Global Finance

Overview

The Global Finance Practice Group serves clients around the world including private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, major financial institutions and hedge funds.

The Global Finance group includes more than 85 lawyers located throughout our offices worldwide. The broad array of financing transactions on which we advise includes:

Secured credit facilities, including acquisition financings, asset-based loans and second-lien facilities
High-yield debt and bridge facilities that backstop high-yield debt issuances
Mezzanine debt and other private note placements to financial investors
Unsecured credit facilities and bonds for investment-grade companies
Convertible bonds
Structured financings and securitizations
Project and infrastructure financings
Workouts and restructurings, debtor-in-possession and bankruptcy exit financings
Enforcement of senior and mezzanine loans
Hedging and other derivative transactions

The Global Finance group works closely with our mergers and acquisitions colleagues on acquisition financings and with our capital markets experts on registered and Rule 144A debt issuances. We also draw extensively on the knowledge and skills of our other specialist practice areas such as environmental, tax, employee benefits and the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), government contracts and litigation.

The Global Finance group is well-positioned to know what is “market” with respect to commitment packages, covenants, intercreditor terms, collateral arrangements and other financing terms. We use this knowledge to negotiate documentation efficiently on behalf of our clients to address their needs and goals.

We consistently rank among the industry leaders in leveraged finance transactions, including high-yield debt, with the Global Finance group and individual partners recognized by Chambers and other industry publications and organizations.

Experience

The Global Finance Practice Group serves clients around the world including private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, major financial institutions and hedge funds.

Recent representations include:

MetroPCS in a $3.5 billion senior note issuance in connection with its combination with T-Mobile USA.
UBS Investment Bank in $700 million first-lien credit facilities for Excelitas Technologies, Inc., financing the acquisition of Qioptiq.
Tenet Healthcare in a $2.8 billion senior unsecured note issuance and a $1.8 billion senior secured note issuance to finance Tenet’s acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems.
The ADT Corporation in a $2.25 billion 364-day senior unsecured bridge loan facility, a $750 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility and a $2.5 billion senior note issuance in connection with ADT’s spin-off from Tyco International Ltd.
Williams Partners LP and The Williams Companies, Inc. in a $2.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility and a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility, respectively.
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. in $1.1 billion senior secured credit facilities and a $375 million senior unsecured note issuance to finance its acquisition of Collective Brands, Inc.’s Performance + Lifestyle Group.
AlixPartners, LLP in $1 billion first- and second-lien secured credit facilities.
Thayer Street Partners in structured, future-flow insurance commission receivables financing for Consumer United.
The Sports Authority, Inc.in a $650 million asset-based credit facility.
Secured acquisition credit facilities, asset-based credit facilities and credit facility refinancings ranging from $25 million to multiple billions of dollars for portfolio companies of private equity sponsors Investcorp, Aurora Capital, CVC Capital Partners, J.H. Whitney, Brazos Equity Partners, Catterton Partners and others.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Gibson Dunn Distressed Banks Resource Center

-March 14, 2023

Distressed Bank Update – A New Paradigm

-March 14, 2023

Gibson Dunn Bolsters Bankruptcy Practice With Finance Partner Chad Nichols in Houston

-March 9, 2023

Webcast: Five Things to Know About Convertible Note Offerings

-February 23, 2023

Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2023 Chambers Greater China Region Guide

-January 13, 2023

Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2023 Chambers Asia-Pacific

-December 15, 2022

Thirty-Nine Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide 2022

-October 6, 2022

Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2023

-September 29, 2022

Gibson Dunn Adds Finance Partner Fred Lee in Dallas Office

-August 1, 2022

The Asset Names PT Medco Energi Internasional’s $450 million term loan facility as 2022 Indonesian Transition Energy Deal of the Year

-July 12, 2022

Gibson Dunn Adds Finance Partner Jin Hee Kim in New York

-June 27, 2022

Best Lawyers in Germany 2023 Recognizes 26 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-June 24, 2022

Best Lawyers in France 2023 Recognizes 18 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-June 23, 2022

