Richard Wheelahan Email and Phone Number

FFP delivers innovative dept capital solutions to alternative investment managers seeking optimal fund capital structures.

Experienced Investment Professional: lead all aspects of investment process, including origination, screening, negotiation of terms, due diligence and execution, for credit facilities arranged by our funds and investment vehicles, in both bilateral and syndicated scenarios, covering senior secured, second lien, bifurcated unitranche (both first- and last-out) and mezzanine, with and without equity co-investments or warrants, in companies in which the collateral sits both in the U.S. and outside the U.S.Successful Capital Formation Professional: drafted registration statement, oversaw registration of shares and satisfaction of regulatory conditions, organized due diligence responses and pitched investors throughout IPO roadshow for publicly-listed BDC; oversee fund formation activity, including development of private funds, SMA concepts and joint ventures; oversee negotiation and documentation with all constituents; pitch potential investors in U.S., Europe and Asia, alone and as member of broader team; negotiate terms and execute financings from lenders for all aspects of fund and asset manager financings Business-Minded General Counsel: represent the platform in pending or potential proceedings, as well as before regulatory bodies; review and approve all marketing and investor communications on behalf of the firm; regularly train all portfolio management team members regarding all transaction structuring considerations Tested Chief Compliance Officer: oversee investment advisers’ and BDC’s compliance programs; liaise with outside counsel, regulators and NASDAQ concerning all fund and adviser regulatory matters; RIA and RIC registrants received “No Comments” letters following SEC’s 2017 examination

Represented Fortune 500 companies, privately held entities and private equity funds, with acquisitions and divestitures of publicly-held or privately-owned domestic and international entities. In addition to the mergers and acquisitions practice, assisted clients with general corporate and operational needs, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, joint ventures, fixed asset acquisitions and long-term commodity purchase agreements.

Focused on leveraged finance transactions and acquisitions of equity or assets by both financial and strategic companies.Represented financial institutions and agents in domestic and cross-border bilateral and syndicated financings for acquisitions or general working capital purposes. Experience with transactions where loan parties or security are located in foreign jurisdictions, including Japan, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic. Also represented financial institutions in collateralized debt obligation product structuring.Represented both operating and private equity companies in asset and equity acquisitions and divestitures.