Justin Greer is a debt finance partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Justin focuses his practice on representing private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and other private and public borrowers in connection with complex secured and unsecured financing transactions, including cross-border leveraged buy-outs, recapitalizations, bank/bridge commitments, first- and second-lien financings, mezzanine financings, unitranche financings, ABL facilities, restructurings and other event-driven financings.
Experience
Representative Matters
Debt Financing Matters
Bain Capital and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
Apex Tool Group, Zelis Healthcare and Dealer Tire, among others
BC Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
Madison Logic, Pet Smart, Chewy, Presidio and Cyxtera
Carlyle and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
The $3.8 billion acquisition of Baxter’s Kidney Care segment
K1 Investment Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
Campspot, ELMO Software, Cyara, Crown Peak Technology and Webexpenses Software
LittleJohn and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
United Air Temp, Interstate Waste Services and Sunbelt Modular
Sentinel Capital and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
The $1.425 billion acquisition of Spectrum Safety Solutions, Det-Tronics, Marioff, Autronica, Fireye, UBEO, New Era Technology, Midwest Eye Consultants, U.S. Occmed Holdings, RefrigiWear, Legility, TTG Imaging Solutions, L2 Brands, High Bar Brands, RecGroup/ Controlled Products, Cabi, ILSCO Corporation
Summit Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
Invicti Security Corp, TrinTech/Frontier and Accurate Reconciliation
TPG and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
New Relic Inc, A-Gas, Banyan Treatment Center LLC, Greencross, Sayari Labs Inc., Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers and EIS Group
Welsch Carson Anderson & Stowe and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
Equilend, Image Trend, Avetta, Absorb Software, Revel Systems and GovCIO
Advent International and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
V. Group/Ai Mistral & Cy SCA, CCC Intelligent Solutions, and the proposed acquisition of Nutraceutical Wellness
Alpine Investors in respect of Ascend, FTV Capital and Guardian Restoration Partners
Brookfield Asset Management in respect of Everise
InvestIndustrial in respect of TreeHouse Foods Inc.
L Catterton in respect of Ideal Image
Parthenon Capital in respect of Zelis Healthcare, 340B Technologies and Nuvem
Percheron Capital in respect of Animal Dermatology Group
Stonepeak Partners in respect of West Texas Gas and WTG Midstream
Stone Point Capital in respect of SambaSafety
Thoma Bravo in respect of SUSE SA and Condeco - SpaceIQ
TZP in respect of At Homes Brands Group Holdings (aka Re-Bath)
Restructuring & Liability Management Matters
Apex Tool Group
Cyxtera
David’s Bridal
V. Group / Ai Mistral & Cy SCA
Sweep Corp America
Keter
Various other distressed and event-driven financings
Prior Experience
Senior Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Hong Kong, 2019–2021
Associate, Gilbert + Tobin, Australia, 2015–2019
Paralegal, Gilbert + Tobin, Australia, 2014–2015
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
Not admitted to practice in New York
2015, Admitted to the High Court of Australia
2015, Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia
Education
University of Technology SydneyB.Bus.; LL.B., Finance2015
