Global Co-Head of the Tax Department, Lindsay Parks advises clients on a range of transactional matters. She regularly counsels investment funds and strategic clients in the negotiation and structuring of a broad range of international and domestic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, carve-outs, restructurings, fund formation and complex debt and equity offerings.
Lindsay’s private equity and investment funds experience includes:
- General Atlantic and its portfolio companies in several transactions, including:
- alongside certain of its managed funds, including Atlantic Park, in its recommended offer for Learning Technologies Group
- alongside Biofourmis in Biofourmis’ strategic merger with CopilotIQ
- in the $7.2 billion take private of its portfolio company Squarespace by private equity firm Permira
- alongside XP Private Equity, in its minority investment in LiveMode
- in its growth investment in Plusgrade
- in the $4 billion sale of its publicly traded portfolio company, EngageSmart, to Vista Equity Partners
- in its acquisition of a majority stake in Joe & the Juice
- in its strategic growth investment in GoodVets Group
- its strategic investment in Flint Group
- in its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of Arco Platform Limited
- in its investment in Financial Information Technologies
- in its acquisition of Actis
- its $500 million primary follow-on investment in Authentic Brands Group
- its strategic investment in Tripleseat
- the $2.1 billion sale of its portfolio company, OneOncology, to TPG and AmerisourceBergen Corporation
- its investment in Jobber
- its acquisition of Iron Park Capital Partners to form General Atlantic Credit
- in its acquisition of 58.com for an enterprise value of $8.7 billion
- its investment in Creative Planning
- its acquisition of a majority stake in Morphe Holdings alongside existing investor Summit Partners and co-founders Chris and Linda Tawil
- its investment in Landmark Health
- its acquisition of European Wax Center
- its acquisition of a majority stake in Invoice Cloud
- as lead investor, in the $150 million investment round in Hibob
- alongside other investors, in a $1.4 billion growth investment in Sierra Space
- in its growth investment in Chess.com
- Stonepeak in connection with its acquisition of Boundary Street Capital
- DigitalBridge Group in its investment in OpticalTel and subsequent rebrand to Fibernow
- Creative Planning in its minority investment from TPG Capital
- Brighton Park Capital in its $250 million investment in TickPick
- Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in the $2.49 billion all-cash sale of a majority stake in its internal business and administrative services, Community Oncology Revitalization Enterprise Ventures, to McKesson Corporation
- A consortium consisting of General Atlantic and Stone Point Capital, in their take-private acquisition of HireRight
- Marathon Health in its acquisition of Everside Health
- TPG Capital in its investment in G&A Partners
- Apollo Global Management and its portfolio companies in several transactions, including:
- its approximately $1.6 billion acquisition of Outerwall
- in connection with portfolio company ecoATM in its $200 million sale of a minority stake to Cowen Sustainable Advisors, a division of Cowen
- Kohlberg & Company and its portfolio companies in several transactions, including:
- alongside VMG Partners and Peterson Partners, in its sale of a majority stake in [solidcore] to L Catterton
- its acquisition of Worldwide Clinical Trials
- its investment in [solidcore]
- its growth capital investment in United Digestive
- its acquisition of Nelipak Corporation
- its acquisition of three European packaging plants from Bemis Healthcare Packaging Europe, a business unit of Amcor plc
- in connection with portfolio company Interstate Hotels & Resorts in its merger with Aimbridge Hospitality
- in its acquisition of a majority stake in PCI Pharma Services from Partners Group
- Wellspring Capital Management in the sale of its portfolio company Paragon Films to a subsidiary of Rhone Capital Group
- Altimar Acquisition Corporation in its combination with Owl Rock Capital Group and the Dyal Capital Partners division of Neuberger Berman Group to form Blue Owl Capital
- Brookfield Capital Partners in its acquisition of a 50% stake of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s ownership interest in BrandSafway with an enterprise value of $6.7 billion
- Ares Management alongside Oaktree Capital, in their combined $180 million investment in Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives
- Softbank Investment Advisors, in an investment of up to $1 billion in Rappi
- Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, a portfolio company of Silver Lake, in its sale to The EQT VIII fund
Other investment funds clients include HPS Investment Partners, KKR, Searchlight, Värde Partners and Wellspring Capital.
Lindsay’s restructuring experience includes:
- TPG Capital in several transactions, including:
- in the prearranged chapter 11 proceedings of its portfolio company, J.Crew Group
- in the coordinated U.S. and Canadian restructuring proceedings for Cirque du Soleil
- TPG Global and EIG Management Company in an out of court restructuring of their equity investment in Jonah Energy Holdings
- An ad hoc committee of senior secured noteholders of Gibson Brands in the company’s prenegotiated chapter 11 case
- An ad hoc group of second-lien lenders of telecom company Ligado Networks in Ligado’s successful out-of-court restructuring
- Performance Sports Group as U.S. counsel in its complex U.S. and Canadian bankruptcy cases
Lindsay’s real estate experience includes:
- A joint venture between Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III and NorthStar Healthcare Income in its $1.125 billion acquisition of Trilogy Investors
- Simon Property Group in its $3.6 billion acquisition of an 80% ownership interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership
- The Special Committee of the Board of Trustees of First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey (FREIT) in its $266.5 million sale of seven apartment properties to an affiliate of Kushner Companies
