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Broad Corporate Practice
John's practice covers a broad range of general corporate and transactional matters, including the general corporate representation of venture-backed corporations, public corporations, venture capital funds, and venture lending funds.
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Other Complex Finance and Transactions Experience
John has a particular experience in debt finance that includes representation of both debtors and creditors in secured loan financings, secured acquisition financings, equipment lease financings, receivables and factoring financings, senior and subordinated debt financings, 144A convertible bond financings, and PIPE financings.
John leverages his deep financial experience and broad corporate and securities background to provide holistic strategic counsel to his clients. For the past thirty years, he has advised some of the most significant companies in the technology sector and helped high-growth enterprises successfully navigate capital markets across their entire lifecycle. John has experience evaluating, structuring, and negotiating transactions in the broadly syndicated loan market (including Term Loan A, Term Loan B, and revolving facilities), the direct lending private credit market (including first-out facilities and unitranche facilities), the corporate banking market (including corporate revolvers, asset based facilities, and recurring revenue facilities), the mezzanine growth capital market (including first and second lien facilities and subordinated facilities), the venture lending market, and the equipment leasing market.
John is currently co-leader of the firm’s Corporate Finance practice and has served as a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee, Board Nominating Committee, Member Nominating Committee, Hiring Committee, Career Development Committee, and Associate Launch Committee.
John leverages his deep financial experience and broad corporate and securities background to provide holistic strategic counsel to his clients. For the past thirty years, he has advised some of the most significant companies in the technology sector and helped high-growth enterprises successfully navigate capital markets across their entire lifecycle. John has experience evaluating, structuring, and negotiating transactions in the broadly syndicated loan market (including Term Loan A, Term Loan B, and revolving facilities), the direct lending private credit market (including first-out facilities and unitranche facilities), the corporate banking market (including corporate revolvers, asset based facilities, and recurring revenue facilities), the mezzanine growth capital market (including first and second lien facilities and subordinated facilities), the venture lending market, and the equipment leasing market.
John is currently co-leader of the firm’s Corporate Finance practice and has served as a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee, Board Nominating Committee, Member Nominating Committee, Hiring Committee, Career Development Committee, and Associate Launch Committee.
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1996
- A.B., Cornell University, 1991
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of New York
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1996
- A.B., Cornell University, 1991
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of New York
Representative Experience
Corporate Credit Facilities
- Waymo: $5 billion private credit financing led by PIMCO, Blackstone, and Sixth Street
- Aledade: $500 million senior secured revolving credit facility with Ares
- Logitech: $750 million investment grade credit facility led by PNC Bank
- Cloudflare: $400 million syndicated secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- Dolby: $250 million unsecured credit facility led by Bank of America
- Harmonic: $120 million secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- GoDaddy: $600 million incremental syndicated TLB led by Barclays Bank and $750 million incremental syndicated TLB led by Barclays Bank
- Lumentum: $400 million senior secured revolving credit facility led by Wells Fargo
- Mews: $100 million cross-border secured credit facility led by Vista Credit Partners
- Shutterfly: $300 million secured term loan facility and $200 million secured revolving credit facility led by Morgan Stanley
- Cypress Semiconductor: $430 million syndicated credit facility led by Morgan Stanley
- Udemy: $200 million secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- Zynga: $425 million syndicated revolving credit facility led by Bank of America
- Box: $150 million secured revolving credit facility led by Wells Fargo Bank
- Bungie: secured credit facility with GSO Capital Partners
- NetMotion Software, a Carlyle Group portfolio company: refinancing of its senior secured revolving credit facility
- Pubmatic: $110 million secured revolving credit facility led by Silicon Valley Bank
Leverage Finance
- Clio: $625 million committed financing led by Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors and Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC to finance its acquisition of vLex
- Dropbox: $2.7 billion secured credit facility led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance to finance its leveraged recapitalization
- Dropbox: $400 million secured revolving credit facility led by JPMorgan
- Twitter: $13 billion acquisition financing utilized by Elon Musk and related entities to acquire Twitter
- Xero Limited: $400 million unsecured credit facility in connection with its $1.85 billion acquisition of Melio
- TravelPerks: $135 million cross-border secured credit facility led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance to finance the acquisition of AmTrav
