Syndicated Finance

The Syndicated Finance Practice Group serves as lead counsel to global and regional financial institutions, lead arrangers, administrative agents and other key stakeholders in a variety of syndicated financings across all market sizes. In structuring and negotiating loan agreements and related documentation, our lawyers coordinate among multiple parties to provide cost-effective, mission-critical advice to ensure transactions are legally and structurally sound and appropriate for the borrower and lenders.

With a presence in New York, Charlotte, London, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas and other key financial markets, McGuireWoods leverages its deep industry knowledge to develop best practices, along with standard forms and documentation that streamline transactions for lenders and borrowers. The team’s skill working with clients on transactions for borrowers across industries ensures a sophisticated approach to structuring deals.

In furthering its syndicated finance work, McGuireWoods’ intersectional practice groups provide comprehensive support for debt capital clients. Attorneys focused on creditors’ rights, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities, tax, real estate, litigation, insurance, environmental law and employee benefits collaborate to address our syndicated finance clients’ needs. This multidisciplinary approach allows the firm to provide strategic and holistic counsel that aligns with clients’ broader business objectives.

How We Help

Members of McGuireWoods’ Syndicated Finance Practice Group have experience across the spectrum of credit profiles, including investment grade, leveraged, middle market and troubled credit profiles, and in the full range of syndicated facility structures, including:

senior secured and unsecured cash flow credit facilities;
multicurrency and multinational transactions;
leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalization and acquisition financings;
financial sponsor financings;
bridge facilities;
mezzanine and first lien/second lien financings;
letter of credit support facilities; and
bilateral financings.

Representative Experience

Leading American multinational financial institutions in:

financing for a syndicated credit facility to the world’s largest asset manager;
financing for a leading television broadcast company that owns or operates 180 stations across the U.S. in 113 markets;
financing to a privately held American alcoholic beverage company — one of the two largest spirits companies in the U.S., with annual revenue of about $1 billion made from selling about 300 beverage brands;
financing for a family-run beer distribution network that carries a portfolio of domestic and imported brands, craft beer and spirits from around the globe;
financing for a top authorized Caterpillar dealer for heavy equipment and power generation;
financing for senior credit facilities for the second-largest construction company in the U.S.;
financing for a senior credit facility for one of the largest privately held construction and engineering organizations in North America;
financing for the construction of a professional football stadium;
financing for a senior credit facility for a retail company focused on the sale of sporting goods, sporting equipment, bicycles, bicycle parts and accessories;
restructuring of and increase in a senior secured revolving credit and delayed draw term loan (DDTL) credit facilities for a leading provider of image-guided superficial radiation therapy;
financing for a Fortune 1000 energy services holding company;
financing for a leading vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roads;
financing for a senior secured syndicated credit facility for an American utility company;
financing related to the sale of a National Basketball Association team and the subsequent purchase of a National Hockey League franchise;
financing for a senior credit facility to an American professional baseball team; and
financing for a provider of management and consultancy services for the dental industry.

McGuireWoods’ Syndicated Finance Practice Group represents major financial institutions — including each of the top 10 U.S. banks ranked by assets — in complicated loan agreements. The team has managed domestic and cross-border commitments exceeding $100 billion annually for over a decade.

Named “Law Firm of the Year” for banking and finance law for the sixth time since 2013.

– Best Law Firms
Ranked among the top firms in banking and finance.

– Chambers USA
Ranked among the top firms for advising lenders in debt finance transactions in league tables published by the London Stock Exchange Group, Bloomberg and Debtwire.

– League Tables