Eugene Mazzaro is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Eugene is a member of the Finance Department and the Banking and Capital Markets Practices. He is currently serving his second term on the the firm’s Associate Committee. Eugene formerly served as Local Chair of the New York Finance Department, and has previously been a member of the Strategic Client Committee, the Finance Department Opinion Committee, and the New Partner Integration Committee.

Eugene has substantial experience representing financial institutions and borrowers on leveraged finance transactions, with a particular focus on acquisition, dividend, liquidity, and refinancing.

Eugene's experience includes advising:

  • Citigroup in a US$2.2 billion term loan and revolving credit facility, concurrent with a US$450 million senior bond offering, in connection with Revlon’s acquisition of Elizabeth Arden
  • Citigroup in a cross-border US$75 million asset based term loan facility for Revlon Holdings B.V. and Revlon Finance LLC, the holding companies for Revlon, Inc.
  • Citigroup in a US$4.35 billion term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with RCCH HealthCare Partners’ acquisition of LifePoint Health, Inc.
  • Citigroup in a US$1.660 billion senior secured financing in connection with the acquisition of the completion and production services businesses of Nabor Industries
  • Citigroup in a US$1.350 billion financing in connection with the acquisition of Del Monte Foods, Inc.
  • Citigroup in a US$1.170 billion senior secured financing in connection with the acquisition of Sheridan Holdings, Inc.
  • Citigroup in a US$300 million term loan facility in connection with Horizon Pharma’s acquisition of Vidara Therapeutics International Ltd.
  • Credit Suisse in a US$2 billion term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Francisco Partners’ acquisition of VeriFone Systems, Inc.
  • Credit Suisse in a US$1.898 billion in a term loans and revolving credit facility for Quest Software US Holdings, Inc. to refinance existing debt
  • Morgan Stanley in a US$5.296 billion amendment to term loans and revolving credit facility for Vantiv, LLC
  • Credit Suisse in a US$1.725 billion senior secured financing in connection with the acquisition of Riverbed Technology, Inc.
  • Credit Suisse in a US$610 million first and second lien financing in connection with the acquisition of The Schumacher Group of Delaware, Inc. and EDP Investment Holdings
  • Ares in a US$347 million for term loan facilities in connection with GPM Investments, LLC’s acquisition of Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC
  • Ares in an acquisition by Ares Capital Corporation of a 11% stake in Crown Health Care Laundry Services
  • Ares in a US$37 million term loan credit facility for Universal Lubricants, LLC and multiple extensions and incremental add-on term loans in respect thereof
  • JPM in a US$1.275 billion amendment to term loan and revolving credit facility for KAR Auction Services, Inc.
  • Jefferies Finance in a US$575 million senior secured financing for Golden Nugget, Inc.
  • SPX Corporation and SPX Flow, Inc. in US$2.550 billion senior secured financings in connection with the spinoff of SPX Flow, Inc. from SPX Corporation

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Columbia University School of Law, 1999
  • BA, Williams College, 1987