
Overview
Holly Snow is a partner in the Corporate Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Chicago office. 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
- Paul Hastings Advises Archer Foodservice Partners in Financing Purchase of SternoCandleLamp Holdings - May 6th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Fusion Capital Partners on Its Acquisition of AQUALIS - April 29th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Ligand Pharmaceuticals on Its $739 Million Acquisition of XOMA Royalty - April 27th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Egeria and its Affiliate Duravent Group in Strategic Growth Investment From Bain Capital - March 20th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Wynnchurch Capital in Its Acquisition of Arcosa Marine Products - February 26th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Cohere Capital in Its Investment in FlexTecs - January 28th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises STG on Gresham Acquisition of S&P Global Enterprise Data Management Business - January 12th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Fusion Capital Partners in Its Acquisition of Excel Testing and Engineering - January 7th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Heidrick & Struggles in Completed $1.3 Billion Take-Private Transaction - December 11th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Industrial Growth Partners in Its Acquisition of Marki Microwave - December 2nd, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Arcline Investment Management in Financing Novaria Group Purchase - November 17th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Filtration Group in Its $9.25 Billion Acquisition by Parker-Hannifin - November 11th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Wynnchurch Capital in Its Acquisition of Charter Industries - October 10th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises STG on CAI Software’s Merger With Print ePS - October 10th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Heidrick & Struggles in $1.3 Billion Definitive Agreement With Investor Consortium Led by Advent International and Corvex to Become a Private Company - October 6th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises SiriusPoint on Its $250 Million Agreement to Sell ArmadaCare MGA to Ambac Financial Group - September 29th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Keensight Capital in Isto Group Acquisition - September 19th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Caithness Energy in Agreement to Sell Caithness Long Island Energy Center to Lotus Infrastructure Partners - September 12th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Vector Capital Management in Growth Buyout of SingleStore - September 10th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Cortec Group in Acquisition of MPLT Healthcare - August 27th, 2025
Accolades
Involvement
- Director – Governing Board, Legal Aid Chicago, the largest provider of civil legal services in the city of Chicago