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
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Symphony Technology Group in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Momentive Global - June 2nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Vector Capital in Acquisition of Riverbed Technology - May 30th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Sisecam Chemical Resources LLC in Acquisition of Sisecam Resources LP - May 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises SAI360 in Evotix Acquisition - May 5th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Symphony Technology Group in $1.5 Billion Acquisition of Momentive Global - March 14th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Vector Capital in Sale of MarkLogic to Progress - January 3rd, 2023
- Symphony Technology Group Acquires eProductivity Software - January 5th, 2022
- Francisco Partners Announces Sale of Quest Software - November 30th, 2021
- Cheetah Digital to Merge with CM Group - October 21st, 2021
- Precisely to Acquire Winshuttle from Symphony Technology Group - June 15th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Launches Interdisciplinary Energy Transition & Infrastructure Team to Help Clients Prepare for Low-Carbon Future - June 9th, 2021
- Symphony Technology Group to Acquire FireEye Products Business for $1.2 Billion - June 2nd, 2021
- Press Ganey Acquires SPH Analytics - May 26th, 2021
- Symphony Technology Group to Acquire McAfee’s Enterprise Business for $4 Billion - March 8th, 2021
- Healthcare Bluebook Acquires Quality Division of Quantros - February 25th, 2021
- NGL Energy Partners Obtains $2.55 Billion Financing - February 5th, 2021
- Vector Capital agrees to acquire MarkLogic Corp. - October 8th, 2020
- Jacobs Engineering Obtains $1 Billion Term Loan Facility - March 27th, 2020
- Saba Software To Be Acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand for $1.4 Billion - February 25th, 2020
- Symphony Technology Group to Sell First Advantage to Silver Lake - November 27th, 2019
insights
- Credit Agreement Considerations for Borrowers after Russian Invasion of Ukraine - March 10th, 2022
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Considerations for Private Equity Investors from the Paul Hastings Private Equity Practice - March 9th, 2020
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Considerações para Investidores de Private Equity da Prática de Private Equity de Paul Hastings - March 9th, 2020
- Knowledge and Geographic Ties Strengthen Capital Lending for the Energy Industry - February 11th, 2019
Involvement
- Serves as a board member of Women in Law Empowerment Forum, Houston Chapter