Avery Stefan advises clients on all aspects of financing transactions.

Avery represents both private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies public and private companies, and lenders in connection with:

  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Highly leveraged financings
  • Cash-flow and asset-based facilities
  • Recurring revenue-based facilities
  • Recapitalizations
  • Work-outs and restructurings
  • Liability management transactions
  • Special situation transactions, including syndicated and privately placed financings

Avery maintains a pro bono practice and has enjoyed working with the Alliance for Children’s Rights to facilitate successful adoptions through the organization. Avery has also handled translation of written documents from French to English to support an asylum claim under the grounds of racial and ethnic persecution.

Avery served as president of the USC Gould School of Law Business Law Society, alumni chair of the Women’s Law Association, was a member of the Entertainment Law Society, a barristers student liaison to the Los Angeles County Bar Association, a member of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program, and a property law teaching assistant. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Avery worked in M&A advisory on the sell-side and in insurance consulting as a licensed broker.

Avery’s experience includes representing:

  • Alteryx, Inc.*
  • Amerijet Holdings, Inc.*
  • Apex MidCo, LLC*
  • Brightly Software, Inc.*
  • Buyers Edge Platform, LLC*
  • Clearlake Capital Group L.P.*
  • Dodge Construction Network LLC*
  • Elevation Services Parent Holdings, LLC*
  • Les Schwab Group Holdings LLC*
  • Restaurant Brands International Inc.*
  • Securrency, Inc.*
  • The Results Companies LLC*
  • Zywave, Inc.*

*Client represented prior to joining Latham

Select transactions include:

  • The Results Companies LLC, a customer contact solutions provider, on an increased revolving credit facility and an incremental term loan facility in connection with the acquisition of Huntswood CTC Limited**
  • Amerijet International Airlines and certain of its affiliates and subsidiaries in connection with their comprehensive financial and operational restructuring**
  • Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its US$4.4 billion take-private acquisition of Alteryx, Inc.**
  • Restaurant Brands International, Inc. a multinational fast-food holding company comprised of Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and Tim Hortons, and its predecessors, on ongoing financing matters relating to their revolving credit facility and certain term loan facilities**
  • Arcline Investment Management in its financing for the acquisition of various elevator service companies across the United States and related subsequent refinancings and incremental financings**

**Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2023
  • BA in Journalism & French, Southern Methodist University, 2014
    magna cum laude