Dean Masuda

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

• Finance
• Private Equity

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 2015 Juris Doctor
• University of Notre Dame - 2012 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• Florida Bar
• New York Bar