Stephanie Teicher

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

Ms. Teicher guides private equity firms, portfolio companies, strategic investors, and banks on complex and traditional financings, with a particular focus on the telecommunications, media, and technology sectors. Specifically, she advises on:

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

Ms. Teicher draws on extensive experience advising leading financial institutions on transactions involving name brands and industry leading companies. She is regularly recommended for Banking and Finance in Chambers Global and Chambers USA and for Private Equity Buyouts, Finance and Media, Technology, Telecoms, and Entertainment in The Legal 500. In 2021 and 2022, IFRL 1000 recognized Ms. Teicher as one of America’s Women Leaders and Euromoney Legal Media Group named her Best in Banking and Finance in 2016 and 2018.

Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Teicher 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 the firm’s private equity practice.

Ms. Teicher’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity Transactions

• The Blackstone Group on the:
  • Financing for its acquisition of Lendmark Financial Services*
  • Financing for portfolio company The Performance Food Group’s proposed (but terminated) acquisition of 11 US Foods and Sysco distribution centers*
• NorWest Equity Partners on the financing for its acquisitions of West Star Aviation and the Clover Imaging Group*
• One Equity Partners on the financing for its carve-out acquisition of PGW Auto Glass
• Pamplona Capital Management on the:
  • Financing for its acquisition of Veritext*
  • Financings for portfolio companies CSC ServiceWorks and Latham Pool*
  • Sale of nThrive’s technology business to Clearlake Capital*
• Permira Advisers on the financing for its acquisitions of:
  • Atrium Innovations*
  • Axiom* (recognized as IFR’s 2019 North American Middle Market Deal of the Year)
  • Cambrex*
  • Cielo*
  • DiversiTech*
  • Intelligrated*
  • Lyophilization Services of New England*
  • Renaissance Learning*
• TPG Capital on the financing for its acquisition of The Warranty Group*
• Veritas Capital on the financing for its :
  • Acquisition of Cubic Corp.*
  • Portfolio company Cotiviti’s acquisition of technology, analytics, and engagement solution assets from HMS*

  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 US$3.0 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility
  • Cineworld Group, plc on its US$4.3 billion financing to acquire Regal Entertainment Group and its US$2.3 billion financing in its terminated acquisition of Cineplex*
  • E.I. DuPont de Nemours in numerous financing transactions, including:
    • Financing aspects of its US$130 billion merger with Dow*
    • The US$7.5 billion financing for the spin-off of its nutritional and biosciences segment in a reverse Morris trust transaction*
    • Its US$5.2 billion financing in connection with its pending acquisition of Rogers Corporation*
    • Las Vegas Sands on its US$1.2 billion seller financing to Apollo Global Management affiliates in connection with its pending sale of the Venetian and the Palazzo*
  • NCR on its:
    • US$2.7 billion financing in connection with its acquisition of Cadtronics*
    • US$1.2 billion bridge credit facility in connection with its acquisition of Digital Insight*
  • NetScout Systems on its US$800 million credit facility in connection with acquiring the communications business split off from Danaher*

  Lender Transactions

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank on credit facilities for:
    • Bed Bath & Beyond*
    • Clearwater Analytics*
    • Crown Castle International*
    • Grab Holdings*
    • 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 (f/k/a Snapchat)*
    • Uber Technologies*

  *Matter handled prior to joining Latham