Teri A. Lindquist
- Firmwide Co-Chair, Private Investment Funds
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
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Illinois
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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
Insights
News
Professional Experience
Experience
- Negotiated and closed a $155 million (plus delayed draw term loan (DDTL) and incremental facilities) for a sponsor’s acquisition of a manufacturer of custom packaging products and shipping crates for manufacturers, construction companies, defense, mining, heavy-duty engines, and agriculture. Reviewed and charted commitment letters from various lenders and worked with the M&A team to line up SunGard terms in the purchase agreement and commitment letters.
- Represented a private equity sponsor in connection with the financing of the initial platform acquisition of a company that installs and revamps HVAC facilities for schools, government buildings, and companies, as well as the 17 acquisitions that followed and a major refinancing that converted the facility from asset based to cash flow.
- Represented a public company (that was originally a private equity portfolio company) in connection with a $100 million asset-based loan (ABL) and a $125 million Term Loan B. Prior representation included the financing of the initial platform and multiple acquisitions.
- Represented a private equity sponsor in connection with the financing of a platform acquisition and several subsequent acquisitions of a company that provides volume recruitment and onboarding services.
- Represented a portfolio company of a private equity sponsor whose business (supporting study abroad programs) shut down due to the pandemic to successfully negotiate a purchase by the sponsor of the existing debt at a significant discount to par.
- Represented a prominent fund of funds in connection with nine investments in major multibillion-dollar venture capital firms.
Representative Sponsors:
- Bertram Capital, CAI Capital, Halifax Group, Hark Capital, High Street Capital, Huron Capital, Main Post Partners, Performance Equity Management, Pike Capital, Rubicon Technology Partners, and Wynnchurch Capital.