Experience

• • Gogo in the offering and sale of $925 million in aggregate principal amount by Gogo Intermediate Holdings and Gogo Finance Co., each wholly-owned subsidiaries of Gogo, of their 9.875% senior secured notes due 2024.
  • Japan Post Holdings in its purchase of a strategic stake of approximately 7% of outstanding common shares of Aflac.
  • High Ridge Brands, a leading personal care consumer products company and a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its $250 million offering of 8.875% senior notes due 2025.
  • High Ridge Brands, a leading personal care consumer products company and a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Dr. Fresh.
  • Greater Media in its $240 million sale to Beasley Broadcast Group.
  • Barclays and Credit Suisse, as lead underwriters, in the $169 million initial public offering by GMS.
  • Hertz in its $2.5 billion spin-off of its equipment and rental business.
  • Providence Equity Partners and SRA in the merger of SRA with the government services unit of CSC, creating the largest pure-play IT services provider serving the U.S. government sector.
  • Tribune Media in the refinancing of its $3.773 billion term loan facility and its $1.1 billion offering of 5.875% senior notes due 2022.
  • Tribune Media Company in the listing of its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Tribune Media Company in its spin-off of Tribune Publishing Company.
  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell in the $24.9 billion sale of Dell to an investor group including Michael Dell and Silver Lake.
  • Verizon Communications in its $49 billion bond offering, the largest ever corporate bond issue, as well as over $10 billion in additional debt financing to finance, in part, Verizon’s acquisition of Vodafone Group Plc’s 45% indirect ownership interest in Verizon Wireless.
  • Gogo in its $187 million initial public offering of common stock.
  • HD Supply in its $1.1 billion initial public offering of common stock.
  • Syniverse Holdings in its delayed draw term loan credit agreement of up to $700 million on the acquisition of W.P. Roaming III S.a r.l. ("MACH").
  • Access Industries in the financings for its $3.3 billion acquisition of Warner Music Group.
  • Sears Holding Corporation in its sale of up to 23.1 million shares of common stock of Sears Hometown and Outlet stores.
  • Westpac in the establishment of a U.S. registered retail medium-term notes program and subsequent offerings.