Kelly Dybala is a partner in the Corporate Department and is resident in the firm’s Dallas office. Ms. Dybala’s practice consists primarily of financing transactions and debt restructurings. She represents borrowers and financial institutions, concentrating on acquisition financing, asset-based lending, mezzanine financing and subordinated debt financing. In addition, Ms. Dybala is experienced in workouts and debtor-in-possession financing on behalf of both borrowers and financial institutions.
Ms. Dybala regularly represents a number of leading private equity firms, including Advent International, Avista Capital, Berkshire Partners, Lindsay Goldberg, Providence Equity Partners, Summit Partners and THL Partners, including many of their portfolio companies.
Ms. Dybala also regularly represents corporate clients on financing matters, including recent transactions for Pier 1 Imports and Univision Communications.
Recent Experience:
- Advent International’s investments in Serta/Simmons, Morrison Supply, Vantiv (f/k/a Fifth Third Processing Solutions), Bradco Supply and Aerodom
- Lindsay Goldberg’s investments in Brock Holdings and PSC
- Summit Partners’ investments in the Lawson/InforGlobal combination, Central Security Group, Associations, Inc., Sparta Systems and Fortegra
- Berkshire Partners’ investments in AmSafe, Grocery Outlet and National Vision
- THL Partners’ investments in Party City, Fogo de Chão, Intermedix and SMS Holdings
- Kinder Morgan as to El Paso’s sale of certain of its assets to affiliates of Apollo
- Univision Communications in its multi-billion dollar amendment and extension of its credit facilities
- Pier 1 Imports in its $300 million ABL facility
Ms. Dybala was selected as one of M&A Advisor’s 2012 “40 Under 40” honorees, an award that recognizes attorneys under the age of 40 for their accomplishments and expertise in finance and M&A. Similarly, in 2011 Ms. Dybala was named as one of the 45 best women attorneys under the age of 45 in the United States by The American Lawyer. Ms. Dybala is named a leading lawyer for Banking and Finance in Texas by Chambers USA 2010-2013, one of D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas 2013, and has been named a “Rising Star” in Texas by Super Lawyers since 2004. In addition, Ms. Dybala worked on the Advent/Aerodom transaction, for which Weil received the 2009 IFLR “Private Equity Deal of the Year” award.