About

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Winston & Strawn’s debt finance attorneys represent domestic and international borrowers and lenders in connection with complex financings across a broad range of industries. Clients include leading global and regional banks as well as a large number of credit funds and other direct lenders that provide senior, subordinated, and secured (first- and second-lien) and unsecured loans; institutional investors that regularly participate in the senior debt market; equity sponsors; and borrowers.


The debt finance team in our Chicago office combines legal expertise, industry knowledge, and a deep understanding of the financial markets to provide a comprehensive range of services to borrowers and traditional/specialty lenders in the market. The team represents financial institutions in large, syndicated credit facilities, including cross-border and multicurrency facilities, extended to U.S. and multinational companies in the financial, consumer, industrial, technology, health care, and other sectors, as well as financial institutions on middle-market leveraged cash-flow and asset-based lending transactions. Our Fund Finance team offers one of the most sophisticated, robust, and comprehensive global CLO practices, closing over 130 transactions in the past five years and valued at nearly $45 billion.

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Banking & Finance - Illinois

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What the Team is Known For

Winston & Strawn houses an experienced group of banking experts acting on behalf of institutional investors, equity sponsors and other lenders on complex financing transactions, including revolving credit facilities. The firm regularly advises on complex cross-border and multicurrency credit facilities and asset-based lending matters. Winston & Strawn covers a range of industry sectors, including healthcare, technology and industrial.

Work Highlights

  • Winston & Strawn represented Chart Industries as borrower in connection with the amendment of its existing credit agreement to, among other things, reprice $1.78 billion of its existing senior term loans.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David Baroni
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David Baroni
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David Baroni is an experienced finance partner with a varied bench of clients that includes private equity firms and high-profile banks. He is well versed in providing counsel on asset-based lending.

David is a great lawyer – he is very technical and will do whatever is needed according to whatever timeline is required.

Michael Mullins
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Michael Mullins
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Global co-chair of the finance and fund finance practices, Michael Mullins regularly represents a stable of high-profile clients, including notable banks and asset managers. He has considerable strength in advising clients on credit facilities.

Michael is very technically competent and fantastic in terms of attentiveness.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Illinois

Banking & Finance

David Baroni
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David Baroni
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Michael Mullins
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Michael Mullins
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Band 4

Members

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Aaron Berlin

April Doxey

Gregory Gartland

Nolan Bolduc

Russell Casper

Timothy J. Dable

Clients

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Ares Capital Corporation

BMO Capital Markets

Barings LLC

Citibank

JPMorgan Chase Bank

Monroe Capital LLC

THL Credit, Inc.

Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC

U.S. Bank

Industries

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Aerospace & Defense

Automobiles & Parts

Banks

Chemicals

Consumer Product Manufacturing

Energy

Financial Services

Food & Drink Producers

Media

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Retail

Technology, Hardware & Electronics

Telecommunications

Transportation

Utilities