Rachel Cohen-Deano focuses her practice on private equity fund formation, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

Significant Representations

Fund Formation and Private Placements

Represented $3 billion distressed debt private equity fund in connection with its formation, offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented $250 million biotech venture capital fund in connection with its formation, offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented $1.5 billion middle market private equity fund in connection with its formation, offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented $500 million lower middle market private equity fund in connection with its formation, offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented $400 million middle market private equity fund in connection with its formation, offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented $400 million secondary investment middle market private equity fund in connection with its formation and offering.
Represented $250 million private equity fund with a focus on investments in disruptive technology company investments in connection with its formation and offering.
Represented $125 million middle market private equity fund in connection with its formation, offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented real estate private equity fund in connection with fund formation and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented movie production private equity fund in connection with fund formation and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented urgent care medical practice management company in connection with private placement of minority interests and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented privately held pizza restaurant in connection with equity offering and ongoing general corporate representation.
Represented real estate tax portfolio private equity fund in connection with fund formation and offering.
Represented intellectual property private equity fund in connection with fund formation and offering.
Represented London based private equity fund in connection with fund formation and offering.

Acquisitions

Represented private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of post-production services company.
Representation of private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of several ambulatory surgical centers and related management company.
Represented private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of call centers located in the U.S., Panama and Jamaica.
Represented private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of distressed automotive parts manufacturer.
Represented private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of health care logistics company.
Represented private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of all of the stock of a U.S. lighting equipment rental company and substantially all of the assets of several Canadian lighting equipment rental companies.
Represented private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of an automotive parts manufacturer.
Represented portfolio company of a private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of seven mattress manufacturing companies and subsequent merger with mattress branding company.
Represented family investment company in its acquisition of two Canadian container and packaging companies and subsequent merger.
Represented private equity fund in its acquisition of a marketing and discount offer company.
Represented private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of all of the stock of a U.S. lighting equipment rental company and substantially all of the assets of several Canadian lighting equipment rental companies.

Divestitures

Represented privately held Israeli technology company in connection with the disposition of all its equity to a publicly traded company.
Represented molded plastics packaging company in connection with the disposition of all its equity to a wholly owned subsidiary of a publicly traded company.
Represented home health care and hospice care provider in connection with the disposition of all its equity.
Represented medical laboratory testing service provider in connection with sale of all its stock by merger to a portfolio company of a private equity fund.
Represented special event marketing company in connection with the disposition of all its stock to a publicly traded corporation.
Represented marketing company in connection with the disposition of all of its stock.
Represented industrial mineral producer in connection with the sale of a division to a subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation.
Represented privately held software company in connection with the sale of all of its stock to a publicly traded corporation.
Represented cable and wire manufacturer in connection with the sale of a majority of its stock to a private equity fund.
Represented beauty school in connection with the sale of a majority of its equity interests to a private equity fund.
Represented hardware manufacturing company in connection with the sale of all its stock to a privately held company.

Corporate Finance and Restructuring

Represented senior secured lender to horizontal real estate development company in $1.24 billion bankruptcy and subsequent offering of equity interests in restructured company.
Represented agent and lender in connection with a $50 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a bus manufacturing company.
Represented private equity fund in connection with its investment in an animated production company.
Represented private equity fund portfolio company in connection with its attainment of senior and subordinated credit facilities for a health care logistics company.
Represented recycling companies in connection with a senior credit facility.
Represented private equity fund portfolio company in a $30 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a marketing and discount offer company.
Represented private equity fund and certain of its portfolio companies in the issuance of letters of credit and short term revolving lines of credit.

Internship

Intern, Judge Blanche Manning, Northern District of Illinois, Summer 2003