Ryan T. Rafferty, P.C.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Ryan advised clients in the following matters:

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $2.9 billion acquisition of White Cap, a leading distributor of specialty concrete and construction products, and its combination of White Cap with CSG, a leading U.S. distributor of specialty concrete and masonry accessories, for a total transaction value of approximately $4 billion.
• TPG Capital in the sale of Adare Pharmaceuticals, a leading specialty contract development and manufacturing organization, to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Frazier Healthcare Partners and the related separation of Adare’s Eosinophilic Esophagitis product into a TPG-backed entity.
• J.C. Flowers and AmeriLife Group in the financing aspects of the sale of AmeriLife to Thomas H. Lee Partners.
• The Carlyle Group in the financing aspects of its $1.8 billion acquisition, with T&D Holdings, of a majority interest in Fortitude Re.
• TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the financing aspects of their $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.
• Dealer Tire in the financing aspects of a significant investment by Bain Capital Private Equity.
• TPG Growth in an investment by U.S. Steel in Big River Steel valuing Big River Steel at $2.325 billion.
• TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with Humana, in the financing aspects of their $1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services.
• Elliott Management in the financing aspects of its $683 million acquisition of Barnes & Noble, the largest retail bookseller in the U.S.
• Vets First Choice in the financing aspects of its merger with the Henry Schein Animal Health business to create Covetrus, a new standalone public company.
• Providence Service Corporation in a strategic partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners in Matrix Medical Network.
• Booz Allen Hamilton, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, in the $399 million refinancing of its existing term loan B credit facility.
• The Carlyle Group in the financing aspects of its investment in NEP Group, the leading worldwide provider of outsourced production solutions offering technical services for remote production, studio production, video display, host broadcasting, post production, smart asset / media management, multi-screen delivery and end-to-end OTT solutions.
• Logix Communications, a portfolio company of Astra Capital Management, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Alpheus Holdings.
• SunSource, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of United Distribution Group, one of the largest distributors of industrial components and assemblies in North America.
• SunSource, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Ryan Herco Flow Solutions, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada.
• TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, with Humana, in the financing aspects of their $1.4 billion acquisition of Curo Health Services.
• The Carlyle Group in the financing aspects of it strategic minority investment in DiscoverOrg, the leading global sales and marketing intelligence platform.
• Cerberus Capital Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Cyanco International, the largest global producer of sodium cyanide.
• The Carlyle Group in the financing aspects of its acquisition of MedRisk, a provider of managed physical medicine to the workers’ compensation industry.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisition of SunSource, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the U.S. and Canada.
• Crescent Capital Group in the formation of Crescent Mezzanine Partners VII, a $4.6 billion U.S. mezzanine fund.
• 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.
• Envision Healthcare in the financing aspects of its $15 billion merger with AMSURG, creating one of the largest U.S. providers of specialty physicians and hospital-related services. This included $6.3 billion of committed debt financing.
• Envision Healthcare in the financing aspects of its $620 million acquisition of Rural/Metro Corporation.
• J.C. Flowers in the financing aspects of its acquisition of AmeriLife Group.
• Standard General in its acquisition of RadioShack’s asset based credit facility from GE Capital in a transaction expected to result in ownership of not less than 50% of the company's equity securities.
• Vetra Exploración y Producción Colombia, a Colombian energy company, in a $250 million secured credit facility to refinance debt and fund exploration.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its €1.2 billion acquisition of Mauser Group, one of the world’s leading industrial packaging companies.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $910 million acquisition of Healogics, the largest advanced wound care services provider in the U.S.
• A U.S. direct lending fund in its $225 million second lien financing as part of the dividend recapitalization by a global private equity firm of its portfolio company, which is the largest car wash operator in the U.S.
• A U.S. direct lending fund in its CAN$195 million second lien financing as part of an acquisition by CCMP Capital of the global businesses of Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions.

Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, 2014–2020

Associate, Mayer Brown, 2012–2014