Andrea Weintraub is a debt finance partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Andrea’s clients include Francisco Partners, Gamut Capital Management, Oaktree Capital Management, Patient Square Capital, TJC and Vista Equity Partners.
Experience
Representative Matters
Debt Finance Experience
Vista Equity Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
Acquisition financings and refinancings of AlertMedia, Alegeus, Applause, BetterCloud, Big Time Software, BlueConic, Critical Start, Dispatch Technologies, Gainsight, Granicus, iN2L, Power Factors, Ping Identity, Radar, Schoox, StarRez, TigerConnect, Tripleseat, Upserve, WorkTango and Wrike, among others
Francisco Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
$1.1 billion carve out of The Weather Company from IBM
$1.75 billion refinancing for Renaissance Learning, Inc.
$650 million refinancing for SonicWall
$575 million financing for the acquisition of RugsUSA
$565 million financing for SmartBear Software
Financing for take private of LogMeIn, Inc., which included $1.75 billion first lien term loan, a $250 million revolver and $500 million privately placed second lien term loan
Acquisition financings and refinancings of BARBRI, BeyondTrust, Forcepoint, GainSystems, GoodRx, LegalTech, Litmos, NMI, Office Ally, Perforce Software, Qgenda, Veson, Vital Source Technologies, and StarLIMS, among others
TJC and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
$1.8 billion carve-out acquisition of Delrin from Dupont
Financings and refinancings for AIT, GTS, SunnySky, Dental365 and LegitScript
Oaktree Capital Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
$750 million financing for Array Systems, Inc. in connection with IPO
Acquisition financing for investment in System One Holdings, LLC
Refinancing for Richards Manufacturing, Inc.
Patient Square Capital and its portfolio companies in various matters, including acquisition financing for the take-private of Hanger, Inc.
Liability Management Experience
GoTo Group, Inc. – Representation of GoTo Group, Inc., an IT management, support, and business communications provider, in a liability management transaction that significantly enhanced the company’s liquidity, deleveraged its balance sheet, and reduced debt interest expenses. The transactions included a $100 million new money investment into a super senior debt tranche and an uptier exchange of the company’s first lien term loans and notes into super senior debt tranches, capturing nearly $500 million in debt discount. The transactions also extended the maturities of the company’s debt, including an extension on the company’s $250 million revolving credit facility by over two years.
Clerk & Government Experience
ExternHonorable Charles E. Rendle, IIIUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri2011
InternHonorable Melanie G. May, ChiefFlorida Fourth District Court of Appeal2010
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Recognition
The Legal 500 United States, Commercial Lending, 2020
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2013New York
2015California
Education
Washington University in St. LouisJ.D.magna cum laude2012