Justin Aufderhar

Justin M. Aufderhar Associate

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Justin Aufderhar, an associate in the firm’s Debt Finance Department, represents banks, private equity firms, and other financial institutions in documenting and structuring complex secured and unsecured credit facilities, including bilateral and syndicated transactions, cash flow and asset-based loans, acquisition financings, letters of credit and other credit enhancement facilities, multistate real estate secured transactions, as well as second lien, mezzanine and subordinated debt financings, and cross-border transactions.

Before joining McGuireWoods, he represented plaintiffs in complex class action matters in state and federal court and gained significant experience reviewing class action settlements. Notable accomplishments include defeating a motion to dismiss in federal court under the Fair Credit Reporting Act against a national TV provider, managing discovery in two cases involving over 10,000 class members, and presenting oral argument that created new case law in the Eastern District of California over the discoverability of contact information of class members allegedly subject to arbitration.

Justin previously served as a law clerk for Judge Patrick L. Michot in the 15th Judicial District Court of Louisiana.

Experience

General

  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $580 million secured credit facility to a crane sales and rental company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $350 million secured credit facility to a rolls and bread company involving multistate real estate collateral.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $150 million secured credit facility to a global engineering and technical services firm with operations in the United States and Canada, which included negotiating an intercreditor agreement with a private equity firm.
  • Counsel to lender in a $10.7 million secured credit facility to finance the purchase of a public storage facility.
  • Counsel to lender in a $25 million secured credit facility to a restaurant operator.

Agribusiness

  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $650 million secured credit facility to a processor, canner and distributor of tomato products.
  • Counsel to lender in a $35 million secured asset-based credit facility to a grower and distributor of dates, which included negotiating an intercreditor agreement with a secured term loan provider.
  • Counsel to lender in $14.5 million secured credit facility to a grower and distributor of grapes to finance purchase of a cold storage facility.
  • Counsel to lender in a $55 million secured credit facility to a walnut grower, processor, and marketer, which included negotiating an intercreditor agreement with a dirt lender.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $65 million secured credit facility to a global olive grower and processor.
  • Counsel to lender in a $25 million asset-based credit facility to a global supplier of agricultural products with operations in the United States and Canada.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $30 million asset-based credit facility to a supplier of shortenings, fats, and oils.
  • Counsel to lender in a $13 million secured credit facility to an agricultural distributor.

Asset-Based Lending

  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $200 million secured credit facility to an international telecommunications equipment company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $35 million secured credit facility to an international seafood company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $125 million secured credit facility to an electrical supply and equipment company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $55 million secured credit facility to an educational products and technology company.
  • Counsel to lender in a $22 million secured credit facility to a natural sweetener company.
  • Counsel to lender in a $30 million secured credit facility to a transportation company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $100 million secured credit facility to an advertising technology company.
  • Counsel to lender in a $35 million secured credit facility to a business-to-business digital sales company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $100 million secured credit facility to a lumber manufacturer and distributor in connection with the company’s exit from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, which included negotiating an intercreditor agreement with a secured creditor.

Cross-Border

  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $300 million secured credit facility to a global fitness equipment company, which included obtaining and perfecting liens in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $180 million secured credit facility to an international motion picture equipment company with operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, which included negotiating intercreditor agreements with subordinated creditors.
  • Counsel to lender in a $44 million credit facility to a global supplier of telecommunications equipment secured by collateral in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $65 million secured credit facility to an advertising technology company, which included loan parties incorporated in the United States, Ireland, and Australia and negotiating an intercreditor agreement with a secured lender.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $50 million secured credit facility to a global post-production video editing company, which included cross-border issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands, Denmark, and Canada, and negotiating an intercreditor agreement with a secured creditor.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $120 million secured credit facility to an international footwear company with locations in the United States, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands.

Healthcare Institutions

  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $31 million term loan and purchase of $130 million tax-exempt bonds to finance a leading healthcare provider.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $6 million revolving credit facility and $17 million term loan facility to a healthcare provider.

Oil and Gas

  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $25 million asset-based credit facility to a petroleum equipment company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $30 million asset-based credit facility to an oil-field services company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $36 million secured credit facility to a chemical processing company.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $60 million asset-based credit facility to an oil field equipment supplier.
  • Counsel to agent and lead lender in a $14 million secured credit facility to a drilling and well services company.
  • Counsel to an oil pumping company in a $50 million asset-based revolving credit facility and a $275 million term loan facility.

Private Equity and Subordinated Debt Financings

  • Counsel to a private equity firm in a $20 million secured credit facility to a healthcare management company to finance the acquisition of a healthcare clinic.
  • Counsel to a private equity firm in a $10.5 million secured credit facility to an advertising agency.