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Overview
Holly Snow is a Chicago-based partner in our Private Equity & Corporate Finance practice. Holly focuses her practice on leveraged finance and other debt financing transactions. She represents clients in a wide range of financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts and acquisition financings, working capital financings/refinancings, subordinated and mezzanine facilities, and loan workouts and restructurings. She has significant experience representing clients in cross-border commercial finance transactions. She also has experience representing clients in the development, financing, acquisition and distribution of energy projects, with a primary focus on renewable energy projects. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, including serving as a pro bono coordinator of the Paul Hastings Chicago office.
Accolades
- Banking & Finance, Chambers USA.
- Finance - Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers, Legal 500.
- Illinois “Rising Star,” Corporate Finance, Super Lawyers.
- Recipient, Paul Hastings Client Service Excellence Award.
- Rising Star, National Immigrant Justice Center.
- Recipient, Clyde E. Murphy Award for Outstanding Young Lawyer, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D. (with honors)
- Barnard College - Columbia University, B.A. (cum laude). Holly was a Yale Law School Arthur Liman Undergraduate Public Interest Fellow, Tow Fellow, and a Francene Rodgers Fellow.
Representations
Corporate Financings
- Carter’s Inc. (NYSE: CRI) in multiple matters, including a five-year senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility of up to $750 million for its subsidiary, The William Carter Company, with J.P. Morgan as administrative agent.
- Enova International (NYSE: ENVA) in multiple matters related to its secured revolving credit agreement with Bank of Montreal as administrative agent and collateral agent.
- The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE: GBX) in multiple financing matters including, among other things, a senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility totaling more than $1 billion, agented by Bank of America.
- Heidrick & Struggles International (formerly NASDAQ: HSII) in connection with its revolving credit facilities, agented by Bank of America.
- Javelin Global Commodities in multiple debtor-in-possession and working capital financings, as a purchaser.
- LendingPoint in matters relating to its senior secured corporate mezzanine credit facility and revolving facilities with MidCap Financial Trust as administrative agent.
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: LGND) in the financing for its $739 million acquisition of XOMA Royalty Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA).
- Onterris Inc. (NYSE: ONT) (formerly Montrose Environmental Group Inc., NYSE: MEG) in multiple financing matters, including its $650 million senior secured multi-currency credit agreement.
- SiriusPoint Ltd. (NYSE: SPNT) in multiple financing matters, including its $400 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with J.P. Morgan as administrative agent.
Private Equity Financings
- Arcline Investment Management in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of Novaria Group and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- acquisition of Kaman Corp. and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- acquisition of Dwyer Instruments and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- BPOC in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of Praxis.
- acquisition of Bridgeway.
- its acquisition of Zenith American Solutions.
- Cortec Group in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of MPLT Healthcare Holdings.
- acquisition of Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning.
- Fusion Capital Partners in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of AQUALIS.
- acquisition of Excel Testing and Engineering.
- H.I.G. Capital in the financing for multiple transactions including its:
- investment in GetixHealth.
- investment in Ascension Property Services.
- acquisition of Mobile Health Consumer.
- acquisition of Segers Aero Corporation.
- Industrial Growth Partners in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of Marki Microwave.
- acquisition of SENS Holdings.
- acquisition of Alpha Metalcraft Group.
- Keensight Capital in the financing for its acquisition of Isto Group.
- May River Capital in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of the Global Pump Solutions business of CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq: CECO), including the Dean, Fybroc and Sethco pump brands.
- acquisition of Cashco.
- Pfingsten Partners in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of Ascend Solutions.
- acquisition of Pacific Laser Tech.
- acquisition of Fowler Holdings.
- The Riverside Company in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- investment in Seatex.
- investment in U.S. Cabinet Depot.
- STG Partners in the financing for the acquisition by its portfolio company Gresham of S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Management business.
- Vector Capital in the financing for its growth buyout of SingleStore.
- Wynnchurch Capital in the financing for multiple transactions, including its:
- acquisition of Handgards and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- acquisition of Arcosa Marine Products.
- acquisition of Charter Industries.
- acquisition of Principal Lighting and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- acquisition of Astro Shapes and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- acquisition of Hydraulic Technologies and subsequent add-on acquisitions.
- acquisition of Reagent Chemical & Research.
News
Involvement
- Director – Governing Board, Legal Aid Chicago, the largest provider of civil legal services in the city of Chicago