Meir Lax is an associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice Group and Liability Management & Special Situations Practice Group. He represents credit investors, equity sponsors and borrowers in a wide range of liability management transactions, distressed credit situations and private credit financings.
Representations include:
- Oregon Tool in connection with a $150 million new money financing and a $1.3 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
- Petmate in a new money drop-down financing and out-of-court restructuring of over $800 million of liabilities.
- Ares Capital Management in a $250 million financing to FORTNA Group.
- Abacus Life in a $150 million private credit financing.
- An ad hoc group of lenders to Rodan + Fields in a $75 million new money financing and uptier transaction of $550 million of secured debt.
- HPS in a $385 million private credit facility to Ribbon Communications.
- TCW Asset Management in a private credit refinancing for Florida Marine Transporters.
- Angelo Gordon in a private credit leveraged recapitalization facility to Priority Waste.
- Diameter Capital Partners in a private credit financing to Servpro.
- Apollo Global Management in a $1 billion secured notes financing to Norwegian Cruise Lines.
- An ad hoc group of lenders to Selina Hospitality in a discounted notes exchange.
Meir earned his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and his Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Georgetown University - 2022 Juris Doctor
- Excelsior College - 2019 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- New York Bar