Caroline Epstein is a Finance partner in the Los Angeles and New York offices of Paul, Weiss. She represents private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and public and private borrowers in acquisition financings, recapitalizations, refinancings and other complex financing transactions. Her practice focuses on leveraging client data, analytics, market intelligence and innovation in deal management and execution.
Epstein’s representative clients include many of the industry’s leading private equity firms, including Hg Capital, Investindustrial, KKR, Stone Point Capital, Stonepeak, Strategic Value Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Warburg Pincus, among others.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Finance, Private Equity |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Finance, Private Equity |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Finance, Private Equity |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Finance, Private Equity |
Epstein’s representative matters include advising:
- Thomas H. Lee Partners in connection with the financings for Headlands Research; Red Nucleus; AMI; YA Group; Hightower Advisors; Amerilife; Agiliti; Smile Doctors; MHS; Fortna; inRiver; Bynder; Intelligent Medical Objects; Bazaarvoice; and its acquisition of the Automation Business from Brooks.
- KKR in connection with the financings for Marmic Fire; Chase Corporation; CIRCOR International; Industrial Physics; Reliaquest; Agiloft; Integrated Specialty Coverages; Geostabilization; The Crosby Group; Bettcher Industries; Charter Next Generation; Integrated Specialty Coverages; apexanalytix; PlayOn! Sports; Beacon Pointe; Hyperion; Therapy Brands; Flow Control; AppLovin Corporation; Cloudera; Gibson Brands; Minnesota Rubber and Plastics; and Mitchell International.
- Hg Capital in connection with the financings for OneStream; Caseware; Payworks; A-LIGN; AuditBoard; NContracts; Litera; Rhaphsody; Prophix Software; Sovos Compliance and IRIS Software.
- Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. on the financing aspects of its acquisition of NEFCO.
- Strategic Value Partners in connection with the financings for Revelyst; Associated Materials; IPC and OmniMax International.
- General Atlantic in connection with its recommended offer for Learning Technologies Group and its take-private sale of EngageSmart.
- General Atlantic Credit in connection with the financing for Transcendia Holdings.
- Altor Equity Partners in its acquisition of CCM Hockey from Birch Hill Equity Partners.
- Keurig Dr Pepper on its €15.7 billion ($18.4 billion) all-cash acquisition of leading global coffee company JDE Peet’s and its planned separation into two independent public companies.
- Tempo Software, a portfolio company of private equity firm Diversis, on a leveraged recapitalization.