Melissa J. Hutson, P.C.

Acquisition and Strategic Investment Financing

• Bain Capital Private Equity in the financing for its acquisition of US LBM.
• Blackstone in the financings for its acquisitions of Interior Logic Group, Precision Medicine Group, SESAC Holdings, and Ulterra Holdings.
• CC Capital in the financing for its $6.9 billion acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet.
• KKR in connection with the financing for its acquisition of Resource Environmental Solutions and its strategic investment in UFC.
• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in its purchase of Wheelabrator Technologies from Energy Capital Partners.

Large Scale M&A Transactions

• AbbVie in its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan.
• Talen Energy Corp. in its $5.2 billion sale to Riverstone Holdings.
• WGL Holdings in its $6.4 billion sale to AltaGas.

Debt and Restructuring Finance

• Avaya in connection with its $2.925 billion senior secured first-lien term loan facility and a $300 million secured asset-based facility.
• Deluxe Entertainment in its prepetition priming credit facilities, debtor-in-possession credit facility, and subsequent exit financing.
• Cenveo in connection with the debtor-in-possession financing for its Chapter 11 filing and the exit financing for exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Portfolio Company Financings

• Olympus Partners and its portfolio companies in connection with the financings for multiple acquisitions and refinancings, including AmSpec, Petmate, Rise Baking Co., Tank Holding Corp., and Vaco.
• New Mountain Capital in connection with the financings for its acquisitions of Classic Collision and Horizon Group.
• Blackstone Energy Partners in the financing for its acquisitions of Therma Holdings LLC and RE Tech Advisors, Inc.