About Rachel L. Rawson
Practice Areas
- Banking
- Financial
- Business Law
- Debtor & Creditor
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Natural Resources Law
Education
- Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1990J.D.
- Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Law Journal: Journal of Law and Social Problems, Research and Writing Editor
- Kenyon College, 1987B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Representative Cases
- American Greetings acquires Papyrus trademark and wholesale business (2009)
- Athersys obtains credit facility (2009)
- Atlas Energy announces $1.7 billion Marcellus Shale joint venture with Reliance Industries Limited (2010)
- Atlas Energy merges with Atlas America (2009)
- Atlas Pipeline Holdings acquires investment management business and certain producing oil and gas assets from Atlas Energy for $250 million
- Atlas Pipeline Partners forms Marcellus Shale Pipeline joint venture with Williams Companies (2009)
- Atlas Pipeline Partners sells 49% stake in Laurel Mountain Midstream joint venture to Atlas Energy for $403 million (2010)
- Atlas Pipeline Partners sells Elk City System for $682 million to Enbridge Energy Partners (2010)
- Atlas Pipeline Partners sells NOARK gas transmission system for $300 million (2009)
- Atlas Resource Partners agrees to acquire 277 bcfe of proved reserves in Barnett Shale from Carrizo Oil & Gas (2012)
- Avtron Holdings and its subsidiaries obtain financing (2012)
- Avtron Holdings completes sale of portfolio company Avtron Loadbank to Emerson Electric (2012)
- Axsys acquires Diversified Optical
- Banc One finances Orion Foods acquisition
- Banc One invests in Workstream (2009)
- Bank One and JPMorgan Chase provide facility for Heads & Threads acquisition (2009)
- Bank One provides financing for acquisition of Tube City
- Bank One provides financing for Marco Wood acquisition
- Blue Point Capital acquires Area Wide Protective and LNA Auto (2009)
- Blue Point Capital acquires Floral Plant Growers (2009)
- Blue Point Capital acquires The Hygenic Corporation (2009)
- Brockway Moran acquires Pacific Crane
- ComparisonMarket.com obtains credit line
- Cortec Group completes sale of FFR-DSI to Olympus (2011)
- Diebold acquires Getronics and Groupe Bull (2009)
- Dow Corning closes bridge loan (2009)
- Edgewater acquires business unit of Norac (2009)
- Evercore Capital acquires various Davis Petroleum entities in bankruptcy buyout (2009)
- High Road Capital acquires Advanced Sleep Medicine Services (2010)
- High Road Capital acquires All Current Electrical (2009)
- High Road Capital acquires Handi Quilter (2011)
- High Road Capital acquires PANOS Brands (2011)
- High Road Capital portfolio company affiliate acquires Transolutions
- Industrial Growth Partners acquires Lexington Precision from Aurora Capital
- Industrial Growth Partners portfolio company acquires outstanding stock of QSR Holdings (2012)
- Investment fund obtains financing for acquisition of Focus Receivables
- J.M. Smucker obtains $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility
- JPMorgan Chase refinances Hawk Corporation facility (2009)
- KeyBank closes credit facility for Wastequip
- KeyBank provides $200 million financing for Select Portfolio
- KeyBank provides acquisition financing for Quickie Manufacturing
- KeyBank provides acquisition financing to Manhattan Beachwear
- KeyBank provides credit facility to Chronic Care (2009)
- KeyBank provides financing for Selig Sealing acquisition
- KeyBank provides financing to JLL Partners for acquisition of American Dental Partners (2012)
- KeyBank provides financing to provider of management services for acquisition of operator of ambulatory surgical centers
- KeyBank provides financing to Vigor Industrial (2012)
- KeyBank provides line of credit to PE firm
- KeyBank refinances Magnequench debt
- KeyBank restructures NCS HealthCare facility
- Kirtland Capital obtains credit facility for portfolio company Instron (2009)
- Kirtland Capital portfolio company acquires Ox Bodies
- Kirtland Capital portfolio company acquires Rugby Manufacturing
- Kirtland Capital refinances Instron (2009)
- Life Line Screening obtains credit facility to refinance existing debt
- Marine Mechanical obtains credit facility (2009)
- MCM Capital acquires assets and assumes liabilities of Saisha Technology, STACI, and Copperstreets (2009)
- Morgenthaler acquires Gates Formed-Fibre Products
- Morgenthaler Capital refinances U.S., U.K., and Canadian credit facilities of portfolio company Phillips & Temro Industries (2011)
- Morgenthaler restructures and invests in PhilTem Holdings
- Morgenthaler restructures Formed Fiber Technologies (2009)
- National City Bank is administrative agent for Advance Watch workout (2009)
- National City closes $175 million loan with Calgon Carbon
- National City closes $600 million amendment with OM Group
- National City completes $925 million amendment to OM Group credit facility
- National City provides $1.25 billion credit facility and loan to chemical company
- National City provides $100 million financing to Calgon Carbon
- National City provides $105 million credit facility to Calgon Carbon
- National City provides $450 million credit facility to Abercrombie & Fitch
