John M. Ilardo

Based in the Firm’s Boston office, John Ilardo is a Partner in the Banking and Credit Practice. He advises prominent private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and other public and private company borrowers across a range of complex financing transactions in the syndicated and private credit markets, including acquisition financings, recapitalizations, liability management transactions and refinancings.

His practice focuses on acquisition finance and other debt finance matters across various industries, including financial services and asset management, healthcare and life sciences, real estate, technology, manufacturing and industrials sectors, among others. In 2024, John was recognized by Chambers USA as a leading debt finance attorney.

John’s notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• American Securities in connection with obtaining $505 million of first lien term loan facilities and an $80 million ABL facility to finance its acquisition of Aramsco
• American Securities in connection with obtaining a $1.4 billion first lien term loan facility, a $425 million second lien term loan facility and a $175 million ABL facility to finance its acquisition of Hexion
• American Securities in its acquisition of Integrated Global Services, a provider of efficiency and reliability solutions to the industrial, power generation, and energy sectors
• American Securities in its acquisition of NWN Carousel, a provider of cloud communications services and hybrid work solutions, from New State Capital Partners
• BELFOR Property Restoration, the global leader in damage recovery and restoration and an American Securities portfolio company, in obtaining a $1.235 billion first lien term loan facility, a €250 million first lien term loan facility and a $300 million revolving credit facility to refinance its existing credit facilities
• Global Tel Link (d/b/a ViaPath Technologies), an American Securities portfolio company, in obtaining a $1.375 billion first lien term loan facility and a $150 million revolving credit facility to refinance its existing credit facilities
• Trace3, a provider of consultation services and advanced technical solutions and an American Securities portfolio company, in connection with obtaining a $225 million incremental first lien term loan facility
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Action Behavior Centers, a provider of personalized therapy for children with autism
• Charlesbank Capital Partners in its acquisition of Front Row Group, an e-commerce agency and accelerator providing fully outsourced marketplace management to beauty, health & wellness, and CPG brands
• MB2 Dental, a dental partnership organization and Charlesbank Capital Partners portfolio company, in connection with its $2.344 billion refinancing of existing credit facilities
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Advantage Healthcare Services, an independent pharmacy group specializing in behavioral health in California
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Angels of Care, a provider of home health services to pediatric patients with complex medical conditions
• Nautic Partners-backed CarepathRx Health System Solutions in its strategic partnership with and investment by Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI)
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Davidson Hospitality Group, a hospitality management company
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Proud Moments, a provider of applied behavioral analysis therapy to children with autism
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of the Specialty Tapes business from Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY)
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of SurfacePrep, a global distributor of surface enhancement solutions
• Nautic Partners in its $570 million take-private acquisition of Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRHC), a leading healthcare company advancing personalized, comprehensive care for value based care organizations
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Tarian Group, a provider of security guarding and ancillary services to clients across the United States
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Vallen Distribution, a provider of indirect industrial supplies
• Nautic Partners and its portfolio company, CarepathRx, in its sale of CarepathRx’s BioPlus business unit, a comprehensive specialty pharmacy, to Elevance (NYSE: ELV)
• Patient Square Capital in its acquisition of Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO) for approximately $4.1 billion
• Patient Square Capital in its consortium acquisition of Syneos Health (NASDAQ: SYNH) for approximately $7.1 billion
• SOC Telemed, the largest national provider of specialty acute care telemedicine and a portfolio company of Patient Square Capital, in its acquisition of Forefront Telecare, a virtual behavioral health company serving vulnerable adults nationwide across the care continuum
• Sycamore Partners in its acquisition of RONA Inc., the Canadian retail business of Lowe’s Companies
• TA Associates in its acquisition of Green Street, a provider of commercial real estate (CRE) intelligence and analytics
• TA Associates in its acquisition of Healix, a provider of outpatient infusion therapy management services
• TA Associates in its acquisition of LeadsOnline, a provider of data, technology and intelligence tools to law enforcement agencies and businesses
• TA Associates in its acquisition of Rocscience, a provider of geotechnical software solutions
• Turn/River Capital in its take-private of Tufin, a network and cloud security policy automation provider
• U.S. Renal Care, the nation's largest privately held and fastest growing kidney care provider, in its successful refinancing and deleveraging transactions that significantly reduced debt, lowered annual interest expense by approximately 20 percent and raised $328 million in new capital to enhance future growth

John received his J.D. from Boston University Law School in 2014 and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2005. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.