Benjamin N. Heriaud

Benjamin N. Heriaud is a Partner in the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice who advises investment banking, corporate and private equity sponsor clients on finance transactions and corporate governance. Ben specializes in initial public offerings, acquisition financings and high yield debt offerings. He works with companies in many industries, with a focus on technology, healthcare and industrials.

Ben’s recent representative transactions include advising:

• Underwriters in various IPOs and equity offerings, including:
  • $489 million IPO of Paycor HCM, human capital management SaaS provider, and $749 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
• Gates Industrial Corporation plc in its $841 million IPO and over $1.1 billion of secondary offerings
• 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
  • 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
• 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
• 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 GameStop’s exchange offer and consent solicitation

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.