Sunil W. Savkar is a corporate partner and member of the Finance Group. His practice focuses on complex acquisition and leveraged financings.
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Experience
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- Assurant in the financing aspects of the $1.3 billion sale of its Global Preneed business to CUNA Mutual Group.
- Brigade Capital Management in providing $95 million in debtor-in-possession financing to Alpha Media, LLC in its chapter 11 case pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
- Entities managed by Blackstone Group in the financing aspects of the $2.8 billion acquisition of Allstate Life Insurance Company.
- HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the financing aspects of the acquisition of Altruista, a care management software company that delivers care management and population health management solutions that support value-based and person-centered care models.
- Kelso & Company in the financing aspects of its investment in Inmark.
- Individual FoodService, a Kelso & Company portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its merger with Brady Industries.
- Third Point Re in the financing aspects of its $788 million merger with Sirius Group.
- HealthEdge and its controlling shareholder, Blackstone, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of The Burgess Group, an innovative payment integrity software company focused on improving healthcare payment operations through a cloud-based technology platform.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its investment in World 50, a provider of private peer communities for business executives.
- Blackstone Group in the financing aspects of its acquisition of HealthEdge, a leading technology business that delivers next generation Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) solutions to healthcare businesses.
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Match Group, a dating company with a market value of over $30 billion, in its separation from IAC.
- Resolution Life in the financing aspects of its $1.25 billion acquisition of Voya Financial’s individual life in-force business.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $205 million acquisition of Cynosure from Hologic.
- Reynolds Group and Closure Systems International (CSI) in the financing aspects of Cerberus Capital Management’s acquisition of CSI businesses and facilities from Reynolds Group.
- RL LP in the financing aspects of its sale of Lincoln Benefit Life to an affiliate of Kuvare US Holdings.
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity in the financing aspects of its sale of CoAdvantage to Aquiline Capital.
- One Rock Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of the Engineered Components and Systems segment of Actuant Corporation.
- Manna Pro, a manufacturer and marketer of pet care and nutrition products and a Morgan Stanley Capital Partners portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Hero Pet Brands.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Educate 360 Holdings.
- Berkshire Partners in the debt financing for its acquisition of Implus Corporation, a leading provider of consumer products in the accessories marketplace, and in Implus’ subsequent add-ons and refinancing.
- Freeman Spogli & Co. in the debt financing for the acquisition of CRH Healthcare, a leading urgent care platform in the Southeast.
- Avista Capital Partners in the debt financing for its portfolio company Kramer Laboratories, Inc., a marketer of over-the-counter (OTC) foot care and specialty cough products.
- Avista Capital Partners in the debt financing for the acquisition of Express Scripts’ Subsidiary, United BioSource, a leading provider of pharmaceutical and patient support services.
- Avista Capital Partners in the debt financing for the acquisition of National Spine & Pain Centers, a provider of administrative services to pain management clinics.
- Berkshire Partners in the initial debt financing for its acquisition of Parts Town, a leading distributor of genuine original equipment manufacturer repair and maintenance parts for the food service industry, and in Parts Town’s subsequent add-ons and refinancings.
- Berkshire Partners in the debt financing for its acquisition of Masergy Communications, a leading global service provider offering innovative hybrid networking, security, and cloud communications solutions.
- Mercury Systems in obtaining financing for the acquisition of the embedded security, radio frequency, and microelectronics business from Microsemi.
- Berkshire Partners in the initial debt financing for the acquisition of Access Information Management, a provider of records and information management services, and in Access Information Management’s subsequent add-ons and refinancings.
- Bain Capital and Trinseo S.A., a leading global materials company engaged in the manufacture and marketing of emulsion polymers and plastics, in the refinancing of Trinseo’s senior secured credit facilities and unsecured senior notes.
- Berkshire Partners in the debt financing for its acquisition of Catalina Marketing, a provider of consumer-driven media solutions to CPG manufacturers and retailers.
- Bain Capital in the sale of Applied Systems, Inc. to Hellman & Friedman.
- Berkshire Partners in the debt financing for the acquisition and merger of Light Tower Fiber Networks and Sidera Networks, the subsequent add-on acquisition of Fibertech Networks, and the subsequent sale of Light Tower by Berkshire Partners to Crown Castle.
- Berkshire Partners, Bain Capital and Advent International in the debt financing for the acquisition of SkillSoft, various financings for add-on acquisitions and in its subsequent sale to Charterhouse Capital Partners.
- TPG Capital in the debt financing for the acquisition of J.Crew and its subsequent refinancings, including a PIK toggle notes issuance.
Education
- Columbia Law School, 1998, J.D.
- Cornell University, 1990, Master's of Engineering
- Cornell University, 1989, B.S.