Chris Molen and Chad Werner joined McGuireWoods as partners in the Atlanta office, bringing experience in the leveraged finance and asset-based lending markets to the firm’s Debt Finance Department.
Molen has more than 40 years of experience representing national banks, hedge funds, private equity funds and international financial institutions in transactions around the world. He leads secured and unsecured lending deals, with significant experience in the healthcare and communications sectors. He also advises on debt restructurings, workouts and bankruptcy matters.
Molen is a past president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and is a member of the Commercial Finance Association and Turnaround Management Association.
Werner represents financial institutions, direct lenders, equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on a wide range of secured and unsecured financial transactions, including leveraged-based and investment-grade syndicated credit facilities, asset-based lending subordinated debt transactions, dividend recapitalizations and acquisition financing deals. He is a board member of the Atlanta Bar Association Section of Business and Finance.
Molen and Werner both come to McGuireWoods from King & Spalding.
“Chris and Chad are highly regarded for their debt finance experience and are prominent members of the Atlanta bar,” said Chris Greene, debt finance lawyer and managing partner of McGuireWoods’ Atlanta office. “Their experience will be invaluable to clients across the country. We are excited to welcome them to the firm.”
Raj Natarajan, chair of the Debt Finance Department, added, “Chris and Chad are major additions to our national practice. Their arrival further enhances our formidable capabilities to deliver for clients in a variety of financing matters.”
McGuireWoods’ finance practice is one of the largest in the United States, with more than 90 debt finance lawyers in the U.S. and London. The firm represents each of the top 10 U.S. banks ranked by assets and has handled domestic and cross-border commitments exceeding $100 billion in each of the past eight years.
