Ryan Rafferty

Ryan Rafferty is a corporate associate based in the New York office. He is a member of the firm’s Finance Group and Private Equity Group, and focuses his practice on complex acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. Mr. Rafferty has extensive experience in syndicated bank loan and high-yield bond transactions. He regularly advises the firm’s private equity and corporate clients in connection with the financing of acquisitions, investments and restructurings, including the $15 billion merger of Envision Healthcare with AMSURG, the $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare by TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, the acquisition of MedRisk by the Carlyle Group, the acquisition of SunSource by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the acquisition of RadioShack by Standard General.

Mr. Rafferty joined the firm in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate at an international law firm where he represented financing sources in numerous transactions.

Mr. Rafferty graduated cum laude from The George Washington University Law School in 2012. He received a B.S. from Merrimack College in 2009.

Mr. Rafferty is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.

Experience:

• 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.
• Dealer Tire in the financing aspects of a significant investment by Bain Capital Private Equity.
• 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.
• TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in the financing aspects of their $4.1 billion acquisition of Kindred Healthcare.
• 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.

Education:

• George Washington University Law School, 2012, J.D.
• Merrimack College, 2009, B.S.

Bar Admissions:

• New York