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Antitrust | Colleges & Universities |
Debt Financing | Health
Care
Intellectual
Property & Rights Management | International | Investment
Management
Life
Sciences | Private
Equity | Private
Investment Funds | Real
Estate | Securities & Public
Companies
Sports Law |
Technology
Companies | Venture
Capital
& Emerging Companies
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How
big is our practice group?
45 lawyers (13 partners, 32 associates). |
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Melissa Moran (Suffolk University Law School '05) joined Ropes & Gray in 2005 and has worked on a number of significant matters as a member of the Debt Financing group. |
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What
do we do?
Our group represents private equity funds, companies, banks and
institutional investors in a broad range of financing transactions.
We help our clients get money to finance acquisitions and other
business needs by negotiating the structure and terms of the financing,
such as credit facilities and high yield bonds, and where the financing
fits in the corporate structure. Acquisition finance is one of
our specialties and we have worked on many high profile deals.
When the economy is not doing well, we also help clients renegotiate
the financing terms or restructure their debt. |
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New York associate Ryan
Tooley (University of Texas School of Law '06) has
made substantial contributions to our Debt Financing group. |
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- Represented Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group in structuring
and obtaining financing, including secured credit facilities
and “jumbo” mezzanine notes, for the multi-billion
dollar acquisition of The Weather Channel Companies by a consortium
comprised of Bain Capital, Blackstone and NBC Universal. For
a description of the associate's role in this transaction, click here.
- Represented Bain Capital and THL Partners in structuring and
obtaining $18.8 billion of aggregate financing, including an
ABL revolving credit facility, secured credit facilities, cash
pay and PIK toggle high yield notes, for the private-equity led
acquisition of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., the largest
radio broadcasting company in the U.S. and a worldwide leader
in outdoor advertising. For
a description of the associate's role in this transaction, click
here.
- Represented Bain Capital and other investors in
obtaining $2.9 billion in aggregate financing, including a $790
million real estate securitization (for commercial mortgage backed
securities), for the going-private transaction of OSI Restaurant
Partners, owner of Outback Steakhouse, Fleming's, Carrabba's,
Bonefish Grill and other prominent restaurant chains.
- Represented
Domino's Pizza in the financing of a recapitalization and repayment
of the company's existing senior secured credit facility, through
an interim financing of $1.35 billion of bridge facilities, and
refinancing with a $1.85 billion “whole business securitization”,
which included all of the company’s domestic franchises,
revenue associated with international franchises and other revenue-generating
assets. For a description of the associate's role in this transaction, click
here.
- Represented Silver Lake Partners and TPG Capital in obtaining approximately $6 billion in aggregate financing for the acquisition of Avaya, a leading telecommunications equipment provider, in what was one of the largest technology LBO's in history. For a description
of the associate's role in this transaction, click
here.
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When do we meet?
The group meets monthly to review client and legal developments.
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