Alexandra Mihalas
Overview
Alexandra Mihalas is a partner in the Firm's employee benefits practice. Her practice focuses primarily on transactional ERISA matters for private and public companies, with a particular emphasis on acquisitions and sales by venture capital and other private equity funds, and the ERISA issues that arise in complex bankruptcy restructurings. Alexandra also advises clients regarding legal compliance of qualified and non-qualified defined benefit and defined contribution plans and employee welfare benefit plans.
Alexandra was mentioned in the following articles:
Big Deals: TIAA-CREF/Nuveen
The American Lawyer, May 2014
Big Deals: BMC Software Buyout
The American Lawyer, July 2013
H.I.G. wins auction for Allion Healthcare
The Daily Deal, October 2009
Announcement: Sale by ConAgra Foods of its commodity trading and distribution business to hedge fund Ospraie for $2.1 billion
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 2008
"Big Deals: Valor Communications Group"
The American Lawyer, March 2006
"Big Deals: Constellation Energy Group"
The American Lawyer, March 2006
Experience
Representative Matters
Ryan, LLC, a global tax services, software and technology firm, on a $950 million initial term loan B, $225 million of revolving commitments and $100 million of delayed draw term loan B commitments
KKR in its $4.475 billion acquisition of the Atlantic Aviation business of Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.
New Mountain Capital, LLC in its sale of Careismatic Brands, Inc. to Partners Group
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. in its $160 million acquisition of BestReviews
Guidon Operating LLC in the divestiture of all leasehold interests and related assets to Diamondback Energy, Inc. for a mixture of cash and shares of Diamondback common stock
L Catterton-led consortium in its acquisition of Truck Hero, Inc.
Trinseo in the €1.137 billion contemplated acquisition of Arkema’s PMMA business
Robert Redford, the actor, filmmaker and conservationist, and his affiliate Sundance Partners in connection with the sale of the Sundance Mountain Resort to Broadreach Capital Partners and Cedar Capital Partners
Olympus Partners in its sale of Ennis-Flint Inc.
Donuts Inc. in its acquisition of Afilias, Inc.
Blackstone Energy Partners in its acquisitions of Therma Holdings LLC, a leading specialty mechanical, electrical and controls services company, and RE Tech Advisors, Inc., a leading energy and sustainability consulting firm, to form a single combined company that will offer customers a comprehensive suite of sustainability, carbon reduction, and energy management services.
GTCR in its acquisition of Consumer Cellular, Inc.
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners in its acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, LLC.
Pike Corporation, a leading, integrated provider of construction, repair and engineering services for distribution and transmission power lines and substations, in its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2028.
TZP Group in its strategic investment in Evergent Technologies.
Revolution II WI Holding Company, LLC, an affiliate of Mountain Capital Partners, LP, in its approximately $201.5 million acquisition of Jones Energy II, Inc. in an all-cash transaction.
Brookfield Business Partners L.P., and certain of its affiliates and institutional partners in the acquisition by merger of the outstanding publicly held common units of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.
Hilcorp Alaska in its $5.6 billion acquisition of BP’s upstream and midstream business in Alaska.
Callon Petroleum Company in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
Elite Compression Services and its sponsor JDH Capital in the $410 million sale of approximately 430,000 of predominately large-horsepower compression assets to Archrock, Inc., and the $30 million purchase by Harvest Midstream Company of 80,000 active and idle compression horsepower from Archrock, Inc.
C&J Energy Services in an approximately $1.8 billion merger-of-equals with Keane Group.
Abry Partners in its investment in ADURO.
H.I.G. Capital in its sale of Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. d/b/a CPower to LS Power.
Newfield Exploration Co. in its approximately $5.5 billion acquisition by Encana Corp. in an all-stock transaction.
Shamrock Capital Advisors in its sale of Giant Creative Strategy LLC.
OmniClaim, a healthcare cost containment and payment integrity solutions provider, in its sale to Equian, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital.
Warburg Pincus and Zenith Energy U.S., L.P. in the approximately $750 million acquisition of Arc Logistics Partners LP and its general partner, Arc Logistics GP LLC, along with certain related assets held by owners of Arc Logistics Partners.
GTCR in its pending acquisition of GreatCall Inc.
Peak Holding Corp. in its $100 million sale to Itron, Inc.
Cision, Inc. in its $2.4 billion merger with Capitol Acquisition Corp. III.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of Daymon Worldwide Inc.
The Blackstone Group and ArcLight in connection with the $2.17 billion acquisition of four Midwest power plants from subsidiaries of American Electric Power.
ABRY Partners in its $2.25 billion sale of RCN Telecom Services, LLC and Grande Communications Networks, LLC.
The Sun Products Corporation in its $3.6 billion sale to Henkel Consumer Goods Inc.
Shamrock Capital Advisors, LLC in its acquisition of Recorded Books Holdings Inc.
Olympus Partners in its $1.35 billion sale of The Waddington Group to Jarden Corp.
Virtual Radiologic Corporation in its pending $500 million sale to MEDNAX, Inc.
ICV Partners in its sale of Marshall Retail Group to Brentwood Associates.
KKR in its merger of assets held by KKR Natural Resources Funds with the assets of Legend Production Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings LLC, to create a new oil and gas company called Trinity River Energy, LLC.
Madison Dearborn Partners in its $6.25 billion sale of Nuveen Investments.
Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital in their $6.9 billion acquisition of BMC Software.
WideOpenWest in its $750 million acquisition of Knology Inc.
Thoma Bravo LLC in its $717 million take-private acquisition SonicWALL Inc.
Apax Partners in its $1.4 billion going-private acquisition of The TriZetto Group, Inc.
Advantage Partners, LLP in its acquisition of GST AutoLeather, Inc. from SILLC Holdings, LLC.
Apax Partners and Bain Capital in their acquisition of a minority stake in the semiconductor business of Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
Constellation Energy Group in its $11 billion merger with FPL Group, Inc.
Valor Communications Group in its $9.1 billion merger with Alltel Corporation.
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Memberships & Affiliations
Advisory Board Member of the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation
Co-Chair of the Chicago Women’s Leadership Initiative
Member of the Firmwide Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Member of the Pro Bono Management Committee
Member of the Chicago Associate Review Committee
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 1991Illinois
- 1994District of Columbia
- 2000New York
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude1991
- Haverford CollegeB.S., Chemistrymagna cum laude1987