Parker, Susan Yoon

Susan Yoon Parker

Partner

She/Her/Hers

susan.parker@lw.com
    Parker, Susan Yoon

    Susan Yoon Parker

    Partner

    susan.parker@lw.com

    Profile

    Susan Parker, Chair of the Boston Finance Department, advises private equity sponsors, investment funds, and operating companies across all stages of the investment life cycle, with a particular focus on the middle market.

    Susan leverages fluency in all levels of the capital structure and interdisciplinary fund experience — including in-house at global investment institutions such as Audax Group and  The Boston Consulting Group — to help clients navigate:

    • Private equity and growth equity financings, including ABL facilities, cash flow financings, NAV financings, and ARR financings
    • GPU financings
    • Structured equity and pre-IPO financings 
    • M&A, joint ventures, and other direct investments
    • Debt financings for emerging companies

    She identifies transactional risks before they jeopardize a deal and devises creative solutions that allow clients to achieve their commercial objectives.    

    Susan maintains an active pro bono practice, including various representations of minors through KIND, a nonprofit organization focused on providing high-quality legal representation to children in immigration court, and matters for GLAD Law, a nonprofit legal rights organization headquartered in Boston.

    A recognized leader at the firm, Susan previously served on the Hiring Committee.

    Experience

    Susan’s experience includes advising:

    • Intentsify, a global provider of B2B intent data and signal-based go-to-market solutions, on acquiring Salutary Data, a provider of highly curated contacts and company intelligence
    • WestView Capital Partners and portfolio company Prime Electric on Truelink Capital’s investment in Prime Electric
    • WestView Capital Partners and portfolio company The Phia Group on InTandem Capital Partners’ investment in The Phia Group
    • WestView Capital Partners on its investments in:
      • EyeQ Monitoring, a leading provider of remote video monitoring and security intelligence solutions
      • Hoist Global Tech Solutions, a global systems integrator and services provider focused on IFS’ suite of enterprise software
      • CardFlight, a leading SaaS payment technology platform
      • Physician Life Care Planning, a provider of physician-authored life care plans, as well as other damages valuation and litigation support services
      • Roko Labs, a full-service custom software development firm
    • Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, on:
      • Acquiring a majority stake in DecisionHR, a national provider of human resources outsourcing solutions
      • Acquiring a majority stake in DAS Health Ventures, a healthcare IT and business solutions provider
    • Charlesbank Capital Partners on a growth investment in CENTEGIX, an Atlanta-based provider of innovative workplace safety solutions
    • Oaktree Capital Management on the financing to acquire:
      • FilmRise, a leading independent digital streaming content distributor, and merge it with existing portfolio company Shout! Studios, an independent film and television distributor
      • LPW Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of critical-use valves, actuators, fittings, and flanges
    • Crosstimbers Capital Group and portfolio company Tachus Fiber Internet on Ezee Fiber’s acquisition of Tachus
    • OfferFit, an AI decisioning company, on its US$325 million sale to Braze
    • Spectrum Equity and portfolio company Datassential, a leading global food and beverage intelligence platform, on Datassential’s sale to New Mountain Capital and Endicott Capital
    • The Sterling Group on acquiring Pavement Preservation Group and Vance Brothers
    • Prospect Hill Growth Partners on selling Fitness Ventures, the second-largest Crunch Fitnessfranchisee, to Meaningful Partners
    • Priority Power Management on its sale to I Squared Capital
    • Desktop Metal on its all-cash acquisition by Nano Dimension
    • Madhive, the leading technology company for local Connected TV advertising (CTV), on acquiring Frequence, the premier omnichannel ad sales enablement and workflow software for local media companies and agencies
    • JDH Capital on acquiring Precision Sport from Clarus
    • Yellow Wood Partners on acquiring Elida Beauty from Unilever
    • TA Associates on its strategic growth investment in Alpha II, a provider of revenue cycle management technology solutions to healthcare providers across the care continuum
    • Extensiv, a leader in omnichannel fulfillment solutions, on securing a US$80 million senior secured loan from Runway Growth Capital
    • Marcolin on the financing aspects of renewing its TOM FORD eyewear license
    • Numerous private equity and growth equity firms on continuation fund transactions, bridge financings, management company financings, and capital call financings

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • Massachusetts

    Education

    • JD, George Washington University Law School
      with honors
    • MTS, Harvard Divinity School
    • BA, Wesleyan University
      Phi Beta Kappa, with highest honors

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