Peter Nelson

Leverage Lending Transactions

•  Represented agent bank in connection with a $100 million syndicated senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition by a private equity fund of an international designer, manufacturer, and distributor of components and fabrics for custom alternative window coverings and related roll-up acquisitions.
• Represented agent bank in connection with a $125 million syndicated senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition by a private equity fund of a loan and mortgage servicing company and related roll-up acquisitions. • Represented agent bank in connection with a $80 million syndicated senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition by a private equity group of a software and IT developer and provider of HR and staffing services.
• Represented agent bank in connection with a $75 million syndicated senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition by a private equity group of an international designer and manufacturer of branded tableware products used by commercial hospitality and institutional foodservice providers.

Commercial Lending Transactions

• Counsel to agent bank in connection with a $500 million syndicated secured working capital revolver and term loan facility for a publicly traded transportation and logistics company secured by all assets of the borrower and its subsidiaries.
• Counsel to agent bank in connection with a $350 million senior secured working capital revolver for a publicly held company with interests in over 20 coal, hydroelectric, wind and natural gas electric generation facilities and the structuring and restructuring of intercreditor arrangements with holders of publicly issued notes and holders of income participating securities issued on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
• Counsel to borrower in connection with a $250 million syndicated secured working capital revolver for a publicly traded airline secured by jet fuel inventory.
• Counsel to borrower in connection with a $850 million syndicated secured working capital revolver and term loan facility and $350 million of senior secured notes for an agri-business cooperative.
• Counsel to borrower in connection with a $500 million secured working capital revolver and term loan for a producer cooperative secured by all assets of the borrower and its subsidiaries.

Project Financings

• Counsel to developer and operator of ethanol refineries in connection with construction, development and financing of a major expansion and conversion of a commercial ethanol refinery to produce medical grade ethanol
• Counsel to private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of a commercial egg production facility and the with construction, development and financing of a major expansion and conversion of the facility to produce cage free eggs
• Counsel to a major integrated oil and gas company as a lender, customer and project participant in all aspects of an approximately $680 million construction loan and term finance credit facility for the development of a liquefied natural gas regasification facility in Texas and the intercreditor arrangements related to an additional $350 million of second lien debt from the private placement of notes issued by the project company.

Mezzanine Loan Transactions

• Counsel to acquisition company and borrower in all aspects of a secured $32 million first lien term loan and $15 million subordinated securities purchase agreement, related intercreditor agreements and mezzanine equity documents for the acquisition of a manufacturing company and related working capital purposes.
• Counsel to agent bank in connection with a secured $36 million mezzanine term loan and equity investment for the acquisition of coal assets in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Workouts and Refinancings

• Counsel to senior lender in connection with all aspects of the restructuring and refinancing of a portfolio of secured term and revolving credit facilities to large dairy borrowers.
• Counsel to agent bank in connection with all aspects of the restructuring and liquidation of a senior secured term loan and revolver of a borrower in the cosmetics industry.
• Counsel to agent bank in connection with all aspects of the restructuring and liquidation of a senior secured term loan and revolver of a borrower in the transportation and logistics industry.
• Counsel to equity holder in connection with the restructuring and prepackaged bankruptcy of a full service international business travel company.