The ‘powerhouse lending, banking and leveraged finance team’ at White & Case LLP advises a client roster consisting of banks and private equity houses on the structuring of acquisition finance loans, including take-private deals, while also representing private equity clients as borrowers seeking a range of financing types, including mezzanine financing. Eliza McDougall was named head of the firm’s global debt financing group in September 2023, and continues to advise a range of banks and private lenders, in addition to corporate borrowers on arranging both leveraged and investment-grade credit facilities, while Justin Wagstaff heads both the Americas debt finance and global borrowers finance arms of the practice, assisting private equity sponsors and corporates on cross-border financing deals. Eric Leicht advises a number of lead arrangers on the setting up of leveraged and bridge finance transactions, and is also sought after for advice on restructuring matters, while Binoy Dharia handles a range of cross-border financing transactions, including acquisition and asset-based financing. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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‘Excellent domain expertise in transaction and financing matters.’
‘White and Case's private credit group is excellent. They are client focused and business solution oriented. I view the key differentiator as being that W&C partners are engaged and actively involved in negotiating credit documents.’
‘This group is uniquely strong in cross-border transactions. Additionally, the group has an exceptional strength in depth, both in terms of its deep bench and activity across products.’
'Deep knowledge enabling concise advice and impeccable client service and responsiveness.'
‘W&C has a powerhouse lending, banking and leveraged finance team.’
Key clients
- Apollo Capital Management LP
- Boy Scouts of America
- Cheniere Energy Inc.
- CVC Capital Partners
- Circulus Holdings, PBLLC
- Harvest Midstream I, L.P.
- JBS S.A.
- Marathon Oil Corporation
- NRG Energy, Inc.
- Oatly Group AB
- PDC Brands
- Priority Power Management, LLC
- Riverbed Technology
- Booking Holdings, Inc.
- Talen Energy Supply, LLC
- Xerox Corporation
- Bank of America
- Barclays Bank
- Blackrock
- BNP Paribas
- Citibank
- Citizens Bank
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank
- DigitalBridge Credit
- Goldman Sachs
- ING Capital
- Jefferies Finance
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Macquarie
- Mizuho Bank
- Morgan Stanley
- Natixis
- Nomura Securities International, Inc.
- Nordea
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Silver Point Capital
- The Provident Bank
- Truist Bank
- UBS AG
Work highlights
- Represented of Xerox Corporation and Xerox Holdings Corporation, as the borrower, in connection with a senior secured asset-based revolving facility in an aggregate principal amount of $300m with Citibank N.A. as administrative agent, collateral agent and swing line lender.
- Represented Marathon Oil Company in its acquisition financing of a $3bn cash definitive agreement to purchase the Eagle Ford assets of Ensign Natural Resources.
- Represented Deutsche Bank AG, as left lead arranger, administrative agent, lender and issuing bank, in connection with a $1.1bn term loan facility and $225m revolver facility provided to Playa Resorts Holding B.V. as borrower, for the refinancing of existing debt.
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Justin Wagstaff
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Justin Wagstaff, Eliza McDougall