Nicholas Warther

Private Equity and M&A

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and its portfolio companies in numerous matters, including in the:
  • $7 billion acquisition of Focus Financial Partners Inc.
  • Acquisition of a 50% controlling stake in Opella, valuing Opella at approximately €16 billion
  • $2.3 billion acquisition of Veritiv Corporation
  • Recapitalization transactions for Brand Industrial Services, Inc., including issuance of $1.3 billion of senior secured notes and $1.3 billion of new term loans and a $1.1 billion equity contribution
  • $500 million PIPE Investment for Resideo’s acquisition of Snap One
• GTCR and its portfolio companies in numerous matters, including in the:
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in the Worldpay Merchant Solutions business from FIS in a transaction valuing the business at $18.5 billion
  • $2.7 billion acquisition of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.
  • Investment by Genstar Capital in Jet Support Services, Inc.
• Sycamore Partners and its portfolio companies in numerous matters, including in its acquisition of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates from Altria Group, Inc.
• Paine Schwartz Partners in numerous matters, including in its sale of Verdesian Life Sciences to AEA Investors
• R1 RCM Inc. in its $4.1 billion acquisition of Cloudmed
• Wind Point Partners and its portfolio company Voyant Beauty Holdings, LLC in the acquisition of the KIK Personal Care Business
• Sealed Air Corporation in its $3.2 billion sale of Diversey Care to Bain Capital*
• Estancia Capital Partners in numerous matters, including its acquisition and exit of PMA Financial Network, LLC
• Weeks Marine, Inc. on its sale to Kiewit Corporation
• Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. on its acquisition of the Helios bitcoin mining facility and related operations from Argo Blockchain plc
• Poema Global Holdings Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, on its business combination with Gogoro Inc. in a transaction valuing Gogoro at $2.35 billion

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Special Situations

• Envision Healthcare Corporation in its pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases resulting in a deleveraging of approximately $7.4 billion of debt and $2 billion in exit financing, as well as in a series of landmark liability management transactions
• Rite Aid Corporation in its prearranged Chapter 11 cases, entering with access to approximately $3.45 billion in committed DIP financing and an agreement in principle to delever its $4 billion debt load
• Windstream Holdings, Inc. in its Chapter 11 cases that addressed more than $5.6 billion in funded debt obligations
• Fortress Investment Group in numerous financing transactions
• Carlson Travel, Inc. in its prepackaged Chapter 11 cases where it eliminated almost $900 million of debt and secured access to $775 million of exit facilities and a $350 million equity investment
• Belk Inc. in the fastest-ever in-court restructuring transaction where Belk received $225 million of new capital and reduced its debt load by approximately $450 million
• Westmoreland Coal Company in its Chapter 11 cases that addressed funded debt obligations of approximately $1.4 billion

*Prior to joining Kirkland

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 2016–2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Summer Associate, Summer 2015