Chaim P. Theil

M&A and Private Equity Transactions:

• Invenergy in a definitive agreement with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for an approximately US$3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC, the largest private renewable energy company in North America, by funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
• Invenergy in a US$1 billion follow-on equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
• Invenergy Renewables in a consortium with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners to acquire a 1,365-megawatt unregulated, contracted renewables portfolio from American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) for US$1.5 billion.
• Invenergy in its joint venture creating Illuminate USA with LONGi, the world’s largest solar panel manufacturer.
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in its buyout of a healthcare technology company.
• IEQ Capital, an approximately US$26.5 billion independent advisory firm partially owned by Stone Point Capital, in IEQ Capital’s acquisition of EPIQ Capital Group, an approximately US$5.3 billion multi-family office and investment firm.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners and certain of its affiliated funds in its joint venture with Newtek Commercial Lending, Inc.
• Wafra Inc. in its joint venture with Trinity Industries, Inc.
• Radiology Partners (RP), a leading technology-enabled radiology practice serving more than 3,300 hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the U.S., in its approximately US$720 million equity investment from existing and new investors.
• Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) in its digital shopping joint venture with Rue Gilt Group.
• Tops Markets in its merger with Price Chopper/Market 32.

Hybrid Capital and Special Situation Transactions:

• KKR Credit in certain preferred equity transactions.
• Northleaf Capital Partners in multiple preferred equity transactions including its investments in a waste transportation and management business, an orthopedic services provider, a leading national car wash operator, and a customer management software provider.
• Ares Management in its investment in Savers.
• Ares Management in its preferred equity investment in Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives Inc. (NASDAQ: IEA).
• The special committee of the board of directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) in the convertible preferred equity investment by White Hat Capital Partners LP and funds affiliated with Magnetar.
• Velo3D, Inc. (NYSE: VLD; OTCQX: VLDX) in the exchange of senior secured notes for a majority of the equity of Velo3D by an affiliate of Arrayed Additive, Inc.
• Cantor Fitzgerald in the restructuring of approximately US$360 million of indebtedness of View, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEWQ) in Chapter 11.
• Icahn Enterprises and certain of its subsidiaries in its Section 363 purchase of certain of the assets of Auto Plus in Chapter 11.
• New York Digital Investment Group in its restructuring of secured debt in Greenidge Generations Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE).
• Tricida, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCDA) in its Section 363 sale process in Chapter 11.
• Consortium consisting of The Chatterjee Group and investment funds affiliated with the Rhône Group in their joint US$2.725 billion acquisition of McDermott International’s Lummus business as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring of McDermott.
• Pioneer Energy Services Corp., a land-based drilling and production services provider operating in the U.S. and Colombia, and its affiliated debtors, in a prepackaged restructuring plan in Chapter 11.
• Ad hoc group of first lien lenders in Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN), a provider of telecommunications services to residential and business customers in the United States, in the restructuring of approximately US$1.16 billion of first lien debt in Windstream Holdings, Inc.
• Foresight Energy LP in its restructuring of US$1.1 billion of debt in Chapter 11.
• Chatham Asset Management in its approximately US$325 million Section 363 purchase of substantially all of the assets of The McClatchy Company in Chapter 11.
• Cumulus Media Inc. and certain of its affiliates in the restructuring of approximately US$2.34 billion of debt in Chapter 11. 
• Group of lenders led by KKR Credit Advisors in the restructuring of approximately US$375 million of debt in Gibson Brands in Chapter 11.
• Ad hoc group of noteholders in PaperWorks Industries Inc. in the restructuring of approximately US$275 million of debt.
• Ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders of Tops Markets in the restructuring of approximately US$410 million of debt in Tops Markets in Chapter 11.
• Funds affiliated with KKR & Co. in its Section 363 stalking horse asset purchase from Angelica Corporation for approximately US$125 million plus the assumption of certain liabilities.
• Consortium led by Simon Property Group in the Section 363 acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Aéropostale.
• Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) in its US$1.25 billion Section 363 asset sale as part of Walter’s Chapter 11 filing.
• Consortium led by Baupost in their purchase of certain bankruptcy claims held by Toshiba Corporation.

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