Ann Seger

Practice Areas

Corporate and Finance

Commercial Lending

Private Equity

Public Law

Business Restructuring and Insolvency

Career

As a Partner and Vice Chair of Calfee's Corporate and Finance practice group and a Leader of the Private Equity practice, Ann Seger advises banks and credit funds, as well as private equity clients and corporate borrowers in a variety of commercial credit transactions.

Ann leads finance transactions in all sizes, types and structures, with a particular focus on sponsor-backed acquisition financings. Ann has significant experience in senior and subordinated debt facilities, asset-based financings, syndicated loan transactions, acquisition financing and cross-border and multi-currency transactions. During her years of practice, Ann has represented clients in financing transactions totaling over $3 billion across an array of industries.

Ann is licensed in Ohio and Illinois and is a member of the ACG Women in Transactions (WiT) committee.

She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Toledo College of Law, where she served as the Note & Comment Editor of the University of Toledo Law Review.

Before joining Calfee as a Partner in 2019, Ann was an Associate at a global law firm. She now serves as Chair of Calfee’s Associates Committee and as a member of the firm's Practice Planning & Growth Committee.

Professional Memberships

Urban Community School, Board of Trustees Member (August 2023 – present)

ACG Cleveland, Sponsorship Chair and Executive Committee Member (July 2023 – present)

Cleveland Young Professionals of the American Cancer Society, Past Committee Member

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Ohio

Illinois

Experience

Advised a private equity-backed borrower and loan parties in the financing of its $100 million credit facility.

Represented a private equity-backed borrower and loan parties with the refinancing of its $52 million committed credit facility and $50 million accordion facility.

Represented a U.S. bank client with $150+ billion in assets as a lender in a revolving credit facility to a company backed by a private equity firm with nearly $4 billion in committed capital.

Represented a European private equity-owned borrower and loan parties in the negotiation of the forbearance of its split lien structure credit facilities (asset-based revolving facility and term loan facility) and the negotiation of the refinancing of both facilities.

Represented a private credit fund in connection with a cash flow facility extended to a gaming operator.

Represented a private credit fund in connection with a sponsor’s acquisition of a large premium indoor cycling franchisor.

Represented a private credit fund in connection with a sponsor’s acquisition of a provider of motor coach services.

Represented a private credit fund in connection with a senior secured second lien credit facility provided to finance the acquisition of a payment processing company.

Represented a private credit fund in connection with the sponsor’s leveraged buyout of a master distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings used in a variety of end markets.

Represented a business development corporation in connection with the sponsor’s acquisition of a digital communications platform providing the underlying infrastructure for companies to transmit transactional and marketing emails.

Represented a business development corporation in connection with the sponsor’s acquisition of a global IT management platform.

Represented a business development corporation in connection with the sponsor’s acquisition of a post-production content editing and finishing service provider for feature films.

Represented a global bank in connection with a cash flow credit facility extended to a data visualization technology company and its wholly owned Danish subsidiary.

Represented a global bank in connection with an asset-based facility extended to a publicly traded manufacturer.

Represented a sponsor in connection with its investment and related financing of a technology company.

Represented a publicly traded steel corporation in the amendment and restatement of its $300 million asset-based revolving credit facility.

Represented a publicly traded global supplier of technology-based performance materials in its $1.025 billion senior secured term loan and revolving credit facilities.

Represented a publicly traded specialized products and services provider in a strategic acquisition with a total enterprise value of approximately $2.2 billion.

Represented a sponsor in the acquisition and related financing of an o-ring supplier.

Education