Polina Liberman

Middle-market direct lender focused on providing liquidity support to funds and portfolios in a NAV credit facility to a private investment firm that provides strategic capital and operational guidance to founder-led businesses.

GTCR, Sycamore Partners and CommerceHub in its strategic investment in CommerceHub from Insight Partners.

Funds advised by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. in its majority equity investment in Syncapay, Inc. for the acquisition of North Lane Technologies and combination with daVinci Payments.

CapVest Partners in its acquisition of Datasite Global Corporation, a leading Software-as-a-Service provider.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in its acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, LLC.

GTCR and Mega Broadband Investments (MBI) in the sale of a 45% minority stake in MBI to Cable One, Inc. 

GTCR in its minority growth investment in CAPTRUST.

Centerbridge Partners L.P. in its acquisition of Industrial Container Services, Inc. from Aurora Capital Group.

Cision, Inc. in its $2.4 billion merger with Capitol Acquisition Corp. III.

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc. ("CEOC") in its Chapter 11 restructuring. CEOC, a majority owned subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, provides casino entertainment services and owns, operates or manages 44 gaming and resort properties in 13 states of the United States and in five countries primarily under the Caesars, Harrah's and Horseshoe brand names. CEOC and its debtor subsidiaries had more than $18.4 billion in funded debt obligations as of the commencement of their Chapter 11 cases.

Edison Mission Energy (EME) in its Chapter 11 restructuring of approximately $5 billion of senior unsecured notes and project debt. EME, through its subsidiaries, owns or leases and operates a portfolio of more than 40 electric generating facilities powered by coal, natural gas, wind and biomass, as well as an energy marketing and trading operation.

GTCR and GreatCall, Inc. in the $800 million sale of GreatCall, Inc. to Best Buy Co., Inc.

Hawker Beechcraft Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of business, special mission, light attack and trainer aircraft, in its successful prearranged Chapter 11 cases. The restructuring involved conversion of approximately $2.5 billion of bank and bond debt to equity at the time of filing.

H.I.G. Capital in its sale of Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. d/b/a CPower to LS Power.

KKR/Venado Oil and Gas, LLC in its $300 million acquisition of certain of EXCO Resources, Inc.’s producing and non-producing oil and natural gas properties in South Texas.

Seneca Resources Corporation in the formation of its drilling partnership to develop unconventional resources in Pennsylvania with an affiliate of IOG Capital, LP and Fortress Investment Group, LLC.

Kirkland & Ellis, Summer 2009

Global Hyatt Corporation, Summer 2008

Pircher Nichols & Meeks, Summer 2008