In Brief: A Digest of Financial Services Projects

Client Success

Advised a large retailer of building materials and home improvement products on a $410.5 million IPO of common stock, a $410 million credit agreement and a $200 million registered offering of senior notes that all closed contemporaneously.
Developed and implemented a plan to recapitalize and restructure management of a distressed manufacturing company, resulting in a $53 million three-tier capital structure involving senior, equipment and mezzanine financing.
Represented well-known manufacturing issuer with automatic universal shelf registration on Form S-3 for covering senior and subordinated debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants.
Assisted in representing the majority shareholder of a national event rental business in a debt/equity recapitalization transaction valued at $150 million.
Represented a NYSE public utility in a Rule 144A private placement of $500 million of senior notes and subsequent exchange into registered senior notes pursuant to a registration rights agreement.
Represented a public utility in retiring $350 million of registered debt securities through a waterfall cash tender offer involving the solicitation of five series of senior notes on a fixed spread and a fixed-price basis.
Represented a large industrial boiler manufacturer in the issuance of $300 million in high-yield bonds and a $185 million tender of existing notes.
Coordinated a senior debt facility of $400 million for an agricultural client that involved multibank syndicates.
Facilitated the creation of an Internet-based social media consulting company, including initial financing through a private placement offering valued at $5 million and subsequent follow-on financing of $10 million.
Advised a publicly traded, nondiversified, closed-end management investment company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on $1.2 billion initial public offering (IPO).
Registered direct offering of $145 million of common stock for a large tax services provider.
Advised a large bank holding company on at-the-market offering of $100 million of common stock.
Counseled a small bank holding company on its issuance of $21.75 million of preferred stock and warrants for common stock.
Advised a bank holding company on $30 million private placement of stock.