Michael H. Waldman
Partner
New York
michael.waldman@lw.com
+1.212.906.1303
PRACTICES
- Banking
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2013
- BA, University of Michigan, 2010
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Michael Waldman represents financial institutions in leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, debt restructurings, cross-border transactions, asset-based financings, recurring revenue-based financings, and margin loan financings.
Michael has significant experience in syndicated finance and direct lending transactions in a broad array of industries, such as technology, healthcare, retail, communications, pharmaceuticals, and industrials.
EXPERIENCE
Michael's experience includes representations of:
- Blackstone Credit in a US$1.8 billion recurring-revenue term loan facility to finance Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Medallia Inc.
- Barclays in US$2.455 billion of credit facilities to finance Onex’s acquisition of WestJet Airlines
- JPMorgan in US$1.767 billion of credit facilities for KAR Auction Services
- Lenders of approximately €4.6 billion of senior secured credit facilities and senior notes to finance INEOS Quattro’s acquisition of the Aromatics and Acetyls business of BP P.L.C
- Benefit Street in US$340 million of senior secured credit facilities in connection with Bain Capital’s acquisition of InnovaCare Health
- Owl Rock and Blackstone in a US$800 million second lien term loan facility to finance Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of ProofPoint, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs in a US$150 million revolving credit facility for Peabody Energy Corporation
- UBS in a US$55 million margin loan facility for General Atlantic (AB) Collections, L.P.
- JPMorgan in US$865 million and €250 million of first and second lien credit facilities to finance AEA’s acquisition of Excelitas Technologies
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in US$2.0 billion of credit facilities to finance Computer Sciences Corporation’s acquisition of the enterprise services business of Hewlett Packard
- Owl Rock, Ares, and PSP Investments in a US$420 million second lien term loan facility to finance Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Sophos Group plc
- TD in US$310 million of credit facilities to finance GI Partners’ acquisition of Clarity Telecom
- Antares in US$235 million of credit facilities to finance Warburg Pincus’s acquisition of Service Logic
- Deutsche Bank in US$82.5 million of credit facilities to finance THL’s acquisition of Fortna Inc.
- Antares in US$133.5 million of credit facilities to finance Bain’s acquisition of World Wide Packaging, LLC
- Ares in a US$257 million of credit facilities to finance Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Command Alkon
- Ares in a US$147 million of credit facilities to finance Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Cority Software Inc.
- PennantPark in US$67.5 million of senior secured credit facilities for Ox Two, LLC
- Golub in a senior secured term loan facility for Rough Country, LLC
- RBC in US$325 million of senior secured notes and as an asset-based revolving facility for Spanish Broadcasting System
- Citi in a US$2.525 billion term loan and US$500 million asset-based revolving facility to finance CVC’s and CPPIB’s acquisition of PETCO