Shanim represents financial institutions and borrowers on a broad range of financing transactions, with a focus on structuring and documenting syndicated and bilateral credit facilities.
Shanim’s experience spans a wide range of secured and unsecured lending arrangements, including acquisition financings, working capital facilities, spin-off credit facilities, and complex cross-border and foreign currency transactions. He regularly advises national and regional banks, direct lenders, and corporate borrowers across diverse industries, including technology, sports, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer and retail, and food and beverage.
Shanim is an associate in the firm’s Charlotte office and is a member of the Syndicated Finance and Private Credit Practice Groups, as well as the firm’s Sports Finance team.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $2.05 billion multicurrency credit facility to a technology company to facilitate its spin-off from their parent company.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $1 billion senior secured credit facility to a technology company.
- Representation of an alternative lender as the administrative agent and lead arranger for a $75 million senior secured credit facility in connection with the acquisition of a technology company.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $600 million senior secured credit facility made available for the construction of an NFL stadium.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lender in connection with a senior secured credit facility made available for the construction of an NFL training facility.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a senior secured credit facility made available to an MLB franchise.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger for a senior secured credit facility in connection with the acquisition of an NBA franchise.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a credit facility for a professional sports league.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a multicurrency credit facility to a global medical conglomerate and a corresponding multicurrency credit facility to a spin-off division.
- Representation of an alternative lender as the administrative agent and lead arranger for a senior secured credit facility in connection with the acquisition of an engineering company.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $2.7 billion cross-border senior secured credit facility to a global manufacturing company.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $3 billion credit facility to a retail company.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $1.2 billion senior secured credit facility to a restaurant group.
- Representation of the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with a $7 billion senior secured multicurrency credit facility to a mercantile exchange.
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- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law, 2026