Alena Q. Thomas

Alena’s experience includes the following representative matters:

Debt Finance Matters

• Clearlake Capital Group and its portfolio companies in various matters, including the financing aspects of:
  • Their US$7.7 billion take-private of Dun & Bradstreet, a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics.
  • The acquisition by Victory Live, a technology platform focused on sports and entertainment, event management, data, and ticketing software, in its acquisition of Logitix from ZMC.
  • The acquisition by DigiCert, a leading provider of digital trust, of Vercara from Golden Gate Capital and GIC.
  • Their US$3 billion take-private of Endurance International Group, a leading provider of cloud-based platform solutions, involving the simultaneous combination of Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group, Inc., and recapitalization of Constant Contact, a leading provider of cloud-based digital marketing software for small businesses, in connection with its separation from Endurance International Group.
• Nordic Capital in connection with the financing aspects of its acquisition of Anaqua, the leading provider of innovation and intellectual property management technology solutions and services.
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo in the financing aspects of their acquisition of the Environmental Services business of GFL Environmental Inc.
• Elliott, in the financing aspects of its US$16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in various matters, including the financing aspects of:
  • Their US$4 billion take-private of Covetrus, a global animal health technology and services company.
  • Their US$3.7 billion acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial businesses of Roper Technologies, an operator of market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and application-specific products.
  • Their US$7 billion acquisition of Focus Financial Partners, a national wealth management, business management, and related financial services company.
• Various other sponsors and their portfolio companies in leveraged buyout and private company financings, including: American Securities; Apax Partners; CC Capital; Cerberus; Kelso & Company; KKR; and Warburg Pincus.

Restructuring Matters

• Sungard Availability Services and its affiliates in the financing aspects of its Chapter 11 cases and exit financing, which received Chapter 11 approval in less than 20 hours.
• An ad hoc group of noteholders in the financing aspects of the Chapter 11 cases of Quorum Health Care Services and its affiliates and junior DIP financing.
• Ascena Retail Group, Inc. and its affiliates in the financing aspects of its Chapter 11 cases and exit financing.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.