Nicole Chen

Nicole has participated in advising:

• American Securities in:
• its acquisition of FleetPride, Inc.
• its acquisition of LaserShip, Inc.
• LaserShip, Inc.’s acquisition of OnTrac Logistics, Inc.
• Bain Capital and Pine Island in the sale of Precinmac to Centerbridge Partners
• Blackstone in:
• its $200 million investment in Entrata
• its $1 billion sale of Aqua Finance, Inc.
• its acquisition of Certified Collectibles Group LLC
• its investment in Sema4
• its preferred equity investment in Inhabit
• Centerbridge Partners and KIK Custom Products, Inc.’s acquisition of NC Brands LP (f/k/a Natural Chemistry)
• Cimarron Healthcare Capital in the formation of a single asset continuation vehicle for Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions Inc.
• CPP Investments in its approximately $1 billion investment in support of merger between Novolex (a portfolio company of Apollo) and Pactiv Evergreen
• Glencore, CPP Investments and BCI, as shareholders, in Viterra Ltd.’s approximately $18 billion business combination with Bunge Ltd.
• Goldman Sachs in:
• its acquisition of Restaurant Technologies, Inc.
• its $325 million investment in iSpot.tv
• its $300 million investment in Madhive
• the sale of its Personal Financial Management unit to wealth management firm Creative Planning
• GreyLion Capital in its sale of a minority stake in Hyphen Solutions, LLC
• Hayfin Capital Management LLP in the up to $300 million sale of Paradigm Spine, LLC
• ICG Strategic Equity, together with Mill Rock Capital, in an investment in The Execu|Search Group
• Lee Equity Partners in:
• its acquisition of a majority stake in Simplicity Group Holdings
• the sale of its interests in Simplicity Group Holdings to SkyKnight Capital, L.P. and Dragoneer Investment Group
• Major League Baseball Players Association in the recapitalization of OneTeam Partners, LLC
• The NORDAM Group, Inc. in its receipt of a minority investment from The Carlyle Group to finance in part NORDAM’s exit from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
• Oak Hill Capital Partners in:
• EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants’ acquisition of Prime Risk Partners Inc.
• EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants’ merger with JenCap Holdings, LLC (a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group)
• its sale of TriPlus Administrative Services Inc.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and APCO Holdings, LLC’s acquisition of National Auto Care Corp.
• Providence Equity Partners in:
• its acquisition of TimeClock Plus, LLC
• its acquisition of a majority stake in 365 Retail Markets, LLC
• TimeClock Plus, LLC’s acquisition of Humanity.com Inc. (n/k/a Humanity.com LLC)
• PSP Investments, as participant in a consortium of investors led by TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, in the consortium's sale of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. to LifePoint Health, Inc. (a portfolio company of Apollo Management)
• TPG Pace Solutions Corp., a SPAC sponsored by TPG Pace Group, in its $4.5 billion business combination with Vacasa LLC

Nicole received her J.D. from Stanford Law School where she graduated with Pro Bono Distinction, was Managing Editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, and was a member of the Immigration Pro Bono program and the Organizations and Transactions Clinic. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Williams College.