Nicole Chen is an associate in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in Boston. Nicole participates in the representation of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies with respect to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Nicole has participated in advising:
- American Securities in its acquisitions of FleetPride, Inc. and LaserShip, Inc., and LaserShip, Inc. in its acquisition of OnTrac Logistics, Inc.
- APCO Holdings, LLC (a portfolio company of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) in its acquisition of National Auto Care Corp.
- Bain Capital and Pine Island in the sale of Precinmac to Centerbridge Partners
- Blackstone in its $1 billion sale of Aqua Finance, Inc.
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Certified Collectibles Group LLC
- Blackstone in its investment in Sema4
- Blackstone in its preferred equity investment in Inhabit
- 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 Restaurant Technologies, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs in its $325 million investment in iSpot.tv
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management in its $300 million investment in Madhive
- Goldman Sachs in 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
- KIK Custom Products, Inc. (a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners) in its acquisition of NC Brands LP (f/k/a Natural Chemistry)
- Lee Equity Partners in its acquisitions of majority stakes in Simplicity Group Holdings, and in the sale of its interests in Simplicity Group Holdings, Inc. 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 and its portfolio company EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants (EPIC) in the merger of EPIC and JenCap Holdings, LLC (a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group); and EPIC in its acquisition of Prime Risk Partners Inc.
- Oak Hill Capital Partners in its sale of TriPlus Administrative Services Inc.
- Providence Equity Partners in its acquisitions of TimeClock Plus and a majority stake in 365 Retail Markets, LLC and TimeClock Plus, LLC in its 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.