• Named to the 2017-2023 "Rising Stars" lists published by Northern California Super Lawyers

Representative Strategic Acquisition Finance Experience

• Sumo Logic – Advised in connection with sale to Francisco Partners
• Amphastar Pharmaceuticals - $500 million senior secured term loan and $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility in connection with acquisition of certain assets from Eli Lilly
• Thorne HealthTech - Advised in connection with sale to L Catterton
• Urgent.ly - Advised in connection with financing for acquisition of Otonomo Technologies
• ForgeRock - Advised in connection with sale to Thoma Bravo
• KnowBe4 - Advised in connection with sale to Vista Equity Partners
• Twitter - Advised in connection with acquisition by Elon Musk and related entities
• Lumentum - $50 million bridge loan in connection with acquisition of Neophotonics
• MaxLinear - $140 million senior secured term loan facility in connection with acquisition of Intel’s home gateway platform division
• Medallia - Advised in connection with sale to Thoma Bravo
• RingCentral - Advised in connection with strategic partnership with Avaya
• Forescout - Advised in connection with sale to Advent
• WageWorks - Advised in connection with sale to HealthEquity
• Talend - Advised in connection with sale to Thoma Bravo
• Lumentum - $500 million senior secured term loan facility in connection with acquisition of Oclaro
• Microchip - $3.8 billion senior secured revolving credit facility and $3 billion senior secured term loan facility in connection with acquisition of Microsemi
• Shutterfly - $825 million senior secured term loan facility in connection with acquisition of Lifetouch
• MaxLinear - $425 million senior secured term loan facility in connection with acquisition of Exar Corporation
• Coherent - $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility and €670.0 million senior secured term loan facility in connection with acquisition of Rofin-Sinar Technologies

Representative Private Equity Finance Experience

• Strattam Capital - Advised in connection with acquisition financing for Strattam’s acquisition of Daxtra
• Mainsail Partners - Advised in connection with Mainsail’s sale of GTreasury to Hg
• Revival Healthcare Capital - Advised in connection with investments in Distalmotion
• $278.5 million senior secured credit facility in connection with dividend recapitalization and financing for multiple pending acquisitions
• $95 million senior secured credit facility in connection with acquisition of data management and analytics platform
• $40 million senior secured refinancing credit facility
• Advised in connection with Carlyle’s sale of NetMotion to Absolute Software
• $395 million senior secured credit facility to finance acquisition of utility management and billing solutions platform
• $52.5 million senior secured credit facility to finance acquisition of automated software solutions platform
• $35 million senior secured credit facility to finance acquisition of transportation spend management platform
• $52 million senior secured credit facility to finance acquisition of cloud computing and managed applications platform
• $22 million senior secured credit facility to finance acquisition of trade spend management platform and subsequent roll-up acquisitions
• $16.5 million senior secured credit facility and $10 million subordinated credit facility to finance acquisition of software company and subsequent roll-up acquisitions

Representative Enterprise Experience

• Headspace - $105 million senior secured credit facility with Oxford Finance
• RingCentral - $500 million senior secured term loan facility and $250 million senior secured revolving credit facility
• MaxLinear - $350 million senior secured term loan facility and $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility in connection with refinancing of existing credit facilities
• Rodan & Fields - $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility and $600 million senior secured term loan facility
• Shutterfly - $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility and $300 million senior secured term loan facility
• Nutanix - $75 million senior secured term loan facility
• Micron - $750 million senior secured term loan facility
• Sonos - $80 million ABL facility
• Copart - $400 million senior secured term loan facility
• Representation of hundreds of private companies in connection with ABL facilities, revolving credit facilities, term loan facilities, capital call facilities and other financing transactions

Representative Venture Debt Experience

• Representation of venture lenders and other strategic investors in connection with over $600 million of loans to technology and life sciences companies
• Representation of hundreds of enterprise clients in venture debt financings with an aggregate value in excess of $1 billion

Select Publications

• "Draft Wisely or Pay Dearly: The Fifth Circuit Weighs In on the Enforceability of Prepayment Premiums (Absent Prepayment)," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, February 3, 2014
• "No Leg to Stand On: Section 362(k) of the Bankruptcy Code Is No Exception to Standing Requirements," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, January 10, 2014
• "Balancing Act, Part II: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Bankruptcy Court's Decision in Qimonda," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, December 5, 2013
• "A Tale of Two Rules: The Questionable Applicability of Rule 7004(b)(3) to Claim Objections," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, October 9, 2013
• "Good Advice: Third Circuit Reverses District Court on Issue of Advisory Opinions," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, August 15, 2013
• "Better Never Than Late: The Limitations of Bankruptcy Rule 8002(a)'s 'Relate Forward' Provision," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, August 1, 2013
• "Plucked from the Bargain Bin: Testing the Limits of the New Value Exception to the Absolute Priority Rule," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, March 6, 2013
• "One of These Things Is Not Like the Other: 9th Circuit B.A.P. Holds That Bankruptcy Court May Consider the Existence of a Third-Party Source of Recovery When Determining Whether Unsecured Claims Are 'Substantially Similar," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, March 13, 2012
• "In re Chemtura Corporation: An Analysis of the Enforceability of Make-Whole and No-call Provisions in the Southern District of New York," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, March 15, 2011
• "Noteholders in the Southern District of New York Not Entitled to an Unsecured Claim for Expectation Damages Resulting From a No-Call Provision in an Indenture," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, January 11, 2011
• "Solvent Debtors Beware—Noteholders May Be Entitled to an Unsecured Claim for Expectation Damages Resulting From a No-Call Provision in Indenture," Weil Bankruptcy Blog, December 21, 2010