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Neil Vohra

Neil K. Vohra

Partner
About
Neil Vohra focuses his practice on negotiating and structuring complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private equity investments, strategic investments, executive compensation, incentive equity arrangements, and other general corporate matters.
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EXPERIENCE

Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Represented a leading private equity firm, together with its portfolio companies and affiliates:
    • In its acquisition of a majority stake in an American multinational financial technology and payment processing company in a transaction valuing the business at US$18.5 billion
    • In its $1.33 billion investment in a continuous testing and quality engineering company valuing the business at $4.5 billion
    • In its sale of a communication and payment solutions company
    • In its acquisition of a clinical-stage ophthalmic drug company and its portfolio company
    • In the sale of a consumer engagement and payment solution company and its portfolio company, a broadband internet service provider, on a significant investment from an American private equity firm
    • In its strategic majority investment in a medical device biomaterial coating company
    • In the formation of a life sciences technology and data solutions company
    • In its strategic investment in a broadband internet service provider
    • In its growth investment in a risk management technology company and a third-party technology service provider in the investment made in that provider by a middle market private equity firm
    • In the acquisition of a contract research and manufacturing organization, in a transaction valued at approximately US$1.5 billion
    • In its partnership to form a healthcare-focused private equity firm
    • A financial communications and payment solutions company in its acquisition of a manufacturer of test equipment for fiber optic telecommunications research
    • A global vehicle safety and emission testing company in its sale of an information technology company to an American technology platform for Business Spend Management (BSM)
    • Represented an American global private equity and investment company, together with its portfolio companies and affiliates, in its acquisition of a controlling interest in an information technology company and backed a specialty pharmaceutical company in its sale
    • Represented a leading private investment firm, together with its portfolio companies and affiliates, in its investment in a digital healthcare technology company, an employee scheduling and time tracking software app, a Brazilian multinational digital healthcare product company, an online learning platform teaching cloud computing and related technologies, and its majority investment in two digital platforms for the surgery center industry
    • Represented an American middle-market private equity firm in its investment in a leading construction management software company
    • Represented a global institutional alternative asset management firm in the US$500 million acquisition of a leading online jeweler
    • Represented an American apparel portfolio company in its acquisition of an athletic sports goods supplier from an American multinational retailer
    • Represented a US private equity fund manager in its investment and strategic partnership with a global temperature control and energy efficiency solution company; represented the private equity fund manager and a luxury hotel brand with a US$300 million sale to a British multinational hospitality company
    • Represented a private equity firm in its sale of a medical research support service company, its strategic partnership with a financial planning company, its acquisition of a payment processing service company, and its acquisition of a cloud-based payroll and HR solutions company
    • Represented a private equity firm in its sale of an automation and integration technology company to an American private equity firm and in its acquisition of a healthcare technology company, a litigation and trial support software company, a legal software company, and an automation and integration technology company; represented the private equity firm in the investment in a legal software company by a leading private equity firm
    • Represented a technology-focused private equity firm in its sale of a cloud-based finance platform to a software provider for associations and nonprofits
    • Represented a leading global private equity firm in its acquisition of a digital platform and software engineering company
    • Represented a leading private equity firm in its acquisition of an energy-dedicated software-as-a-service (Saas) company
    • Represented a self-storage company in its US$2.7 billion recapitalization into a privately held Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust (UPREIT) by several investors
    • Represented a leading private equity firm and a software development company in the US$1.1 billion sale of the company to an American diversified industrial company
    • Represented a leading global private market firm in its investment in a nationwide network of musculoskeletal health companies
    • Represented a private equity firm and an American packaging manufacturing company in the acquisition of an American packaging manufacturing company
    • Represented a private investment management vehicle on the sale of a tax and flood solutions company to an American investment firm
    • Represented an American private equity firm on the sale of a private equity firm to a portfolio company of a private equity firm
    • Represented an advisory firm in its sale of a Korean rubber belt manufacturing company to an American alternative investment firm
    • Represented a private equity firm in its strategic investment in an information technology company
    • Represented a private equity firm and a packaging products company in the sale of the company to a packaging, machines, and automation products company
    • Represented a specialized private equity firm and a design, engineering, and manufacturing company in their acquisition of a manufacturing company
    Restructuring
    • Represented a leading provider of cancer care services in Australia and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The company is one of the world’s largest integrated oncology organizations and the world’s largest provider of radiotherapy, operating more than 400 cancer centers in the US, Australia, Spain, and the UK, which treats more than 450,000 patients annually. As of its Chapter 11 filing, the company’s funded debt totaled approximately US$1.7 billion, including approximately US$1.55 billion in secured term loan indebtedness. The company commenced its Chapter 11 cases to obtain access to debtor-in-possession financing, to conduct a marketing and sale process for its US assets, and to restructure its financial obligations
    • Represented a casino entertainment service company in its Chapter 11 restructuring. The company owns, operates, or manages 44 gaming and resort properties in 13 states and in five countries primarily under three different brand names. The company and its debtor subsidiaries had more than US$18.4 billion in funded debt obligations as of the commencement of their Chapter 11 cases
     
    Languages
    • Hindi
    Education
    • J.D., University of Chicago Law School
    • B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      with honors

       

    AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

    • Named, Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers, (2023-2024)

    Publications and media

    • Co-Author, “Ethical Dilemma of Worldwide Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Patents,” Southern Law Journal of Business and Ethics, (2013) 
    • Co-Author, “Swiss Secrecy Crisis,” International Journal of Management, (2012)
     

    Seminars

    • Guest Lecturer, “Private Equity Transactions: Issues and Documentations,” University of Chicago Law School
    • Guest Lecturer, “Private Equity Transactions,” University of Chicago Booth School of Business
     

    Prior Experience

    • Partner at an international law firm
    • PILI Fellow, Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship, University of Chicago Law School
    • Summer Associate at an international law firm
    • Judicial Extern, Honorable Judge Thomas Durkin, United States, District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    •  Intern, General Counsel, Omron Management Center of America
    • Judicial Observership, Honorable Judge Sharon Coleman, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
     

    Memberships and Affiliations

    • Board Member, Apna Ghar
    • Board Member, South Asian Bar Association of Chicago, (2023-2024)
     

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