Bio

Teri Lindquist is a senior leader in Perkins Coie’s Debt Finance practice. She focuses her work on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in leveraged mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Teri has extensive experience with all types of financings, including senior secured, unitranche, second lien, split lien, mezzanine, recurring revenue, and preferred stock structures. Teri represents sponsors focused on a wide range of industries, including technology, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food and beverage, and media. Many of her deals involve international subsidiaries and assets and sometimes parallel foreign lenders. She also represents private equity funds in connection with net asset value (NAV) and subscription lines. In addition, having been through many cycles of boom and bust, Teri has often worked with sponsors and portfolio companies to navigate workouts and restructurings, Article 9 foreclosure sales, debtor in possession (DIP) facilities, and exit facilities. Teri is also the co-chair of the firm’s Private Investment Funds industry group and represents fund sponsors and investors in forming and investing in venture funds, debt funds, funds of funds, and hedge funds. Teri represents sponsors of all sizes in the formation of investment funds. Working in collaboration with the firm’s Investment Management, Tax, and ERISA Litigation practices, she has assisted in raising funds that range from $20 million to $2 billion. In addition, Teri represents investors, from small family offices to Fortune 50 companies, with respect to fund investments.