A partner in the Finance Group, Alena Thomas advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers and lenders on a wide range of leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, cross-border transactions, debt restructurings and complex liability management transactions. She has significant experience in arranging tailored financing structures, including first-lien, second-lien, unitranche, asset-based, recurring-revenue, back-leverage, bridge and high-yield financings.
Alena has represented a number of private equity firms and their portfolio companies, including American Securities, Apax, Apollo, Cerberus, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Clearlake, HPS, Kelso & Company, KKR, Nordic Capital and Warburg Pincus. She also regularly advises public and private companies in complex financing transactions.
Some of Alena’s notable representations include*:
Private Equity
- American Securities in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Trace3, a premier provider of IT solutions and services to commercial and enterprise clients
- Apax Partners and its portfolio companies in the financing aspects of several transactions, including the acquisition of, and ongoing finance matters for, Revolution Prep and Nulo
- Apollo-managed funds and affiliates in the financing aspects of their acquisition of the Environmental Services business of GFL Environmental, the launch of TenFifty Capital, and various other transactions
- CC Capital and Motive Partners in the financing aspects of their acquisition of Wilshire Associates, a provider of investment consulting services
- Cerberus and its portfolio companies in the financing aspects of transactions, including for SubCom, a leading global supplier of subsea communications systems
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and its portfolio companies in the financing aspects of several transactions, including the acquisition of, and ongoing finance matters for, Covetrus, Focus Financial Partners, and the Industrial Businesses of Roper Technologies
- Clearlake Capital Group and its portfolio companies in several financing matters, including the acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet and Endurance International Group, and ongoing finance matters and acquisitions for Black Duck Software, DigiCert and Victory Live
- Elliott in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Citrix, and various other transactions
- HPS in the financing aspects of its strategic investment in Lido Advisors, a leading wealth advisory firm, and financing the acquisition of a provider of energy infrastructure indices and market intelligence
- Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in Inovar Packaging Group, a full-service provider of pressure sensitive labels, shrink sleeves and flexibles
- KKR and its portfolio companies in the financing aspects of transactions, including for Hyperion, a provider of hard and super hard materials for metalworking and manufacturing process tools and products
- Nordic Capital in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Anaqua, a leading provider of innovation and intellectual property management technology solutions and services
- Warburg Pincus and its portfolio companies in the financing aspects of several transactions, including Arise Virtual Solutions, NeoGov, and Chisholm Energy
Corporate and Public Company
- Accelerate Diagnostics in connection with financing transactions
- Blackhawk Mining in connection with multiple financing transactions
- Booz Allen Hamilton in connection with financing transactions
- An electric vehicle charging network company in connection with financing transactions
- A global accessories and jewelry retailer in connection with financing transactions
Restructuring
- Sungard Availability Services and its affiliates in the financing aspects of its chapter 11 cases and exit financing, which received chapter 11 approval in less than 20 hours
- An ad hoc group of noteholders in the financing aspects of the chapter 11 cases of Quorum Health Care Services and its affiliates and junior DIP financing
- Ascena Retail Group and its affiliates in the financing aspects of its chapter 11 cases and exit financing
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Paul, Weiss
