Kyle R. Junik is a senior counsel in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. He has a general corporate practice with a particular emphasis on representing private equity sponsors in merger and acquisition transactions, primary and secondary co-investments, restructurings debt-for-equity recapitalizations and deep experience with non-traditional equity transactions, including debt-like preferred equity as third party financing, equity kickers and co-investments for private credit investors and debt for equity swaps involving troubled companies. In addition, he regularly counsels clients on a variety of commercial and operational matters, as well as on general corporate governance.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Kyle was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Boston.
Education
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Boston College Law School, J.D., 2009
cum laude
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Rochester Institute of Technology, B.S., 2001
With Highest Honors
Admissions & Qualifications
- Massachusetts
Matters
Recent representations include:
- Eagle Hospital Physicians in its divestiture of its hospitalist practice to Sound Physicians
- North Haven Credit Partners in its debt and equity recapitalization of Strata Worldwide Holdings, a global leader in mine safety solutions
- Solid Biosciences, a leading research platform for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, in its $50 million Senior Preferred financing round
- Garrison Investment Group in its restructuring and recapitalization of Speed Commerce, an e-commerce fulfillment company
- Bayou City Broadcasting and Bain Capital Credit in their acquisition of the KADN-TV and KLAF-LD television broadcasting stations from Nexstar Broadcasting Group
- Vir Biotechnology in its equity investment in TomegaVax, Inc
- Banker Steel Co., a portfolio company of Atlas Holdings, in its 363 asset acquisition of NYC Constructors, a steel erection and fabrication business
- Solid GT, a gene therapy platform developing therapeutics for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, in its $42.5 million Series B financing round
- HelpSystems, a global provider of IT management software, and a portfolio company of Summit Partners, it its sale to H.I.G. Capital
- Summit Partners in its growth equity investment in Invoice Cloud, an e-payments platform provider, in its sale of its majority stake in Nomacorc, a producer of synthetic wine closures, and in the sale of its majority stake in Snap Fitness, a franchisor of fitness centers, to TZP Capital Partners
- Solid State Equipment, a maker of wafer-processing equipment, and a portfolio company of Summit Partners, it its sale to Veeco Instruments, Inc.
- Lexington Partners in its acquisition of a significant portion of One Equity Partners’ portfolio of companies
- Bain Capital Credit in its debt acquisition and equity recapitalization of Cherry Creek Radio, an owner and operator of radio stations
- Atlas Holdings in its acquisition of Banker Steel Co., a structural steel fabrication business
- J.W. Childs Associates in the reorganization and recapitalization of its Winter Street fund
In addition, Kyle has advised several asset managers, such as Capital Dynamics, Commonfund, Fisher Lynch Capital, HQ Capital, LGT Capital Partners, Medley Capital, North Haven Credit Partners, Pantheon Ventures, SwanCap Partners and W Capital, in their minority equity and co-investment transactions.