The Energy Council Names PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk.’s Acquisition of ConocoPhillips Indonesia Holding Ltd as 2022 APAC Deal of the Year

-June 10, 2022

Best Lawyers in Singapore 2023 Recognizes Six Gibson Dunn Partners

-April 14, 2022

Gibson Dunn Adds Leading Finance and Capital Markets Partner Douglas Horowitz in New York

-April 4, 2022

Barbara Becker, Linda Curtis, and Patricia Tan Openshaw Named IFLR1000 Women Leaders for 2022

-April 1, 2022

2021 Year-End German Law Update

-January 13, 2022

Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022

-January 13, 2022

Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2022 Chambers Greater China Region Guide

-January 12, 2022

Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2022 Chambers Asia Pacific

-December 16, 2021

Duniatex Group’s $2.6B Debt Restructuring Named ALB Indonesia Deal of the Year 2021

-October 13, 2021

Thirty-Eight Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide

-October 7, 2021

Gibson Dunn Ranked in the 2022 UK Legal 500

-October 7, 2021

Webcast: Global Perspectives on the Development and Implementation of the 2021 Revised Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles and Future Trends in Sustainability-Linked Loan Markets

-September 20, 2021

UK independent review of post-financial crisis proprietary trading rules — an opportunity for reform?

-May 28, 2021

Barbara Becker and Linda Curtis Named IFLR1000 Women Leaders for 2021

-May 5, 2021

Gibson Dunn Adds Four Regulatory Lawyers, Led by Partner William Hallatt, in Hong Kong

-April 28, 2021

New York Adopts LIBOR Legislation

-April 8, 2021

The choice of French Law for the new ISDA Master Agreement: Part 2

-April 1, 2021

The End Is Near: LIBOR Cessation Dates Formally Announced

-March 9, 2021

Big data, ethics and financial services: risks, controls and opportunities

-February 26, 2021

Gibson Dunn Ranked in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021

-January 15, 2021

2020 Year-End German Law Update

-January 14, 2021

EU Sustainable Finance Framework Takes Shape for Private Fund Managers

-November 3, 2020

Finance Partner Laura Rupenian Joins Gibson Dunn in San Francisco

-November 2, 2020

33 Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide

-October 7, 2020

Shalla Prichard Named Among 50 Most Powerful Women in Oil and Gas

-October 6, 2020

Gibson Dunn Adds London Finance Partner Ben Myers

-August 10, 2020

Séparer et rapprocher… Voyage au pays des comparatistes

-August 1, 2020

Senior Managers and Certification Regime: A Review and Next Steps for Firms

-July 23, 2020

Best Lawyers in Germany 2021 Recognizes 19 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-June 26, 2020

Best Lawyers in France 2021 Recognizes 17 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-June 25, 2020

Barbara Becker and Linda Curtis Named IFLR1000 Women Leaders for 2020

-June 24, 2020

Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2021 Recognizes 12 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-June 12, 2020

Practical advice for company directors facing a liquidity crunch

-June 9, 2020

Gibson Dunn Adds Aly Kassam as Finance Partner in Dubai

-May 27, 2020

Debt Buybacks: Opportunities and Considerations for Private Equity Investors in Asia Pacific

-May 5, 2020

COVID-19: Further Developments on the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Expectations of Solo-Regulated Firms

-April 23, 2020

COVID-19: Update on UK Financial Support Measures

-April 22, 2020

Best Lawyers in Singapore 2021 Recognizes Five Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-April 13, 2020

Strategies for Private Equity Investing in a Distressed Environment

-April 8, 2020

COVID-19: Key Issues for Private Credit and Special Situation Investors in Asia-Pacific

-April 7, 2020

Coronavirus: Time for Companies to have a Financing Check-up whilst the Black Swan is Circling

-March 17, 2020

Coronavirus: Time for Private Equity to Have a Financing Check-up

-March 4, 2020

Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

-January 21, 2020

Best Lawyers Recognizes Three Gibson Dunn Attorneys in Brazil

-December 9, 2019

The choice of French Law for the new ISDA Master Agreement: Part 1

-November 1, 2019

UK Supreme Court Decides Suspending UK Parliament Was Unlawful

-September 24, 2019

New UK Prime Minister – what has happened?

