Corporate & Syndicated Finance

Overview

Smith Anderson is a leading North Carolina law firm for borrower and issuer representation in corporate and syndicated finance. Our lawyers help boards and management consider and structure financing alternatives in rapidly changing markets, and we have been involved in many of the largest debt finance transactions for companies in North Carolina and the Research Triangle region. Over the past five years, we have worked with syndicated loan financings and high-yield bond transactions for leveraged buyouts, mergers, asset-based loans (ABL), acquisition finance, working capital and dividend recaps totaling in excess of $15 billion.

Experience

Represented a public contract research organization (with significant private equity ownership) in a series of syndicated loan financings and high yield note offerings, including in connection with its going-private transaction and subsequent IPO; in a $1.95 billion senior secured credit facility and an $800 million senior notes offering; and in more than $5 billion of multicurrency senior secured revolving credit facilities, term loans and senior notes to finance a portion of an approximately $20 billion merger of equals.
Represented a 50% PE-owned provider of bone healing technology in its $215 million first and second lien credit facilities, used to refinance debt relating to the spin-off that formed the company.
Represented a provider of bone healing technology in its $25 million multicurrency revolving credit facility involving a $160 million subordinated shareholder note, Dutch co-borrower and pledge of Jersey equity.
Represented an agricultural manufacturer and its affiliates in a $248 million senior secured credit facility to finance working capital and acquisitions.
Represented a multinational manufacturer and supplier to the papermaking industry in a $280 million cross-border senior secured credit facility, secured by collateral in eight countries, and $240 million senior notes offering.