- National City provides $50 million credit facilities to Playhouse Square
- National City provides $650 million credit facility to American Greetings (2009)
- National City provides $80 million financing for LBO of elevator company and mechanical service company
- National City provides acquisition financing to auto products supplier
- National City provides credit and loan facilities to Gleason
- National City provides credit facility to manufacturing company
- National City provides financing for LBO of gear drive manufacturer
- National City provides financing for LBO of respiratory products manufacturer
- National City provides financing to Bob Evans for acquisition of Mimi's Cafe
- National City provides loan to electrical component manufacturer
- National City restructures credit facilities for Gourmand Specialty Foods and Hudson Valley
- National City restructures facilities for kitchen textile products producer
- National City signs credit agreements with Qualitor
- NexPak closes $74 million facility in exit financing
- NexPak obtains $37 million DIP financing
- Nextel closes $580 million equipment financing in exit financing for affiliate (2009)
- Nextel obtains $6.6 billion loan and credit facility
- Oglebay Norton closes $305 million replacement DIP financing
- Oglebay Norton obtains $75 million DIP financing
- Oil and gas exploration and production company obtains credit facility (2009)
- OM Group acquires Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG for $1 billion (2011)
- Online aggregator of auto insurance obtains credit facilities
- Parallel fund acquires and recapitalizes Diesel Service & Supply
- Park-Ohio acquires Fluid Routing Solutions (2012)
- Park-Ohio closes loan facility
- Park-Ohio increases credit facility to $200 million
- PE firm obtains credit facility
- PE firm obtains financing for acquisition of glass producer
- PNC Bank provides financing to Abercrombie & Fitch
- PNC Bank provides financing to High Ridge Brands (2012)
- PNC Bank provides financing to Nielsen & Bainbridge and subsidiaries (2012)
- PolyOne to acquire ColorMatrix Group for $486 million (2011)
- Pratt-Read refinances debt
- Primus Capital acquires Advanced Answers On Demand from Fortissimo Capital (2012)
- Primus Capital acquires G2 Web Services (2011)
- Primus Venture closes $25 million loans
- Raymond James acquires Sirchie Fingerprint
- Riverside acquires American Home Inspectors
- Riverside acquires Avatar International (2011)
- Riverside acquires Capital Precision (2009)
- Riverside acquires EthicsPoint (2012)
- Riverside acquires Express Courier
- Riverside acquires Genetic Testing Institute (2009)
- Riverside acquires Global Compliance Services (2012)
- Riverside acquires Integrated Motion
- Riverside acquires JC Whitney & Co. (2009)
- Riverside acquires Junior Library Guild
- Riverside acquires Justrite Manufacturing
- Riverside acquires Maverick Enterprises
- Riverside acquires parent companies of Polar Window of Canada
- Riverside acquires Perkins Products (2010)
- Riverside acquires Positive Options
- Riverside acquires QualServ (2009)
- Riverside acquires SportCourt in bankruptcy buyout (2009)
- Riverside acquires Sunrise Windows (2011)
- Riverside acquires Thibaut (2009)
- Riverside acquires United Central Industrial Supply
- Riverside amends credit facility of portfolio company for acquisition financing of Bidco
- Riverside Company acquires Baby Jogger (2012)
- Riverside completes sale of Integrated Power Services to Odyssey Investment Partners (2012)
- Riverside finances AEC and Bargman acquisitions
- Riverside finances Nordco acquisition
- Riverside portfolio company acquires bankruptcy claims management business of Donlin, Recano & Co. and DRX Distribution Management
- Riverside portfolio company acquires business unit from Frauenthal Keramik
- Riverside portfolio company finances acquisition of HammerBlow
- Riverside provides intercompany loan to Porcelain Products
- Riverside refinances debt of ACT Labs
- Riverside simultaneously acquires D.F. King and M Communications (2009)
- Roadway activates $100 million incremental credit facility
- Safeguard Properties to acquire Bank of America's field servicing business (2012)
- SanDisk Corp acquires Matrix Semiconductor for $250 million (2009)
- SciQuest obtains credit facilities
- Sherwin-Williams obtains $650 million credit facility (2009)
- Smuckers assumes $200 million of EuroNotes
- Smuckers enters into credit agreement
- Smuckers issues $100 million of notes
- Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 cell towers to TowerCo for $670 million
- SunPower acquires PowerLight for $332 million (2009)
- Teleglobe closes replacement DIP facility
- Teleglobe obtains $57 million DIP facility
- Teleglobe obtains Canadian DIP facility
- TSG Consumer Partners acquires Alterna
- TSG Consumer Partners acquires Pevonia and Medicalia
- TSG Consumer Partners obtains secured revolving facility for portfolio company (2012)
- TSG recapitalizes portfolio company Yard House (2009)
- World Kitchen closes $438 million exit financing
Qualifications
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- Ohio
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