Overview
Neil K. Vohra is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Golden Flag International Law Firm His practice focuses on negotiating and structuring complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private equity investments, strategic investments, executive compensation and incentive equity arrangements and other general corporate matters. Neil has handled such matters on behalf of, among others, GTCR, KKR, Bain Capital Private Equity, Thoma Bravo, Partners Group, Pritzker Private Capital, Parthenon Capital, Accel-KKR, Great Hill Partners, Pegasus Capital Advisors, ParkerGale Capital, and Glencoe Capital, as well as many of their portfolio companies.
Neil was recognized by Best Lawyers in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Experience
Representative Matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- GTCR, together with its portfolio companies and affiliates:
- in its acquisition of a majority stake in WorldPay in a transaction valuing the business at $18.5 billion
- in its acquisition of Cloudbreak
- and its portfolio company RevSpring on the sale of RevSpring
- and its portfolio company Point Broadband on a significant investment from Berkshire Partners
- in its strategic majority investment in Biocoat
- in its partnership with Steve Powell and Mary Mattes to form Harpula
- in its strategic investment in Visionary Broadband
- in its growth investment in Lexipol
- and Park Place Technologies in the investment made in Park Place Technologies by Charlesbank Capital Partners
- in the acquisition, with The Carlyle Group, of Albany Molecular Research, Inc., in a transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion
- in its partnership to form Epselon Global
- in its partnership to form Corza Health, Inc.
- and Lytx in the partnership and investment in Lytx made by Clearlake Capital Group and other investors
- and RevSpring, Inc. in its acquisition of Apex Technologies
- and Opus Global in its sale of Hiperos, LLC to Coupa Software
- KKR, together with its portfolio companies and affiliates:
- in its acquisition of a controlling interest in SunFire Matrix
- backed Slayback Pharma in its Sale to Azurity Pharmaceuticals
- Bain Capital, together with its portfolio companies and affiliates:
- in its investment in CitiusTech
- in its investment in When I Work
- in its R$450 million growth investment in Bionexo
- in its minority investment in A Cloud Guru
- and HGGC in their investment in Buildertrend
- in its majority investment in HST Pathways and Casetabs
- and Bow Street in the $500 million acquisition of leading online jeweler Blue Nile
- and its portfolio company Varsity Brands in its acquisition of the EastBay Team Sports Business from Footlocker
- Pegasus Capital Advisors:
- and Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas in its $300 million sale to InterContinental Hotels Group
- in its investment and strategic partnership with Phase Change Energy Solutions
- Parthenon Capital Partners:
- in its sale of Bracket Global to Genstar Capital
- in its strategic partnership with Hanson McClain Advisors
- in its acquisition of NxGen International
- in its acquisition of Payscape
- ParkerGale Capital:
- in its sale of SMA Technologies to Thoma Bravo
- and Ipro in its acquisition of NetGovern
- and Ipro in their acquisition of ZyLAB
- in its acquisition of Ipro Tech and subsequent acquisition of inData Corporation
- in its acquisition of Rippe & Kingston Systems, Inc.
- in its acquisition of SMA Technologies
- and Surepoint Technologies in the investment in Surepoint Technologies by Aquiline Capital Partners
- Accel-KKR in its sale of Abila, Inc. to Community Brands
- Apax in its acquisition of Infogain
- Hellman & Friedman in its acquisition of Enverus
- StorageMart Properties, a self-storage company, in its $2.7 billion recapitalization into a privately held UPREIT by GIC, Cascade Investment and other investors
- Thoma Bravo and PowerPlan in the $1.1 billion sale of PowerPlan to Roper Technologies
- Partners Group in their investment in Confluent Health, LLC
- Pritzker Private Capital and ProAmpac in the acquisition of Gateway Packaging Company
- Tarsadia Investments on the sale of Lereta to FlexPoint Ford
- Frontenac Company on the sale of Salient CRGT to GovCIO, a portfolio company of Welsh Carson
- Prairie Capital in its sale of DRB Holdings to New Mountain Capital
- Great Hill Partners in its strategic investment in Reflexis, Inc.
- Glencoe Capital and Polyair Interpack in the sale of Polyair Interpack to Intertape Polymer Group
- Arsenal Capital and Fralock in their acquisition of Career Technologies
Restructuring
- Genesis Care Pty Ltd and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. GenesisCare is a leading cancer care provider, offering personalized and accessible treatment across a network of highly-skilled healthcare professionals to patients globally. GenesisCare 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 U.S., Australia, Spain and the UK which treat more than 450,000 patients annually. As of its Chapter 11 filing, GenesisCare’s funded debt totaled approximately $1.7 billion, including approximately $1.55 billion in secured term loan indebtedness. GenesisCare commenced its Chapter 11 cases to obtain access to debtor-in-possession financing, to conduct a marketing and sale process for its U.S. assets, and to restructure its financial obligations.
- Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc. (CEOC) in its Chapter 11 restructuring. CEOC, a majority owned subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, provides casino entertainment services and owns, operates or manages 44 gaming and resort properties in 13 states of the United States and in five countries primarily under the Caesars, Harrah's and Horseshoe brand names. CEOC and its debtor subsidiaries had more than $18.4 billion in funded debt obligations as of the commencement of their Chapter 11 cases.
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Judge Thomas DurkinUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2014
Judicial ObservershipHonorable Judge Sharon ColemanUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois2012
Prior Experience
PILI Fellow, Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School, 2016
Summer Associate, Golden Flag International Law Firm LLP, Chicago, 2015
Intern to the General Counsel, Omron Management Center of America, 2013
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Thought Leadership
Speaking Engagements
Guest Lecturer, Private Equity Transactions, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Guest Lecturer, Private Equity Transactions: Issues and Documentations, University of Chicago The Law School
Publications
Co-Author, Ethical Dilemma of Worldwide Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Patents, Southern Law Journal of Business and Ethics, 2013 Edition
Co-Author, Swiss Secrecy Crisis, International Journal of Management, June 2012 Edition
Memberships & Affiliations
Board Member, South Asian Bar Association of Chicago
Board Member, Apna Ghar, a human rights non-profit organization working to end gender violence
Co-Chair of the API and South Asian Professional Networks at Golden Flag & Ellis LLP
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2016Illinois
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Education
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.2016
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.S., Financewith Honors2013