Dean C. Bachus

Partner

Chicago + 1.312.269.4220

For nearly 20 years, Dean Bachus has focused his practice on executive compensation, benefits, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) transactional matters. His experience covers tax planning and structuring compensation and benefit arrangements in domestic and international business acquisitions and dispositions. He also advises clients in connection with all compensation and employee benefit-related aspects of corporate transactions, reorganizations, financing arrangements, and public offerings, including negotiating, reviewing, and drafting transactional documents, supervising due diligence, and identifying issues arising under, and assisting in complying with, the Internal Revenue Code, ERISA, applicable labor laws, federal securities laws, and applicable exchange regulations.

Dean's practice includes designing, negotiating, and drafting equity-based compensation plans (including stock option, restricted stock, and phantom equity arrangements); cash bonus plans; employment, consulting, termination, severance, and change-in-control contracts; and restrictive covenant agreements, including noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality arrangements.

Dean also advises clients on the structure, implementation, and administration of nonqualified employee compensation plans, programs, and arrangements, including the associated ERISA, federal tax, and securities implications. He also provides counsel to management teams and boards of directors on executive compensation and change-in-control arrangements in connection with corporate transactions and reorganizations and consults with shareholders, senior executives, and boards of directors on transactional strategies.

Dean has represented major private equity funds and publicly traded companies in hundreds of acquisitions and dispositions, focusing on benefit and compensation issues that arise in such transactions, as well as the design and maintenance of incentive programs and facilitating management turnover.

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  • Leading financial services company provides $1 billion delayed draw term loan facility to leading oil and gas companyJones Day represented a leading financial services company, as administrative agent and lead arranger, in connection with a $1 billion delayed draw term loan credit facility provided to a leading oil and gas company.
  • Fund managed by Cloud Capital obtains $467.5 million construction loan for four data centers across U.S.Jones Day represented a fund managed by Cloud Capital, as borrower, in connection with a construction loan with total commitments up to $467.5 million for the construction of four data centers across the U.S.
  • Parent of NBA franchise obtains $200 million revolving credit facilityJones Day represented the parent of an NBA franchise and certain affiliates in connection with a $200 million holdco revolving credit facility.
  • Financial institution leads syndicate of lenders on senior secured credit facilities for leading national specialty linen and tabletop rental companyJones Day represented a financial institution, as administrative agent, in connection with the arrangement, syndication, and documentation of senior secured credit facilities to a leading national specialty linen and tabletop rental company.
  • Pentair acquires Hydra-StopJones Day represented Pentair plc (NYSE: PNR), a global leader in water systems, in its acquisition of Hydra-Stop, a leading insertion valve and line stop manufacturer, from Madison Industries for approximately $290 million in cash.
  • Accel Entertainment enters into $900 million syndicated senior secured credit facilityJones Day represented Accel Entertainment, Inc., a growing provider of locals-focused gaming and one of the largest terminal operators in the United States, in connection with a $900 million syndicated senior secured credit facility, consisting of a $300 million revolver and $600 million term loan.
  • Hexagon sells Design & Engineering business to CadenceJones Day is advising Hexagon AB in the €2.7 billion sale of its Design & Engineering business, which includes the business formerly known as MSC Software, to Cadence Design Systems.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires PharmChemJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the acquisition by portfolio company, Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. (d/b/a SCRAM Systems), of PharmChem, Inc. for $3.75 per share in cash.
  • Large financial institution amends and restates senior secured credit facility for Freedom Mortgage CorporationJones Day represented a large financial institution, as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment and restatement of its senior secured credit facility provided to Freedom Mortgage Corporation, a national, full-service mortgage banker that provides origination and servicing through retail, wholesale, correspondent, and commercial divisions.
  • Direct lender provides $76 million senior secured credit facility to precast concrete producer in connection with acquisition of new precast concrete facilityJones Day advised a direct lender, as agent, in connection with a $76 million senior secured credit facility, consisting of a $45 million term loan, $23 million delayed draw term loan, and $8 million revolver, provided to a precast concrete producer in connection with its acquisition of a sixth precast concrete facility.
  • RBC Real Estate Capital Corporation provides $655 million loan secured by 36 properties across five statesJones Day represented RBC Real Estate Capital Corp., a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, in connection with a $655 million loan secured by 36 properties located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
  • Riverside Company acquires Maid BrigadeJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the acquisition of Maid Brigade, a franchisor of residential cleaning services.
  • Wells Fargo provides $100 million revolving loan secured by portfolio of industrial propertiesJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $100 million revolving loan secured by a portfolio of industrial properties located in Texas and Pennsylvania.
  • Wells Fargo amends and restates $4 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility for publicly traded real estate investment trustJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment and restatement of a $4 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility for a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
  • Wells Fargo-led syndicate provides $1.38 billion senior unsecured credit agreement to subsidiary of publicly traded real estate investment trustJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $1.38 billion senior unsecured credit agreement, consisting of a $1 billion revolving credit facility and a $380 million delayed draw term loan facility, to a subsidiary of a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
  • Urban Elevator sells eight locations to OtisJones Day advised Urban Elevator in the sale of eight locations to Otis Elevator Company.
  • Large financial institution provides $1.115 billion senior secured credit facilities to national mortgage lender and servicerJones Day advised a large financial institution, as administrative agent, in connection with a refinancing of an existing facility to a national mortgage lender and servicer, resulting in a total credit facility of $1.115 billion, including a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $400 million and a revolving commitment in an aggregate principal amount of $715 million.
  • Wells Fargo provides $163 million term loan secured by Class-A office tower located in San Francisco's "AI Corridor"Jones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in connection with a $163 million term loan secured by a Class-A office tower located in San Francisco's "AI Corridor".
  • Financial institution provides $132.8 million term loan secured by property in ChicagoJones Day represented a large financial institution, as administrative agent, in connection with a $132.8 million term loan secured by a mixed-used property in Chicago, Illinois consisting of luxury apartments and retail space.
  • Artis BioSolutions acquires Landmark BioJones Day advised Artis BioSolutions, a newly launched company dedicated to streamlining the discovery, process development, and manufacturing of genetic medicines, in its acquisition of Landmark Bio, allowing expansion of manufacturing and commercialization of advanced therapies.