Ryan Searfoorce is of counsel in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher practicing in the firm's Finance, Oil and Gas, Cleantech, and Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Groups.
Ryan represents public and private borrowers, private equity investors, financial institutions and other capital sources in financing transactions including asset-based loans, senior and subordinated debt, investment grade loans, reserve-based loans, distressed loans and debtor-in possession financings. He has extensive experience with commodity intermediations, sale leasebacks and other alternative financing structures, as well as restructuring transactions.
Representative Clients and Transactions:
Borrower Representations
- Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturing company, serving the oil, natural gas, industrial and renewable energy industries, on its $100 million senior secured Norwegian bond issuance
- Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. in its corporate conversion from a controlled publicly traded partnership to a non-controlled Delaware corporation newly listed on Nasdaq
- ProFrac Holding Corp. on the $885 million refinancing of its existing senior secured term loan and other debt with a private offering of senior secured notes and a secured term loan
- Aethon Energy Management LLC in connection with its $260 million agreement to purchase Tellurian Inc.’s upstream oil & gas assets
- Specialty plastics manufacturer in its $25 million ABL Loan and Security Agreement
Restructuring Matters
- Controlling group of first lien lenders to Dynata, LLC in its $31.5 million Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement and $81.5 million Bankruptcy Exit Credit Agreement
- Ad hoc group of secured lenders to Vericast in the amendment of its existing Credit Agreement and exchange of notes
- Controlling group of second-lien lenders to Alvogen Pharma US, Inc. in its consensual restructuring and $117 million Second Lien Credit Agreement
- Ad hoc group of secured lenders to City Brewing Company, LLC in its incurrence of $35 million of superpriority term loans
- Ad Hoc Group of lenders to H-Food Holdings, LLC (d/b/a Hearthside Food Solutions) in its $150 million Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement and $725 million Bankruptcy Exit Credit Agreement
- Ad hoc group of secured lenders to WideOpenWest Finance, LLC in its $200 million Super-Priority Credit Agreement
Ryan received his Juris Doctor from The University of Virginia School of Law in 2008. Prior to law school, he graduated from Ohio State University in 2005, where he received Bachelors of Science in mathematics and economics, with honors.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Virginia - 2008 Juris Doctor
- Ohio State University - 2005 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- New York Bar
- Texas Bar