Oaktree, Angelo Gordon and Apollo Refinance $660 Term Loan for Trinseo

Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, obtained $1.077 billion in aggregate principal amount of secured term loan financing arranged by Angelo, Gordon & Co and Oaktree Capital Management, with funds managed by Angelo Gordon, Oaktree and Apollo Global Management as lenders.

September 11, 2023 Angelo Gordon | Apollo | Brook Hinchman | Centerview Partners | Frank Bozich | Joseph Lenz | Oaktree | Paul Hastings | Ropes & Gray | Trinseo Ian Koplin

Bank of America Amends Barnes & Noble Education’s Credit Agreement as Part of Refinancing

Barnes & Noble Education entered into a refinancing agreement with its financial stakeholders. According to an 8K filed with the SEC, Bank of America is serving as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders of the company’s amended credit agreement.

July 31, 2023 Bank of America | Barnes & Noble Education | Houlihan Lokey | Michael P. Huseby | Paul Hastings Phil Neuffer

CVC Credit Closes Third CLO Equity Vehicle with $800MM of Commitments

CVC Credit closed CVC CLO Equity III at its hard cap with $800 million of commitments. Across its period of deployment, this equity fund is intended to support more than $10 billion of global CLO issuance for CVC Credit’s performing credit platform.

July 5, 2023 CVC Credit | Gretchen Bergstresser | Ken Young | Paul Hastings Ian Koplin

Silver Point Supports $1.5B Acquisition of Company Behind SurveyMonkey

An investor consortium led by Symphony Technology Group completed the acquisition of Momentive, the maker of SurveyMonkey, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion. Silver Point acted provided committed debt financing in support of the acquisition.

June 2, 2023 BofA Securities | J.P. Morgan Securities | J.T. Treadwell | Momentive | Paul Hastings | Qatalyst Partners | Silver Point | SurveyMonkey | Symphony Technology Group | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Ian Koplin

BMO Leads Lender Group Providing $250MM Credit Facility to Priority Power Management

Priority Power Management refinanced its existing debt and increased its credit facility from $85 million to $250 million. Priority Power Management executed the new five-year credit agreement comprising a $150 million revolving credit facility, $50 million term loan and $50 million revolver accordion.

November 17, 2022 BMO Capital Markets | BMO Harris Bank | BofA Securities | Brad Chapin | Brandon Schwertner | First Horizon Bank | Joe Loner | Paul Hastings | Priority Power Management | White & Case Ian Koplin

Anderson, Chopra, Davidson and Nurmohamed Join Paul Hastings’ Global Finance Team

Paul Hastings added a prestigious team from Latham & Watkins. Mo Nurmohamed, Ross Anderson, Karan Chopra and Rob Davidson all joined the firm as partners in Paul Hastings’ global finance practice.

July 20, 2022 Karan Chopra | Latham & Watkins | Mo Nurmohamed | Paul Hastings | Rob Davidson | Ross Anderson | Seth Zachary Ian Koplin

Paul Hastings Adds Cartwright to Expand London Private Equity and M&A Platform

Tom Cartwright joined Paul Hastings as a partner based in London. Cartwright advises private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and family offices on private equity investments and M&A transactions.

June 20, 2022 acquisitions | Arun Birla | M&A | mergers | Paul Hastings | private equity | Seth Zachary | Tom Cartwright Phil Neuffer

Gallardo Joins Paul Hastings as Global Co-Chair of M&A

Eduardo Gallardo joined Paul Hastings as global co-chair of mergers and acquisitions, where he will focus on advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, takeover defense, shareholder activism, corporate governance and other corporate matters.

June 10, 2022 Eduardo Gallardo | Paul Hastings | Seth Zachary Ian Koplin

Paul Hastings Adds Renowned Financial Services Investigations, Regulation and Litigation Team

Paul Hastings added a high-profile team specializing in the representation of banks, non-bank financial institutions, fintechs, and other companies providing financial products and services.

June 3, 2022 Aaron Mahler | Financial Services Investigations | Jonice Gray Tucker | Kari Hall | Matthew Previn | Paul Hastings | Regulation and Litigation Team Rita Garwood

TPC Group Commences Chapter 11 to Deleverage and Recapitalize

TPC Group, a provider of products to chemical and petroleum-based companies, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. 

June 1, 2022 Baker Botts | Eclipse Business Capital | Edward J. Dineen | Evercore | FTI Consulting | Goldberg Kohn | Moelis & Company | Paul Hastings | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | TPC Group Ian Koplin