Practice Expertise

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets and Securities
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Fair Lending

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets and Securities
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Fair Lending
  • Financial Institutions Corporate and ...
  • Fund Finance
  • Health Care
  • Health Care and Life Sciences
  • Lending Services
  • Retail
  • Structured Finance and Securitization
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Profile

John’s practice focuses on representing banks and other financial institutions in connection with leveraged and asset-based lending transactions and asset securitizations.

John has extensive experience representing senior and junior lenders in acquisition financings, including leveraged buyouts and tender offers, and other recapitalizations and going private transactions. Additionally, John regularly advises lenders with matters relating to troubled loans, work-outs and loan restructuring matters.

John serves as the leader for the firm’s lending services practice group.

Relevant Experience

  • Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a multi-tranched $42.5 million credit facility to finance a sponsor led purchase of a logistics software provider.
  • Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a multi-tranched $235 million credit facility for a private correctional services provider.
  • Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a $150 million senior credit facility for a security alarm company.
  • Represented a hedge fund in connection with a $70 million senior credit facility secured by CLO residual interests.
  • Represented a hedge fund in connection with a $100 million senior credit facility to a specialty finance company.
  • Counsel to CDO collateral manager in connection with restructurings of various portfolio investments.

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia
  • New York

Education
BA, St. John’s University, magna cum laude, 1984

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets and Securities
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Fair Lending
  • Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory
  • Fund Finance
  • Health Care
  • Health Care and Life Sciences
  • Lending Services
  • Retail
  • Structured Finance and Securitization

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a multi-tranched $42.5 million credit facility to finance a sponsor led purchase of a logistics software provider.
  • Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a multi-tranched $235 million credit facility for a private correctional services provider. 
  • Represented a commercial finance company in connection with a $150 million senior credit facility for a security alarm company.
  • Represented a hedge fund in connection with a $70 million senior credit facility secured by CLO residual interests.
  • Represented a hedge fund in connection with a $100 million senior credit facility to a specialty finance company.
  • Counsel to CDO collateral manager in connection with restructurings of various portfolio investments.


Professional Associations
  • Member, Turnaround Management Association, 2001-2011
  • Member, Legal Advisory Committee of The Loan Syndications & Trading Association, 2004-2011

Professional Activities and Experience
  • Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA as a “Leading Lawyer” in Banking & Finance, 2007-2017 
  • Selected for inclusion in “Super Lawyers,” Banking Law, Georgia Super Lawyers magazine, 2007-2009


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