Investment Grade Financing

Clients trust our widely recognized Investment Grade Finance practice to guide them in the largest and most complex transactions. Our team has extensive experience advising leading global banks, financial institutions and corporations on their most significant investment-grade financing matters, from acquisition and other event-driven financings, bridge financings, revolving facilities and other syndicated lending to debt and equity securities offerings.

Our integrated Global Finance and Capital Markets practices offer clients full-service legal advice and seamless execution in single jurisdiction or cross-border transactions involving bank, bond and bridge financing structures. We have both deep familiarity with the markets and the bench strength to deliver unsurpassed client service.

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• Bank of America: Bridge facility, term loan facility, revolving credit facility to Occidental Petroleum in connection with its $12 billion acquisition of CrownRock Minerals, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners
• Barclays:
  • Term loan facility to Sixth Street Partners in connection with its $5.1 billion acquisition of Enstar Group Limited
  • Bridge financing and related equity offering for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation in connection with its $923 million acquisition of Florida City Gas from NextEra Energy
• Goldman Sachs: Bridge financing and senior notes offering for ONEOK in connection with its $18.8 billion acquisition of Magellan Midstream Partners
• J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs: Term loan facility and senior notes offering for ONEOK in connection with its $5.9 billion acquisitions of Medallion Midstream and Enlink Midstream  
• Moody’s Corporation: $1.25 billion revolving credit agreement
• Morgan Stanley:
  • Bridge financing to Verizon in connection with its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications
  • Bridge facility, term loan facility, revolving credit facility and senior notes offering for Helmerich & Payne in connection with its $1.9725 billion acquisition of KCA Deutag
  • Bridge financing and senior notes offering for AGCO Corporation in connection with its acquisition of 85% of Trimble’s portfolio of Ag assets and technologies via joint venture between the companies, for cash consideration from AGCO of $2 billion and the contribution of JCA Technologies 
  • Bridge financing for RenaissanceRe in connection with its $2.985 billion acquisition of Validus Re from AIG