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I counsel lenders and borrowers in a broad range of complex finance and restructuring transactions, with extensive experience managing all aspects of large, syndicated, multi-tranche financings ranging from $5 million to over $2 billion. I am adept in handling cross-border matters and in working with a wide variety of industries, including waste management, healthcare, manufacturing, web services and high-tech companies.Representative Engagements•Counsel to global agent in $2.35 billion multicurrency senior secured working capital facility and tranche B term loan for public environmental services company operating through 70 subsidiaries throughout US and Canada.•Counsel to private equity firm in connection with multiple leveraged buyouts of companies in healthcare, manufacturing, high-tech and food service industries.•Counsel to administrative agent in fully-underwritten $800 million tranche A term loan facility for leading public environmental services company with operations in 29 states acting through 139 subsidiaries, in connection with financing of $1.3 billion acquisition of waste treatment and disposal company.•Counsel to administrative agent in multiple private equity-sponsored leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of lower-middle-market companies, with term loan and revolving credit facilities ranging from $5 million to $35 million. •Counsel to administrative agent in $40 million syndicated working capital and term loan A facility for manufacturer of parts cleaning solvent and provider of drum waste management, oil collection, oil re-refining and other products and services pertaining to the environmental services market.•Counsel to administrative agent in CA$200 million syndicated, multicurrency working capital facility for one of fastest-growing waste management companies in Canada.•Counsel to letter of credit issuer in connection with numerous industrial revenue bond financings and other municipal bond issuances.

Listed skills include Corporate Law, Legal Research, Finance, Bankruptcy, and 2 others.