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- Represented Rodan & Fields in the development, negotiation, and consummation of a cutting-edge uptier debt exchange that ultimately resulted in near-unanimous lender participation and reduced the company’s debt burden by over $100 million, raised $30 million of new money capital, and extended the maturity of its existing loans by two years.
- Represented an ad hoc group of first lien lenders of K&N Engineering, Inc., a consumer-branded designer, manufacturer and marketer of high performance automotive and power sports aftermarket parts, in a $60 million new money financing in connection with its out of court restructuring of approximately $415 million of funded indebtedness.
- Represented Blackstone in a strategic financing collaboration for up to $1 billion in funding with PTC Therapeutics, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on medicine development and commercialization for patients with rare disorders.
- Represented TPG Growth, TPG Tech Adjacencies and Sixth Street Partners (f/k/a TPG Sixth Street Partners) in connection with their investment in Kaseya, a provider of IT management software.
- Represented Blackstone in a strategic $330 million financing collaboration with Harmony Biosciences Holdings, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing therapies for neurological diseases.
- Represented Sixth Street Partners in connection with the bankrupt restructuring of Neiman Marcus Group.
- Represented Sixth Street Partners in connection with the bankrupt restructuring of J.C. Penney Company.
- Represented Sixth Street Partners in connection with investment of $225 million in senior secured debt, convertible notes and warrants of Caris Life Sciences.
- Represented Sixth Street Partners in connection with providing US$175 million clinical trial financing to Clovis Oncology, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents in the global markets.
- Represented Sixth Street Partners in connection with anchor investment in US$250 million senior secured notes issuance by Flexential Intermediate Corporation.
- Represented Altamont Capital in connection with providing a US$50 million second lien financing to Axip Energy Services, a leading provider of oil and gas handling equipment and services.
- Represented Skyline Champion Corporation, a portfolio company of Bain Capital Credit, Centerbridge Partners and MAK Capital, which manufactures modular homes, in connection with its $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility.
- Advised Sixth Street Partners in connection with its acquisition of credit assets, including a part of Credit Suisse’s distressed credit portfolio for approximately $1.27 billion.
- Represented an investment firm and a group of subordinated note purchasers in a US$27.7 million issuance of senior subordinated notes of a food production company.
- Represented an investment firm and a group of subordinated note purchasers in a US$75 million issuance of senior subordinated notes of a global supplier of thermal technology systems, solutions and controls for the automotive industry.
- Represented Mast Capital Management, LLC and other financial institutions in an out-of-court restructuring of Sonifi Solutions Inc.'s US $350 million term loan facilities, which included an amendment and restatement of such facilities and concurrent equity co-investments.
- Represented an investment firm in a US$35 million issuance of senior subordinated notes as part of a mezzanine financing.
- Advised Daughters of Charity Hospital System in connection with a US$125 million senior secured tax exempt bond bridge financing.
- Represented TPG Special Situations Partners/TPG Capital in a US$750 million second lien senior secured financing to Chobani, Inc.
- Represented Hancock Capital Partners in a US$40 million issuance of Senior Subordinated Notes of Swanson Industries, Inc.
- Represented a lender in US$38 million second lien secured tranche of financing of leveraged buyout of home health care provider.
- Represented Bain Capital Credit and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in connection with US $40 million senior subordinated notes of Kel-Tech, Inc.
- Represented Highbridge Capital in connection with US$350 million second lien tranche of indebtedness issued in connection with financing of IPC Systems in 2014.
- Represents TPG Opportunities Partners in connection with the restructuring of Perkins Rowe, a distressed Louisiana real estate development project.
- Represented AMP Capital in US$100 million secured holdco financing of Astoria Project Partners.
- Represented Hancock Capital Partners in a US$52 million issuance of senior subordinated notes of Phillips & Temro Industries.
- Represented Hancock Capital Partners and Carlyle Mezzanine Partners in a US$36.5 million senior subordinated notes issuance to Specialty Processing, LLC.
- Represented CPMG as finance counsel in connection with joint venture to fund management and exploitation of intellectual property rights.
- Represented a lender in a senior secured loan to an elite fitness company.
- Represented a lender in US$20 million senior secured second lien financing to a casino developer and operator in the United States.
- Represents TPG Opportunities Partners in a US$247 million first lien senior secured financing to Allen Systems Group, Inc.
- Represented bondholders in the Premium Standard Farms and Grand Union Chapter 11 bankruptcies.
- Represented funds advised by Highland Capital in debtor in possession financing and first lien debt restructuring of Broadstripe, LLC.
- Represented GoldenTree Asset Management in debtor in possession and exit financing of Port Townshend Paper Company, as well as other private debt investments and restructuring transactions.
- Represented Agent in One Communications senior secured financing.
- Represents SVP Worldwide (Singer/Viking/Pfaff) in connection with senior secured and mezzanine cross border financings.
- Represented Stalking Horse bidder in 363 acquisition, via credit bid, of Champion Home Builders, and subsequently represented Champion Home Builders as a 363 sale bidder for assets of Palm Harbor Homes.
- Represented ad hoc committee of First Lien Lenders in Ion Media.
- Represented Reebok International as the acquirer of the assets of LogoAthletic, Inc via 363 transaction.
- Represented Palisades Associates as the acquirer of the assets of Communications Dynamics, Inc./TVC Communications, both through section 363 sales in bankruptcy.
- Represented Maine Medical as the acquirer of the assets of Jackson Brooke Hospital through a Chapter 11 plan.
- Represents Cortland Capital as agent in restructuring senior secured debt of Source Interlink companies.