- Lumentum: $3.25 billion committed financing led by Deutsche Bank to support its bid to acquire Coherent
- Lumentum: $500 million syndicated TLB led by Deutsche Bank to finance its acquisition of Oclaro
- Shutterfly: $500 million syndicated secured credit facility led by Morgan Stanley and its $800 million incremental financing to finance its acquisition of Lifetouch
- Rodan & Fields, a TPG Capital portfolio company: $600 million syndicated secured term loan facility and $200 million secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- Maxlinear: $425 million syndicated TLB B led by JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank to finance its acquisition of Exar and its $175 million TLA to finance its acquisition of Intel Corp’s Home Gateway Platform Division
- Advent Software: $425 million syndicated secured credit facility to finance its leveraged recapitalization
- Infinera: $200 million committed bridge back-stop financing led by Morgan Stanley in connection with its acquisition of Coriant
- Alpine Investors: leveraged acquisition financings in connection with numerous acquisitions, including Communications Technology, Escape Technology, Flowshare, Innovative Systems, Optima Healthcare, RA Outdoors, Riverside Assessments, Software Answers, Virtual Hold Technology, ShareTracker
- Mainsail Partners: financing in connection with its investment in SQL Sentry and related recapitalization
- Strattam Capital: leveraged acquisition financings in connection with numerous acquisitions, including Contegix, Blackmesh, Trax Technologies, Rock Solid Technologies
Senior Notes
- Alteryx: $450 million 8.75% senior notes due 2028
- Nutanix: private placement of secured convertible notes
Representative Experience
Corporate Credit Facilities
- Waymo: $5 billion private credit financing led by PIMCO, Blackstone, and Sixth Street
- Aledade: $500 million senior secured revolving credit facility with Ares
- Logitech: $750 million investment grade credit facility led by PNC Bank
- Cloudflare: $400 million syndicated secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- Dolby: $250 million unsecured credit facility led by Bank of America
- Harmonic: $120 million secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- GoDaddy: $600 million incremental syndicated TLB led by Barclays Bank and $750 million incremental syndicated TLB led by Barclays Bank
- Lumentum: $400 million senior secured revolving credit facility led by Wells Fargo
- Mews: $100 million cross-border secured credit facility led by Vista Credit Partners
- Shutterfly: $300 million secured term loan facility and $200 million secured revolving credit facility led by Morgan Stanley
- Cypress Semiconductor: $430 million syndicated credit facility led by Morgan Stanley
- Udemy: $200 million secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- Zynga: $425 million syndicated revolving credit facility led by Bank of America
- Box: $150 million secured revolving credit facility led by Wells Fargo Bank
- Bungie: secured credit facility with GSO Capital Partners
- NetMotion Software, a Carlyle Group portfolio company: refinancing of its senior secured revolving credit facility
- Pubmatic: $110 million secured revolving credit facility led by Silicon Valley Bank
Leverage Finance
- Clio: $625 million committed financing led by Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors and Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC to finance its acquisition of vLex
- Dropbox: $2.7 billion secured credit facility led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance to finance its leveraged recapitalization
- Dropbox: $400 million secured revolving credit facility led by JPMorgan
- Twitter: $13 billion acquisition financing utilized by Elon Musk and related entities to acquire Twitter
- Xero Limited: $400 million unsecured credit facility in connection with its $1.85 billion acquisition of Melio
- TravelPerks: $135 million cross-border secured credit facility led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance to finance the acquisition of AmTrav
- Lumentum: $3.25 billion committed financing led by Deutsche Bank to support its bid to acquire Coherent
- Lumentum: $500 million syndicated TLB led by Deutsche Bank to finance its acquisition of Oclaro
- Shutterfly: $500 million syndicated secured credit facility led by Morgan Stanley and its $800 million incremental financing to finance its acquisition of Lifetouch
- Rodan & Fields, a TPG Capital portfolio company: $600 million syndicated secured term loan facility and $200 million secured revolving credit facility led by Citibank
- Maxlinear: $425 million syndicated TLB B led by JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank to finance its acquisition of Exar and its $175 million TLA to finance its acquisition of Intel Corp’s Home Gateway Platform Division
- Advent Software: $425 million syndicated secured credit facility to finance its leveraged recapitalization
- Infinera: $200 million committed bridge back-stop financing led by Morgan Stanley in connection with its acquisition of Coriant
- Alpine Investors: leveraged acquisition financings in connection with numerous acquisitions, including Communications Technology, Escape Technology, Flowshare, Innovative Systems, Optima Healthcare, RA Outdoors, Riverside Assessments, Software Answers, Virtual Hold Technology, ShareTracker
- Mainsail Partners: financing in connection with its investment in SQL Sentry and related recapitalization
- Strattam Capital: leveraged acquisition financings in connection with numerous acquisitions, including Contegix, Blackmesh, Trax Technologies, Rock Solid Technologies
Senior Notes
- Alteryx: $450 million 8.75% senior notes due 2028
- Nutanix: private placement of secured convertible notes