Sharon Freiman

Since joining Kirkland, Sharon has been involved in the following matters: 

• Funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in connection with its acquisition of American Bath Group, LLC, including ABG’s offering of $510 million of unsecured high-yield notes.
• LLamasoft in its $1.5 billion sale to Coupa Software and TPG, Goldman Sachs and MK Capital in the registered offering of the shares they received in the transaction.

Prior to joining the Firm, Sharon was involved in the following matters:

• Represented a leading pharmaceutical company in connection with its offering of senior notes.
• Represented a Texas-based bank holding company in connection with its issuance of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes and subsequent exchange offer.
• Represented a leading ridesharing company in connection with its initial public offering.
• Represented the underwriters in the initial public offerings of two clinical-stage biopharmaceutical companies.
• Represented the underwriters in connection with the initial public offerings of three bank holding companies in Texas, Washington and Maryland.
• Represented a leading international tequila company in its private offering of shares pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S and its concurrent initial public offering in Mexico.
• Represented a media and entertainment conglomerate in various domestic and international debt offerings.
• Represented a leading provider of wireless infrastructure:
  • in various debt and equity capital markets transactions; and
  • in its acquisition of a fiber services provider.
• Represented a financial advisory and asset management firm in its registered debt offering and related redemption.
• Represented the underwriters in the high-yield debt offering of a global provider of security products and solutions.
• Represented the underwriters in the concurrent offering of common shares and mandatory convertible securities of a leading global automaker.
• Represented a multinational telecommunications equipment company in connection with its unsecured revolving credit facility and term facility.
• Represented leading investment banks in their capacities as arrangers of secured and unsecured credit facilities and dealer managers of equity tender offers.
• Represented Credit Suisse as administrative agent and lender in connection with the bankruptcy of UCI International, LLC and certain of its affiliates.
• Provided pro bono legal services to multiple small business owners in the New York area.

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