Apollo and Athene Agree to Sell AmeriHome to Western Alliance

Houlihan Lokey Capital and Wells Fargo Securities are serving as financial advisors to AmeriHome in the company’s sale to Western Alliance Bank.

February 17, 2021 AmeriHome | Apollo Global Management | Athene | Evercore | Guggenheim Securities | Houlihan Lokey Capital | Sidley Austin | Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders | Wells Fargo Securities | Western Alliance Bank Phil Neuffer

Sidley Austin Adds Gupta, Wales, Kirschner and Lewis

Chicago-based law firm Sidley Austin hired Ankur Gupta, Sam Wales and Ben Kirschner as partners and Krista Kay Lewis as an associate in its global M&A and private equity practice.

January 26, 2021 Ankur Gupta | Dan Clivner | Krista Kay Lewis | Sam Wales. Ben Kirschner | Sidley Austin Phil Neuffer

Tallwood Serves as Secured Lender to Wave Computing in Chapter 11

Tallwood is the secured lender to Wave Computing and its subsidiaries, including MIPS Tech, in the company’s Chapter 11 filing.

December 29, 2020 Armory Securities | Binder & Malter | Larry Perkins | Sidley Austin | SierraConstellation Partners | Tallwood Venture Capital | Tom Fitzgerald | Wave Computing Phil Neuffer

Hayfin Capital Management Provides MiMedx with $75MM in Debt Financing

Hayfin Capital Management will provide MiMedx with $75 million in debt financing, including a five-year term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $50 million and a one-year, delayed draw term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $25 million.

July 6, 2020 EW Healthcare Partners | Hayfin Capital Management | J.P. Morgan | M. Kathleen Behrens | Martin P. Sutter | MiMedx | Sidley Austin | Timothy R. Wright | William A. Hawkins III Phil Neuffer

Chesapeake Energy Files Chapter 11, Secures $925MM DIP Financing Commitment

Alvarez & Marsal is serving as restructuring advisor to Chesapeake Energy, which voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

June 29, 2020 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | Alvarez & Marsal | Chesapeake Energy | Davis Polk & Wardell | Doug Lawler | Franklin Advisers | FTI Consulting | Houlihan Lokey Capital | Intrepid Financial Partners | Kirkland & Ellis | Lipton | Moelis & Company | MUFG Union Bank | Perella Weinberg Partners | Reevemark | Rosen & Katz | Rothschild & Co | RPA Advisors | Sidley Austin | Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. | Vinson & Elkins | Wachtell Phil Neuffer

GNC Pursues Dual-Path Restructuring Process

GNC Holding and certain of its secured lenders and key stakeholders reached an agreement to pursue a dual-path process that will allow the company to restructure its balance sheet and accelerate its business strategy through Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

June 24, 2020 AlixPartners | Bank of China Limited Macau Branch | Clifford Chance | Evercore | FTI Consulting | GNC | Harbin Pharmaceutical Group | Houlihan Lokey | IVC | Junhe | Latham & Watkins | Milbank | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | Sidley Austin | White & Case Phil Neuffer

Tallwood Arranges $27.9 DIP Facility for Wave Computing, SierraConstellation to Advise

Tallwood Venture Capital arranged $27.9 million in debtor-in-possession financing for Wave Computing, which filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, Lawrence Perkins of SierraConstellation Partners will serve as the company’s chief restructuring officer.

April 29, 2020 Lawrence Perkins | Sam Newman | Sidley Austin | SierraConstellation Partners | Tallwood Venture Capital | Thomas FitzGerald | Wave Computing Phil Neuffer

Greene and Baris Join Sidley Austin’s Investment Funds Group

Nathan Greene and Jay Baris joined Sidley Austin as partners in its investment funds group in New York. Greene and Baris joined from Shearman & Sterling, where they were both partners in the investment funds practice.

April 29, 2020 Jay Baris | Nathan Greene | Sam Gandhi | Sidley Austin | William D. Kerr Phil Neuffer

Sidley Austin Adds Thompson to Global Finance Group

Joshua Thompson joined Sidley Austin in New York as a partner in the firm’s global finance group. Thompson was previously a partner at Shearman & Sterling, where he was head of the firm’s global leveraged finance group and head of private capital.

April 24, 2020 Joshua Thompson | Kevin Blauch | Sam Gandhi | Sidley Austin Phil Neuffer

Sidley Names Meléndez Chief Diversity Officer

Sidley Austin has named María D. Meléndez its new chief diversity officer.

February 20, 2020 Maria Meléndez | Sidley Austin nadine