David Clark is a partner in the finance and restructuring group, where his practice is concentrated in the area of finance and commercial law. David regularly represents institutional and other investors and borrowers in a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions. His experience includes senior and subordinated debt, leveraged acquisition financings, and project financings.Recent transactions in which David has acted as primary purchaser or lender’s counsel include: Convertible note offering by a Cayman’s issuer to finance construction of Brazilian ethanol assets. Senior subordinated credit facility (with an equity kicker) to a natural gas trading company. Senior secured credit facility to a Canadian agricultural investor. Syndicated revolving and term credit facility to a manufacturer of specialty machine parts, secured by real and personal property in two states and five European countries. Syndicated revolving and term credit facility to a multi-national database company. Revolving and term credit facility to provide construction, startup, and working capital for combination beef slaughter house and packaging plant, secured by the borrower’s real estate and personal property. Letter of credit facility, guaranteed by Ex-Im Bank, to a Venezuelan port operator to finance the purchase of ship unloading, conveyor, and grain storage equipment. Letter of credit facility to a major airline secured by aircraft and routes. Recent transactions in which David has acted as primary issuer or borrower’s counsel include: Secured revolving and term credit agreement to a telecom company to finance the acquisition of a public company. Secured loan to an Indian tribe to finance fixtures and equipment. Secured revolving credit facility to a leveraged hedge fund. Secured revolving credit facility to finance the inventory of a catalogue merchant. David also advises corporates in connection with swaps and other hedges and manufacturers and distributors in connection with significant sales of equipment, purchase document forms, and distribution agreements. Industry Asset-based Lending Commercial Banking Hedge Funds Manufacturing |