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Teri A. Lindquist

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Teri A. Lindquist

  • Firmwide Co-Chair, Private Investment Funds
  • Chicago
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Teri represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all aspects of leveraged mergers and acquisitions transactions.

Clients trust Teri Lindquist’s extensive experience with all types of financings, including senior secured, unitranche, second lien, split lien, mezzanine, recurring revenue, and preferred stock structures. She represents sponsors from a range of industries, including technology, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food and beverage, and media. Teri handles deals involving international subsidiaries and assets and, sometimes, parallel foreign lenders. In addition, having been through many cycles of boom and bust, she works with sponsors and portfolio companies to navigate workouts and restructurings, Article 9 foreclosure sales, debtor in possession facilities, and exit facilities.

Teri assists clients with forming and investing in venture funds, debt funds, funds of funds, and hedge funds. She represents sponsors of all sizes in the formation of investment funds. Working in collaboration with the firm’s investment management, tax, and ERISA litigation practices, Teri has helped clients in raising funds that range from $20 million to $2 billion. Teri also represents private equity funds in connection with net asset value and subscription lines. In addition, she represents investors, from small family offices to Fortune 50 companies, with respect to fund investments.

Education & Credentials

Education

  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 1986
  • State University of New York (SUNY), B.A., cum laude, 1981

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Illinois
  • New York

Related Employment

  • Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL
  • Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL

Professional Recognition

  • One of the "500 Leading Dealmakers in America" by Lawdragon, 2021

  • Ranked by Chambers USA as "America's Leading Lawyer" for Private Equity: Buyouts, 2013-2024

  • Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell 
    (AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)

  • *The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no certificate, award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.

Impact

Professional Leadership

  • American Bar Association
    Opinion Letters Subcommittee
    Commercial Financial Services Subcommittee 
    Institutional Investors Committee
    Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee

  • New York Bar Association
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