Colin O’Regan represents financial institutions, corporate borrowers, and private equity sponsors in a broad range of leveraged finance transactions with a particular focus on senior secured lending, acquisition financings, and cross-border transactions.

Colin represents financial institutions and borrowers in a broad array of secured and unsecured lending transactions, including:

  • Leveraged buyout financings
  • Direct lending transactions
  • Investment-grade financings
  • Working capital financings
  • Asset-based financings
  • Unitranche financings
  • Complex cross-border financings

Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the mid- and large-cap debt markets, Colin helps clients achieve commercial and mutually beneficial results in a full range of debt transactions. He develops collaborative relationships with all parties, serving as a go-to advisor to large, multinational investment banks and direct lenders as well as private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers.

Colin represents a number of financial institutions, including:

  • Antares Capital
  • Goldman Sachs Bank USA
  • Golub Capital
  • Jefferies Finance
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank
  • Whitehorse Capital Management
  • Owl Rock Capital Corporation

His corporate borrower and private equity sponsor clients include:

  • Aon
  • Baring Private Equity Asia
  • Harry’s
  • Lands’ End
  • Nord Anglia Education
  • Northleaf Capital Partners

His experience includes representing:

Direct Lending Transactions

  • Antares Capital in its first lien credit facilities that financed Ridgemont Equity Partners’ acquisition of Agape Care Group, a leading hospice, palliative, and pediatric comfort care provider
  • Golub Capital in its unitranche credit facilities to refinance the existing debt facilities of Risk Strategies, a Kelso portfolio company and leading US insurer and risk management advice provider
  • Owl Rock in its first lien credit facilities that financed Bridgepoint’s acquisition of BP Veraison Holdings (dba Sun World), one of the world’s largest plant variety breeders and licensors of proprietary produce
  • Whitehorse Capital in its first lien credit facilities that financed a private equity backed acquisition of True Blue Car Wash

Syndicated Lending Transactions

  • Goldman Sachs in the cross-border credit facilities that financed Onex’s acquisition of WireCo WorldGroup, a leading manufacturer of durable wire and synthetic rope for the mining industry
  • Jefferies Finance in the first lien senior secured term loan and revolver and second lien secured term loan in connection with Francisco Partners’ acquisition of BeyondTrust (fka Bomgar), a company that develops privileged identity management, access management, privileged remote access, and vulnerability management products
  • JPMorgan Chase in the secured cross-border credit facilities to finance Cimpress’ restructuring of its existing debt facilities, including redemption of its second lien notes

Other Borrower-Side Transactions

  • Aon in the amendment of its credit facilities in connection with its re-domiciliation to Ireland and refinancing of its existing credit facilities
  • Baring Private Equity Asia in a first and second lien term loan facility in connection with its take-private acquisition of Nord Anglia Education
  • Harry’s in connection with its asset-based revolving credit facility with a multinational banking and financial services company
  • Lands’ End in connection with its asset-based revolving credit facility with a multinational financial services firm and its term loan facility with Fortress
  • Northleaf Capital with its bridge term loan facility with Guggenheim Credit Services in connection with Northleaf’s purchase of a portfolio of music catalogues from Lyric Capital Group

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois
  • New York

Education

  • J.D., Cornell Law School, 2012
    Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
  • MBA, Cornell University, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, 2012
    With Distinction
  • MFA, California Institute of the Arts, 2003
  • BA, Reed College, 2000
    Phi Beta Kappa

Practices