Biography
Samantha Anne Patel is an associate in Weil’s Banking & Finance practice and is based in New York. Samantha participates in advising corporate borrowers, leading private equity sponsors, banks and other financial institutions in a variety of financing transactions, including cross-border and domestic acquisition financings, direct and syndicated lending, middle market and large cap financings and chapter 11 reorganizations and out-of-court restructurings.
Samantha has been part of the teams advising:
- Advent International Corporation in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Maxar Technologies
- Eli Lilly & Company in its acquisition of a manufacturing facility located in Pleasant Prairie, WI
- EQT Partners Inc. in its take-private acquisition of BTRS Holdings Inc. (Billtrust), in a transaction that valued Billtrust at $1.7 billion
- Regis Corporation in its $130 million senior secured term loan and revolving facility
- TruArc Partners, as sponsor, in its senior secured term and revolving facility for Watchtower Buyer, LLC to finance the acquisition of Watchtower Security, LLC
- United Talent Agency, LLC in its approximately $1.1 billion senior secured term loan and revolving facility to finance the acquisition of Representatives Of Outstanding Footballers
- Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (a portfolio company of Brookfield Business Partners) in a senior secured term loan and revolving facility
Prior to joining Weil, Samantha was a Financial Services associate at another international law firm. She received her J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School and her Hons. B.A. from University of Toronto.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Samantha Anne Patel Receives 2024 Law360 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing Award Brief — The Burton Awards for Legal Achievement
Latest Thinking
- The Rise of Private Credit & Its Impact on Acquisition Dynamics Publication — Bloomberg Law — By Benton Lewis, Christopher R. Machera and Samantha Anne Patel — September 15, 2023
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Blackstone in Preferred Equity Investment in Inhabit Deal Brief — December 03, 2024
- Weil Guides Providence Equity Partners and Its Portfolio Company TAIT Deal Brief — July 09, 2024