-July 26, 2019

Linda Curtis and Barbara Becker Named IFLR1000 Women Leaders for 2019

-July 24, 2019

Best Lawyers in France 2020 Recognizes 16 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-July 1, 2019

Best Lawyers in Germany 2020 Recognizes 14 Gibson Dunn Attorneys

-June 28, 2019

Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2020 Recognizes 11 Gibson Dunn Partners

-June 28, 2019

INSIGHT: The Next Big Thing in Green Finance— Sustainability-Linked Loans

-May 16, 2019

IJGlobal Names PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk.’s US$500 Million Secured RBL Facility (Project Gajah) as 2018 Asia Pacific Upstream Oil & Gas Deal of the Year

-March 28, 2019

New Guidelines Boost Sustainability-Linked Lending

-March 27, 2019

LSTA, LMA and APLMA Publish Sustainability Linked Loan Principles

-March 22, 2019

Gibson Dunn Ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019

-January 18, 2019

2018 Year-End German Law Update

-January 11, 2019

Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2019 Chambers Asia Pacific

-November 29, 2018

Unitranche “Agreements Among Lenders”

-November 20, 2018

Brexit – The Draft Divorce Deal and Its Fall-Out

-November 19, 2018

Why We Think the UK Is Heading for a “Soft Brexit”

-October 10, 2018

Transfer Restrictions – A Delicate Balance?

-September 11, 2018

The Politics of Brexit for those Outside the UK

-July 12, 2018

A World of Convergence?

-July 1, 2018

Linda Curtis and Barbara Becker Named IFLR1000 Women Leaders

-June 8, 2018

IFLR Americas Recognizes Gibson Dunn Deal

-May 17, 2018

Mezzanine Financing – Payment Subordination Agreements

-April 17, 2018

“Crossover” or “Split Collateral” Lien Subordination

-April 13, 2018

The Indonesian PSC: the end of an era

-April 13, 2018

IJGlobal Names PT Medco Energi Internasional Project Financing as 2017 Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Deal of the Year

-March 21, 2018

Brexit – converting the political deal into a legal deal and the end state

-March 12, 2018

“All Assets” First-Lien/Second-Lien Intercreditor Agreements

-March 7, 2018

Intra-group Asset Transfers: In the Net, or Out?

-March 1, 2018

Navigating Loan Documentation in Pre-Distressed or Distressed Scenarios

-January 31, 2018

2017 Year-End German Law Update

-January 7, 2018

Brexit – Initial deal agreed

-December 8, 2017

The EU Court of Justice rules in favour of restrictions on the use of platforms in a selective distribution system (Coty)

-December 6, 2017

UK Dealmakers are Finally Hearing the City’s View

-September 24, 2017

French Market Update – July 2017

-July 20, 2017

What the UK Election Result Means for Brexit

-June 9, 2017

ECB Leveraged Lending Guidance – Too Late to (the) Party?

-June 5, 2017

What the UK’s Snap General Election Means for Brexit

-April 21, 2017

UK Government Triggers Article 50

-March 29, 2017

Alternative Capital Come Calling in the Region

-March 23, 2017

Enforceability of Make-Whole Premiums Following Momentive and Energy Future Holdings

-January 25, 2017

UK Supreme Court Rules Parliament Must Hold Vote on Article 50

-January 24, 2017

2016 Year-End German Law Update

-January 13, 2017

UK High Court Rules That Parliament Must Vote on Triggering Article 50 Process for Brexit

-November 3, 2016

Brexit – UK Government Sets Out Process to Leave EU by 2019

-October 3, 2016

Brexit – What We Are Hearing

-September 22, 2016

Key Issues for US Firms to Know about UK Decision to Brexit

-July 6, 2016

BREXIT Update – Finance and Derivatives Markets Focus

-June 29, 2016

BREXIT – What Next? Key issues if you are doing business in or with the UK and the EU

-June 28, 2016

BREXIT

-June 24, 2016

What Happens If the United Kingdom Votes to Leave the European Union?

-June 21, 2016