Bio
Drawing on more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Nahr represents financial sponsors in both acquisition financings and financings for their portfolio companies, developing practical and innovative solutions in connection with many of their most significant matters. He skillfully navigates transactions involving dividend recapitalizations, restructurings, hybrid structures, private credit and direct lending. He represents clients across many industries, but has particularly significant experience in technology-focused matters, including those involving SaaS businesses.
Mr. Nahr has been repeatedly recognized in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000 for his banking and finance work, in addition to being named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.
Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Nahr was head of the global finance practice at another global law firm.
Mr. Nahr’s recent experience at his prior firm includes representing multinational corporations, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, including Permira, AEA Investors, Goldman Sachs, RedBird Capital, CVC Capital Partners and New Mountain. A sampling of his transactional work includes advising:
- Extended Stay America on its $1.65 billion credit facilities
- Informatica on its $2.12 billion credit facilities
- LegalZoom on its $150 million revolving credit facility
- Perrigo on its $2.6 billion credit facilities
- Tradeweb on its $500 million revolving credit facility
In addition, Mr. Nahr has advised the following in their financing matters:
Syndicated Financings
- Motus Group
- ProQuest
- The Knot Worldwide
- Traeger Pellet Grills
- Transcendia
- Vida Capital
- Zep
Direct Lender Financings
- Amerivet
- Arax Investment Partners
- Boats Group
- Casting Networks
- CommentSold
- Constellation Affiliated Partners
- Excelitas Technologies
- GlobalWebIndex
- Lytx
- Melissa & Doug
- Mimecast
- mParticle
- Obra Capital
- Seismic
- Synamedia
- ThreeSixty Group
- Transcendia
- Velocity EHS
- Western Dental
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., New York University School of Law
- LL.B., Freie Universität Berlin
Admissions
- New York
Languages
- French
- German