Overview
Mitchell Zuckerman is a partner in the Global Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's New York office.
Mitchell’s practice focuses on the representation of leading commercial and investment banks and alternative lenders in large cap and middle-market leveraged finance transactions. His expansive finance experience includes domestic and international sponsor-led acquisition financings, recapitalizations, first lien/second lien and asset-based credit facilities, project finance transactions and issuances of secured and unsecured high-yield bonds. He also represents financial institutions in connection with liability management transactions and both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, including debtor-in-possession and exit financings.
Education
- George Washington University Law School, J.D. (with honors) 2012
- University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (magna cum laude) in 2009
Representations
- Blue Owl, Blackstone and Ares in Permira’s $7.2 billion take-private acquisition of website design platform Squarespace.
- A syndicate of six private credit lenders, led by Ares and KKR Credit, on the financing for Legends’ $2.3 billion acquisition of ASM Global, creating the preeminent premium live events company.
- The financing sources in Bain Capital's $4.5 billion take-private acquisition of Envestnet, a leading wealth management technology company.
- The lead arrangers on the $5.6 billion financing for KKR’s investment in Cotiviti, a leading healthcare data analytics and technology business.
- A club of private credit lenders, led by Golub Capital, Blackstone and Blue Owl, on the financing for TPG’s $1.4 billion acquisition of Nextech, a leading provider of clinical and administrative healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices.
- Oak Hill on the financing for TPG Global’s $500 million acquisition of a majority stake in Elite, a provider of financial and practice management solutions to law firms.
- The lenders on the financing for Cobham’s £2.57 billion acquisition of Ultra Electronics, a leading defense electronics solutions provider.
- Moody’s Corporation in its $2 billion agreement to acquire RMS, a leading global provider of climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics, from Daily Mail and General Trust plc.
- The private credit lenders on the financing for Thoma Bravo’s $6.6 billion acquisition of Auctane (f.k.a. Stamps.com), a leading provider of e-commerce shipping solutions.
- Bank of America, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman Sachs, RBC Capital Markets and UBS Securities, as lead arrangers and bookrunners, and Bank of America and Wells Fargo, as administrative agents, in connection with $5.145 billion in term loan and asset-based revolving credit facilities for Bass Pro Group’s acquisition of Cabela’s. Bass Pro and Cabela’s are leading retailers of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor recreation merchandise.