Dean Masuda is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn where he is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group. He represents borrowers and private equity sponsors in a variety of debt finance transactions.
Dean is recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 for his work in Banking and Finance Law.
Representative Clients and Transactions*:
- CapVest Partners in its financing of its acquisition of Recochem Corp.
- Cole Haan, a portfolio company of Apax Partners in its refinancing of its credit facilities
- Consolidated Precision Products, a leading manufacturer of highly complex components for the commercial aerospace market, in connection with a refinancing of its existing secured debt and issuance of preferred equity as part of a complicated amend and extend transaction involving more than $1.3 billion in funded debt
- Digital River Inc., a portfolio company of Siris Capital Group in its amendments of its credit facilities
- Galaxy Digital Holdings in its financing of its acquisition of Helios bitcoin mining facility from Argo Blockchain
- Grayshift LLC, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo in its refinancing of its credit facilities
- HPS Investment Partners in its financing for the management-led group’s takeover bid for Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
- Identity Digital Inc., a portfolio company of ABRY Partners in its refinancing of its credit facilities
- Integra Parent, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo in its financing of its acquisition of Cyborg Security Inc.
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and its portfolio companies in various matters including:
- Acquisition of SunFireMatrix Inc.
- Acquisition of Janney Montgomery Scott
- Take-private of Chase Corporation
- Incremental financings for GeoStabilization International, LLC
- Industrial Physics in its amendments to its credit facilities
- Learfield Communications in a comprehensive deleveraging transaction with its lenders and equity partners. Significantly reducing debt by $600 million and raised $150 million in new equity
- Medusind Solutions, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors in multiple refinancings and acquisition financings
- Ortholite LLC, a portfolio company of Trilantic Capital Partners in its refinancing of its senior credit facilities
- Point 41 Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various financing matters including:
- Acquisition of Interstate AC Services
- Acquisition of Kimbro Mechanical Inc.
- Acquisition of Open Source Controls LLC
- Acquisition of Anchor Heating and Air
- Warburg Pincus in its financing of its acquisition of Everise Holdings Inc.
- 24-7 Intouch Inc., a portfolio company of Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan in its incremental credit facility
Dean earned his Juris Doctor in 2015 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 2012. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, he was a debt finance partner at a global law firm.
*Includes transactions prior to Dean’s association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University - 2015 Juris Doctor
- University of Notre Dame - 2012 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- Florida Bar
- New York Bar