Benjamin N. Heriaud

Benjamin N. Heriaud is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department who advises corporate, private equity sponsor and investment banking clients on finance transactions and corporate governance. Ben concentrates on capital markets and alternative capital transactions and specializes in acquisition finance, hybrid and private capital, initial public offerings and high yield debt offerings. He also regularly counsels clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions. Ben works with companies in many industries, with a focus on technology, healthcare and industrials.

Ben’s recent representative transactions include advising:

• Public companies and private equity sponsors in acquisition financing transactions, including:
  • Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman in $17 billion debt financing transactions for their majority investment in Medline, a leading manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies
  • KKR in $1.9 billion of offerings for its acquisition of Global Atlantic
  • Summit Materials, Inc.’s debt financing transactions for its acquisition of all the outstanding equity interests of Argos North America Corp.
  • Symantec in debt financing for its $2.3 billion acquisition of LifeLock
  • Aramark in $3 billion of debt financing transactions for its acquisitions of Avendra and AmeriPride Services
• World Insurance Associates and Charlesbank Capital Partners in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s over $1 billion equity and subordinated debt investment in World
• Gates Industrial Corporation plc in its $841 million IPO and over $1.3 billion of secondary offerings
• Underwriters in various IPOs and equity offerings, including:
  • $489 million IPO of Paycor HCM, human capital management SaaS provider, and over $850 million of secondary offerings
  • $465 million IPO of Duck Creek Technologies, insurance SaaS provider, and $802 million of follow-on offerings
  • $397 million IPO of Shift4 Payments, end-to-end payments technology provider, and $980 million of follow-on offerings
  • $120 million IPO of Bioventus, medical device company
• Financing sources in connection with committed acquisition financings, including:
  
  • Regal Rexnord Corporation’s $7.5 billion acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
  • Schweitzer-Mauduit International’s $1.15 billion merger with Neenah
  • $1 billion combination of 3M’s Food Safety Business with Neogen in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction
• JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with multiple registered and unregistered offerings of debt securities
• Mergers and acquisitions, including:
  • Apollo’s minority investment in PetSmart
  • The ODP Corporation’s sale of its CompuCom Systems subsidiary
  • Vivint Smart Home and Mosaic Acquisition Corp.’s merger
• Financial institutions in high yield debt offerings, including:
  • Cinemark’s $250 million debut secured notes offering
  • Ferrellgas’s $700 million debut secured notes offering and $1.5 billion debt restructuring
  • Shift4 Payments’ $450 million debut senior notes offering
  • Switch’s $600 million debut senior notes offering and $500 million acquisition financing
  • TechnipFMC’s $1 billion debut senior notes offering in connection with its spinoff of Technip Energies
• Ashton Woods in $650 million of senior notes offerings
• Dealer managers in tender offers and/or consent solicitations by issuers including GameStop, Regal Rexnord and Shift4 Payments

Ben received both his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia. Ben is a member of the New York City Bar Association Securities Regulation Committee. He also serves on the Firm’s Recruiting Committee.