Rebecca S. Chaffin Partner

Rebecca has more than 25 years of experience in corporate lending transactions, including syndicated lending and tax-exempt financing. Her experience includes investment grade and leveraged syndicated facilities, including multi-currency facilities, letter of credit and credit enhancement facilities, acquisition financings and ESOP financings.

She has led transactions involving borrowers in many different industries with collateral of many types, including securitized contract rights, government contracts, capital campaign pledge receipts, real estate and off-shore collateral. Rebecca also has extensive experience representing trustees and escrow agents in various structures including convertible debentures, senior subordinated notes, master trust indentures and complex conduit financings.

Experience

Counsel to Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $500MM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility for privately-held aerospace, aviation and defense engineering company in government contracting sector.

Counsel to Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $40MM Senior Secured Term Loan Facility for privately-held systems engineering company in government contracting sector.

Counsel to Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $1.5B Senior Secured Revolving Credit and Term Loan Facility for publicly traded international infrastructure contracting company.

Counsel to Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $2.5B Senior Credit Facility for publicly traded, investment grade retailer.

Counsel to Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $1.6B Revolving Credit Facility, $400MM domestic term loan and $50MM Singapore term loan for publicly-traded international fuel supplier.

Counsel to Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $125MM Revolving Credit Facility with borrowing base including foreign collateral for privately held company.

  • University of Virginia School of Law, JD, Law Review, 1989
  • Duke University, BA, magna cum laude, 1986

Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Member, North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

Member, North Carolina Bankers Association

Member, Board of Directors, North Carolina Dance Theatre

Elder, Davidson College Presbyterian Church

  • North Carolina

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Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2019-2023

Selected for inclusion in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking and Finance, North Carolina, Chambers USA, 2015-2023

Selected for inclusion in “Legal 500 United States,” Commercial Lending, 2020

Selected for inclusion as a "Leading Lawyer," Commercial Lending: Advice To Lenders, North Carolina, Legal 500 US, 2017

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