Stephanie Teicher advises companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies and strategic investors across all stages of the corporate and investment life cycle.

Stephanie draws on over 25 years of experience to guide her clients to achieve their goals on a full range of financing transactions. She regularly advises on:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Bridge loans
  • Private placements

She forges long-term relationships with her clients and leverages her extensive market knowledge to collaborate on novel and creative transaction structures.

Stephanie consistently garners recognition from leading publications, including Chambers Global and Chambers USA, Euromoney Legal Media Group, IFLR 1000, and Legal 500 US. She was named Best in Banking and Finance at the 2016 and 2018 Euromoney — Americas Women in Business Law Awards and one of IFLR’s 2021 and 2022 America’s Women Leaders.

Before joining Latham, Stephanie was a partner at another leading global law firm, where she served on the firm’s policy committee (its highest governing body) and as co-head of its private equity practice.

Stephanie’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity Transactions

  • Apollo on the financing for its strategic partnership and physician-led buyout of GI Alliance 
  • The Blackstone Group on the financing for its acquisition of Lendmark Financial*
  • Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on the financing for its acquisition of a minority interest in NIPSCO
  • EQT on numerous financings, including refinancings for its portfolio companies CFC and ICON Group
  • H.I.G. Capital on numerous financings, including the financings for its acquisitions of RBMedia, Ascent Global Logistics, Health-E Commerce, and Mainline Information Systems
  • Madison Dearborn Partners on the financing for its acquisition of Wilmington Trust’s collective investment trust business
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners on the financing for its acquisition of Apex Companies
  • One Equity Partners on various financings, including its carve-out acquisition of PGW Auto Glass
  • Permira Advisers on the financing for numerous acquisitions, including Atrium Innovations, Axiom, Cambrex, Cielo, DiversiTech, Intelligrated, and Renaissance Learning*
  • Tallvine Partners on its acquisition of DonJon Marine
  • TPG Capital on the financing for its acquisition of The Warranty Group*
  • Veritas Capital and The Veritas Vantage Fund on the financing for numerous acquisitions*
  • Wendel SE on the financing for its acquisition of Crisis Prevention Institute and the merger of its portfolio company Allied Barton Security with Universal Services of America*

Corporate Transactions

  • A&E Television Networks on its private placement of senior notes and credit facility to finance its redemption of NBC’s equity in A&E*
  • Advanced Micro Devices on its sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, and financing for its acquisition of ZT Systems
  • Ares in its acquisition of the international business of GLP Capital Partners
  • Cadence on its acquisition of the design and engineering business of Hexagon AB
  • Cineworld Group PLC on the financing for its acquisition of Regal Entertainment and its terminated acquisition of Cineplex*
  • E.I. DuPont de Nemours in numerous financing transactions, including related to its merger with Dow, the spinoff of its nutritional and biosciences segment in a reverse Morris trust transaction, its acquisition of Rogers Corporation, and the spinoff of Chemours*
  • Evertec on the financing for its acquisition of Sinqia
  • FIS in its acquisition of Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business and concurrent sale of its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments
  • Ironwood Pharmaceuticals on the financing for its acquisition of VectivBio Holdings AG
  • Las Vegas Sands on its seller financing to Apollo Global Management affiliates in connection with its sale of the Venetian and the Palazzo*
  • Lincoln International on the financing for its acquisition of Marshberry
  • NetScout Systems on its financing in connection with acquiring the communications business split off from Danaher*
  • Tapestry on the financing for its acquisition of Capri Holdings
  • Thomson Reuters in connection with its acquisition of Casetext

Lender Transactions

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank on credit facilities for Bed Bath & Beyond, Clearwater Analytics, Crown Castle International, Grab Holdings, and Pinterest*
  • Morgan Stanley Senior Funding on financings for Airbnb, AVG Technologies, Blue Apron, Cypress Semiconductor, Dialog Semiconductor, Dropbox, The Lending Club, Microsemi, Palantir, Shutterfly, Silicon Graphics, Snap, and Uber Technologies*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1996
  • BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1993