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Leader of New York Office Private Credit
Sheel Patel
Private Credit
Visión general
Sheel Patel leverages more than 15 years of experience in assisting clients with complex commercial financing transactions and restructurings across diverse industries. He routinely represents leading private credit lenders, financial institutions, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on cutting-edge leveraged and investment-grade financing transactions, asset-based financing transactions, mezzanine lending, high yield issuances, preferred equity investments, event-driven and opportunistic financing transactions, as well as special situations, workouts, restructurings, and insolvency matters.
Sheel is a frequent speaker in the area of finance and is often quoted in leading publications such as Bloomberg and the Financial Times. In addition to English, Sheel is conversational in Spanish and Gujarati.
Experiencia
- Represented private credit lender in connection with $250 million first out revolving credit facility related to the emergence of Cineworld Group Plc from bankruptcy.
- Represented private credit lender in connection with a rescue financing arrangement provided to a publicly listed automation company, the proceeds of which helped effectuate an exchange offer (and avoided a bankruptcy filing).
- Represented private credit lenders in connection with the $1.2 billion in credit facilities to support the take-private acquisition of Tivity Health by Stone Point Capital.
- Represented private credit lender in connection with a $175 million secured credit facility provided to a U.S. Flag shipping and services conglomerate and subsequent equitization of such debt (as a result of an out-of-court restructuring).
- Represented private credit lenders in connection with the financing to support the buyout of Dayco, LLC by Hidden Harbor Capital Partners.
- Represented private credit lender in connection with preferred equity investment in private equity backed business services company.
- Represented private credit lender in connection with a heavily negotiated purchase of $100 million in bridge commitments from commercial banks at a time where there was significant disruption in the high yield markets.
- Represented private credit lenders in connection with financing to support the buyout of Kenco Group by Pritzker Private Capital.
- Represented private credit lenders in connection with financing to support the buyout of Celerion Holdings by H.I.G. Capital.
- Represented private credit lenders in connection with financing to support the buyout of VetCor Holdings by Harvest Partners and Cressey & Company.
- Represented Blackstone Credit, through its Sustainable Resources Platform, in connection with $525 million in credit facilities provided to Enstructure LLC.
Reconocimeinto
- A “Rising Star” – New York Metro Super Lawyers
- Lead financing of Databank's acquisition of zColo, which was named 2020 Deal of the Year - North America Digital Infrastructure by Proximo Americas
Educación
- Hofstra University School of Law, JD, magna cum laude
- Tulane University, BS
Admisiones
- Nueva York