May 25, 2010

Oak Hill Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of ViaWest, Inc.

Today Paul, Weiss client Oak Hill Capital Partners completed its acquisition of ViaWest, Inc. from its current owners, led by Trinity Equity Investors, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Quilvest. ViaWest is the largest privately-held data center and managed services company in the United States. Oak Hill is investing in partnership with ViaWest's current management team, led by Chairman and CEO Roy Dimoff, GI Partners and Barclays Structured Principal Investing Fund L.P. Senior debt financing for the transaction was arranged by Royal Bank of Canada, and mezzanine financing was provided by Barclays Structured Principal Investing Fund L.P. and Solar Capital Ltd. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Paul, Weiss team representing Oak Hill includes corporate partners Ariel Deckelbaum, Eric Goodison and Bob Schumer, counsel Didier Malaquin, associates Albab Dabela, Neil Goldman, Zoe Hilden, David Jelenko, Marta Kelly, Brian Lavin, Christopher Livingston, Adam Masser and Nathan Meredith, and paralegals Brian Kauffman, Richard Scudder, Brooke Spiegel and Thomas Somerville; tax partner David Sicular, counsel Alyssa Wolpin and associate Lee Hepner; real estate partner Mitch Berg and associate Robert Fishman; employee benefits partner Rob Fleder, associates Judy Hensley, Paul Koppel and Michelle Zimmerman and former associate Lauri Penn; environmental partner Gaines Gwathmey; and litigation partner Dan Beller.