asset based revolving credit facility exit financing
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Propex, Inc. in its debtor-in possession financing and exit financing
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Recognition
Recognized by Chambers USA as Up and Coming for Banking & Finance, 2023–2024
Recognized in The Legal 500 United States, Finance: Commercial Lending, 2017–2024
Recognized in the 2019 edition of IFLR1000, as a Notable Practitioner for Banking, Finance
Memberships & Affiliations
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
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2009, Illinois
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2007, New York
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2006, Massachusetts (inactive)
Education
- Boston College Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude2006
- University of Notre DameB.S., Biological Sciences & Economicsmagna cum laude2001