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Michael A Jacobson

Michael A Jacobson

USA 2026

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Michael Jacobson is national head of the Private Credit practice, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Board of Directors. He represents issuers, lenders and investors in a wide variety of commercial finance matters. He regularly assists them with senior, first-lien, second-lien, unitranche and mezzanine financings and structures.

Michael frequently handles cash flow and asset-based transactions, leveraged buyouts and buildups, recapitalizations, restructurings and workouts. He has extensive experience negotiating the complex intercreditor arrangements these deals can require. He also routinely represents agents, lead arrangers, lenders, asset managers and other investors (both regulated and nonregulated) in a wide range of financings and structures. They include bilateral, clubbed and broadly syndicated deals, unitranche structures (including "first out, last out" arrangements), senior secured and second-lien credit facilities and cross-border financings. Michael also helps investors consummating equity co-investments and equity "kickers."

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BBA, University of Iowa; JD with honors, DePaul University College of Law; Order of the Coif.

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Banking & Finance - Illinois

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Michael Jacobson has deep experience in representing senior lenders and junior capital providers. His expertise covers unitranche and mezzanine financings.

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