Lindsay R. Sparks

Partner, Corporate Department

lindsaysparks@paulhastings.com

Palo Alto

Phone: 1(650) 320-1893

Fax: 1(650) 320-1993

Houston

Phone: 1(713) 860-7308

Fax: 1(713) 353-3329

Overview

Lindsay Sparks is partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings. Ms. Sparks focuses her practice on leveraged finance and other debt capital market transactions. She has particular experience representing borrowers in secured lending matters, including asset based and reserve-based revolving credit facilities, term loan facilities, acquisition financings, cash-flow and margin stock loans, second lien and subordinated debt facilities, private debt offerings, and other corporate and real estate financings (both secured and unsecured).

Ms. Sparks has significant transactional experience in a variety of industries, including the energy sector and technology and software sector. Ms. Sparks also has extensive experience in healthcare, datacenters, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, ski resorts and transportation and distribution industries and cross-border transactions.

Recognitions

Recognized by Super Lawyer in its California Rising Stars listings in 2015
Recognized in the Top 20 Under 40 in the California Daily Journal

Education

University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 2001
University of California Berkeley, B.A., 1997

Representations

Vector Capital in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Aspect Software
Vector Capital in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Cheetah Digital, a cross-channel marketing solutions provider
Vector Capital in connection with the financing of Host Analytics
Symphony Technology Partners in connection with the financing of Winshuttle, an automated solutions provider
Symphony Technology Partners in connection with the financing of AFS Technologies
GI Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of MRI Software
GI Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of California Cryobank and Cord Blood Registry
GI Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Single Digits, Inc.
GI Partners in connection with the financing of Flexential, a national IT infrastructure and cloud provider
GI Partners in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Keller Bergensons Services, a leading provider of integrated facilities management services
GI Partners in connection with the financing of the Logibec, a Canadian healthcare IT company
NetSmart, a provider of health services and management process solutions and electronic records, in connection with its revolving and term loan facilities
Kayne Anderson’s closed end funds in connection with their revolving and term loan credit facilities over $1 billion of privately placed senior notes
Tortoise Capital’s closed end funds in connection with their credit facilities and private notes issuances
Dole Food Company in connection with its senior secured credit facility and 144A bond offering
Woodward Inc. in connection with its $1 billion revolving credit facility and private note offerings
Jacobs Engineering Group in connection with its revolving credit facility and note purchase agreements
Masimo Corporation, a manufacturer of noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, in connection with its $225 senior credit facility
NGL Energy Partners LP in connection with its revolving credit facility
Lotus Midstream in connection with the financing of Centurion Pipeline LP
Titan Energy, LLC in connection with its reserve-based revolving credit facility and second lien term loan facility
Atlas Energy Group, LLC in connection with its term loan facility
Atlas Growth Partners, L.P. in connection with its revolving credit facility
Tall Oak Midstream in connection with two senior credit facilities to fund the operations of two of its subsidiaries, TOMPC, LLC and TOM-STACK, LLC