Biography
Paul Heller is an associate in Weil’s Capital Markets practice and is based in New York. Paul participates in advising issuers, underwriters and private equity sponsors in connection with public and private offerings of securities and other capital markets transactions. He has been involved in investment grade and high-yield debt offerings as well as primary and secondary equity offerings.
Paul has been part of the teams advising:
- Avolon Holdings Limited in a $1.15 billion 144A offering of senior notes by Avolon Holdings Funding Limited, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Avolon
- Core Scientific in its issuance of $260 million in secured convertible notes, $150 million in senior secured notes, two tranches of warrants, a security representing entitlements to contingent payment obligations, a $55 million equity rights offering and relisting on Nasdaq Global Select Market, all in connection with its emergence from Chapter 11
- Glencore plc, as investor, in issuance of a $75 million senior secured convertible note and $225 million of amended and restated convertible bonds for Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
- Glencore, CPP Investments and BCI, as shareholders, in Viterra Ltd.’s approximately $18 billion business combination with Bunge Ltd.
- Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and a leading financial institution, as the lead underwriters, in a $1.1 billion initial public offering of UL Solutions Inc.
- Lendmark Financial Services, LLC (a portfolio company of Lightyear Capital and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) in its $300 million Rule 144A private offering of senior unsecured notes
- Talen Energy Corporation and Talen Energy Supply, LLC in a $1.2 billion 8.625% senior secured notes due 2030 and $1.4 billion common stock rights offering to finance the restricting of their debts and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (TZS) as a major shareholder of Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd in its $207 million purchase of first lien senior secured convertible notes from Maxeon
- Thomas H. Lee Partners in a $111 million Rule 144 block trade of Common Stock of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a public company backed by an investor consortium led by THL Partners, Cannae Holdings, Black Knight and CC Capital)
- Thomas H. Lee Partners in a $91 million Rule 144 block trade of Class A shares in Alight, Inc.
- Viterra Ltd. in its approximately $18 billion business combination with Bunge Ltd
Prior to joining Weil, Paul was an associate at a leading Canadian law firm.
Paul received his J.D. from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University and his B.B.A. from Bishop's University.