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Nicholas A. Whitney

Partner

Nicholas A. Whitney specializes in senior lending transactions. He represents banks, investment banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions in connection with direct lending, as well as investments in syndicated loans in the secondary market. Mr. Whitney has extensive experience representing lenders in senior secured, first lien and second lien loan transactions. He regularly advises lenders in acquisition financings, cash-flow and asset based transactions, special situations and middle market lending. He also has experience with reorganizations and workouts, including in connection with debtor-in-possession facilities and Chapter 11 exit facilities. Recent transactions include:

• Represented a major investment bank’s middle-market lending division in connection with $60 million of first lien financing provided to a publishing company;
• Represented a prominent hedge fund in connection with a $45 million second lien credit facility provided to an office imaging distributor;
• Represented a major investment bank in connection with $82 million of senior secured syndicated credit facilities provided to the investment bank in connection with the investment bank’s leveraged buy-out of a Mexican cinema company;
• Represented a newly formed investment manager as a borrower in connection with a $45 million term loan;
• Represented a major investment bank in connection with a $30 million debtor-in-possession financing provided to a power generating facility.