Scott Fryman

Since joining Kirkland, Scott's representative matters have included: 

• Form Technologies, Inc., a leading global group of precision component manufacturers, in a $1.2 billion comprehensive recapitalization and debt exchange transaction that eliminated approximately $240 million of total funded debt, including full repayment of Form Technologies’ second lien term loan, partial repayment of the first lien term loan, and an amendment and 3.5-year maturity extension of the $733 million the company’s first lien revolver and term loan debt. The transaction was funded through the proceeds of a $300 million new money preferred equity investment from its existing equity holders and certain of its lenders 

• Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. in its sale of Simpson Performance Products 

• Lexitas in its acquisition of Registered Agent Solutions Inc. 

• CC Capital and Motive Partners in the acquisition of Wilshire Associates 

• Accenture in its acquisition of CreativeDrive 

• Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics 

• Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, LP in its joint venture with affiliates of Ascendant Capital Partners to invest in Watermark Lodging Trust, Inc. 

• Ares Management in its acquisition of a majority interest in SSG Capital

• Windjammer Capital in its acquisition of Hilco Vision

• Lovell Minnick Partners in its acquisition of Tortoise Investments

Prior to joining Kirkland, Scott’s representative matters included:

• Sanofi in its up to $750M acquisition of Protein Sciences

• AK Steel in its $360M acquisition of Precision Partners Holding Company

• inVentiv Health in its $4.6B merger with INC Research

• OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of Inmar from ABRY Partners

• Secured lenders to retailer Things Remembered in its out-of-court restructuring

• Ennis-Flint, a portfolio company of Brazos Equity Partners, in its merger with an affiliate of Olympus Partners

• General Electric in connection with its $30 billion sale of GE Capital’s global Commercial Distribution Finance, North American Vendor Finance and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo & Co

• General Electric in its agreement to sell its U.S., Mexico, Australia and New Zealand fleet businesses to Element Financial Corporation for approximately $6.9 billion

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 2015–2017