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Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Omar Raddawi, P.C.

Omar Raddawi, P.C.

Qualified in Illinois (US) & New York (US), 2012

Partner for 4 years

Practice Areas

Debt Finance

Banking & Finance

Professional Bio

Omar Raddawi, P.C. is a debt finance partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, based in the New York office. He specializes in representing private equity firms, asset managers, and both public and private companies in complex debt financing transactions. His expertise includes leveraged buyouts, restructurings, and liability management exercises. Omar has extensive experience in various financing structures such as syndicated and private credit financings, asset-based loans, and preferred equity issuances. He has advised prominent clients like Thoma Bravo, Cinven, and Warburg Pincus across industries including software, financial services, and healthcare.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

New York

+12124464800

Representative Matters

Private Equity Acquisitions Financing

Clearlake Capital Group in the financing of several acquisitions, including nThrive, Confluence, BakeMark, Newfold Digital, Wheel Pros, and Concert Golf.
Thoma Bravo in the financing of acquisitions, including Mindful, Reporting 21, Glofox, Ping Identity, and Coupa.
Cinven in the financing of acquisitions, including Bayer Environmental Sciences, Drake Software, Nitel, BioAgilytix, and Archer.
Olympus Partners in the financing of several acquisitions, including Soliant, Protein for Pets, Omega Holdings, Excel Fitness Holdings, MEI, and EyeSouth.
Brightstar Capital Partners in the financing of acquisitions, including Brightstar Corp., Qualtek, Amerit, Novae, and Douglas Products.

Strategic Financing

Warburg Pincus in two term loan financings connected to acquiring joint venture interests totaling over $1.2 billion.
TPG Capital in the financing of acquisitions of Boomi and Troon.
Centerbridge in the financing of acquisitions of AHEAD and American Bath Group.
Lone Star Funds in the financing of acquisitions of Titan and Centromotion.

Investment Funds Advisory

Sycamore Partners in the financing of acquisitions of St. Michelle Wine Estates and AtoZ Wineworks.
KPS Capital Partners in the financing of the acquisition of AM General.

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Clients Worked With

Brightstar Capital PartnersCenterbridgeCinvenKPS Capital PartnersLone Star FundsOlympus PartnersSycamore PartnersThoma BravoTPG CapitalWarburg PincusClearlake Capital Group

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- A&M Capital acquired the target/assets from Guidepost Growth Equity in a Private Equity transaction on not available. - Deal value was 3800000000 Sector: Technology; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, not available advised, led by Cole Parker, Eduardo Leal, Parker Conway, Omar Raddawi, Edward McCartney.

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Kirkland & Ellis advised private equity firm Olympus Partners on Rise Baking Company’s acquisition of Table Talk Pies, Inc. Making freshly baked pies in Worcester, MA, since 1924, family-owned Table Talk is one of the country's leading full-line pie producers, specializing in 4-inch snack pies and 8-inch to 10-inch dessert pies. The transaction was announced June 14, 2024. Read the Olympus press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Matthew Goulding and Cameron Leishman and associate Connor O’Flaherty; debt finance partners Melissa Hutson and Omar Raddawi; and tax partner Thomas Evans.

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Experience

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Partner
2019 – Unknown

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Davis Polk

Associate
2015 – 2019

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2012 – 2015

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- Flexera Software acquired the target/assets from KKR in a recapitalization on not available. - Deal value was 4700000000 Sector: Technology; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, not available advised, led by Fred Lim, Omar Raddawi, Matt Park, Jay Gao, Corey Fox, Brad Reed, Peter Stach, Steven Page, Ian Hesterly.

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Kirkland & Ellis advises Nordic Capital on majority investment in Arcadia

- Nordic Capital acquired the target/assets from Arcadia in a Private Equity transaction on not available. - Deal value was 1500000000 Sector: Healthcare; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available, led by Duncan Enista, Armand Della Monica, Marissa Leonce, Vivek Ratnam, Mike Beinus, Omar Raddawi, Jason Kanner, Daniel Clayman.

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- Stone Point Capital LLC acquired the target/assets from EB Employee Solutions LLC in a private equity transaction on not available. - Deal value was 4800000000 Sector: Financial Services; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, counsel was not available, led by David Feirstein, Patrick Salvo, Jason Kanner, Omar Raddawi, Tommy Kagerer.

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Kirkland & Ellis advises Cinven on sale of Nitel to Comcast Business

- Cinven sold the stake/assets to Comcast Business as part of a M&A transaction on a date not available. - Deal value was 1300000000 (source: AI Estimation) Sector: Technology; Location: USA. - On the seller side, counsel was not available; lawyers included Laura Sullivan, Martha Todd, Nicholas Friedel, Sara Zablotney, Omar Raddawi.

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Kirkland & Ellis advises Thoma Bravo on $10.55 billion acquisition of digital aviation assets from Boeing

- Thoma Bravo acquired the target/assets from Boeing in a acquisition on not available. - Deal value was 10550000000 Sector: Aerospace; Location: USA. - On the acquirer side, not available advised, led by Cole Parker, Peter Stach, Corey Fox, Brad Reed, Steven Page, Jason Grover, Amanda Van Auken, Aubrielle Smoot, Jeremy Hsiao, Charlie Hu, Aaron Lorber, Todd Herst, Matt Darch, Michael James, Adam Kool, Mike Conroy, Fred Lim, Omar Raddawi, Alex Straka, Mitchell Steeves, Jaycee Yao.

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Kirkland Advises Thoma Bravo on Purchase of Everbridge for About $1.5 Billion

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Kirkland & Ellis counseled Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, on its definitive agreement to purchase Everbridge, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVBG), a global leader in critical event management (CEM) and national public warning solutions, in an all-cash transaction valuing Everbridge at approximately $1.5 billion. The transaction is expected to help accelerate the company’s continued growth at a time of rising global uncertainty and increased prioritization of public safety and operational continuity. Upon completion of the transaction, Everbridge will become a privately held company. Under the terms of the agreement, Everbridge shareholders will receive $28.60 per share in cash. The per share purchase price represents a 32 percent premium to the Everbridge volume-weighted average share price over the last 90 days. Read Everbridge’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Corey Fox, Brad Reed, Cole Parker and Jeremy Mandell and associate Sophie Daroff; capital markets partner Michael Keeley; debt finance partners Fred Lim and Omar Raddawi; tax partner Adam Kool; and corporate associates Zack Theo, Lauren Fiotakis and Divya Gulati.

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Kirkland & Ellis is advising investment firm New Mountain Capital and its portfolio company Classic Collision on the sale of the collision repair platform to alternative asset management firm TPG. Classic Collision’s management team will remain invested in the company. The transaction was announced April 3, 2024 and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024. Read the transaction's press release The Kirkland team is being led by corporate partners Laura Steinke, Keli Huang and Peter Martelli and associates Michael Nester, Asal Yunusov, Sneha Darbha; debt finance partners Omar Raddawi and Melissa Hutson; tax partners Sara Zablotney and Vivek Ratnam and associate Margot Solmssen.

Apr 3

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Kirkland & Ellis advised Warburg Pincus on the sale of its portfolio company Aquila Air Capital, a full-service aircraft leasing and financing platform, to funds managed by Wafra Inc., a global alternative asset manager. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2024, pending receipt of customary regulatory approvals. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Adam Larson, Kate Rainey Willson, Evan Chavez and Andrew Monioudis; debt finance lawyer Omar Raddawi; tax lawyers Mark Dundon and Rachel Malhiet; environmental transactions lawyers Jim Dolphin and Alyssa Huang; technology & IP transactions lawyers Daisy Darvall, Derek Ventling and Leah Weintrub; international trade & national security lawyers Luci Hague, Billy Phalen and Erika Krum; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Jared Whalen and Garrick Ehlers; employee benefits lawyers Justin Coddington and Caitlin Bradford; employment & labor lawyers Christie Alcala, George Cartveli and Kaitlyn Hodgman; real estate lawyer Vincent Forcinito; and antitrust & competition lawyers Marin Boney and Savannah Malnar-Cole.

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Kirkland & Ellis is advising Olympus Partners portfolio company MEI Rigging & Crating LLC on the acquisition of Dallas-based Able Machinery Movers. The transaction was announced January 9, 2024. MEI provides rigging, machinery moving, millwrighting, mechanical installation, industrial storage, crating and export packing services while Able manufactures turnkey machinery moving and rigging services. Olympus announced the acquisition of MEI in July 2023. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team includes corporate partners James Faley and Kevin Stocks and associates Frankie Gregg, Mickal Haile and Namjun Park, with support from debt finance associates Yoonie Han, Jewrisha Ransome and Luke Garoufalis and partner Omar Raddawi.

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Education

JD, New York University School of Law
2012
MSc in International Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science
2009
BA in Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
2007