Morgan C. Ippolito

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Morgan Ippolito focuses her practice on commercial financing, representing banks and financial institutions, equity sponsors, and public and private companies in complex secured and unsecured credit facilities. She has experience with leveraged finance transactions, acquisition financing, cross-border and multicurrency transactions, asset-based financing, and subordinated, second lien, and mezzanine facilities.

Financial institutions and other private credit funds for which Morgan has worked on substantial matters include PNC Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, KeyBank, Bank of America, Santander Bank, and Koch Industries. She also has worked on financing-related matters for a number of public companies, including TransDigm Group, La-Z-Boy, Owens Corning, and Bally's Corporation, and private equity funds, including Blue Sea Capital, Cortec Group, The Riverside Company, and Baird Capital Partners.

Experience

  • Riverside Company exits MarenaJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the sale of The Marena Group, a leading global provider of compression garments, shapewear and activewear, to CenterGate Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private equity investment firm.
  • Direct lender provides $167.5 million senior secured credit facility to large private equity-backed payments-platform providerJones Day advised a direct lender, as administrative agent, in connection with a $167.5 million senior secured credit facility, which consisted of a $107.5 million term loan, a $50 million delayed draw term loan, and a $10 million revolver, provided to a large private equity sponsored payments-platform provider.
  • Baird Capital portfolio company acquires Integrity Municipal SystemsJones Day represented Baird Capital in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Cleanwater1, Inc. of Integrity Municipal Systems (IMS), a leading technology and solutions provider of branded, engineered lime systems, odor control and chemical feed system process solutions for the water and wastewater industry.
  • Barings Direct and MassMutual negotiate and document €150 million revolving credit facility provided to Luxembourg SPV, managed by leading global investment firmJones Day represented Barings Direct Investments LLC, as servicer, and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company, as lenders, in negotiating and documenting a €150 million revolving credit facility provided to a Luxembourg special purpose vehicle under the management of a leading global investment firm, with Alter Domus Agency Services (UK) Limited and Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited serving as administrative agent and collateral agent, respectively.
  • Direct lender provides $191 million senior secured credit facility to large private equity-backed leading national provider of pharmaceutical suppliesJones Day advised a direct lender, as administrative agent, in connection with a $191 million senior secured credit facility, which consisted of a $20 million revolver and a $171 million term loan, provided to a large private equity sponsored company that is a leading national provider of pharmaceutical supplies.
  • TransDigm completes $1.5 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and incurs $1.5 billion of new term loans under its term credit facilityJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”).
  • PHINIA Inc. completes $450 million Senior Notes offeringJones Day represented PHINIA Inc. in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2032.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Alexander GowJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Performance Systems Integration of Alexander Gow, which provides inspection, repair and installation of engineered and pre-engineered suppression systems for marine vessels, kitchen and special hazard applications in Washington, Oregon and Hawaii.
  • Riverside-led investor group acquires The Townsend GroupJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the acquisition and financing of The Townsend Group, a leading provider of global investment management and advisory services focused exclusively on real estate and real assets, from Aon plc, a leading global financial services firm.
  • KeyBank leads syndicate of lenders on $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility to The Davey Tree Expert CompanyJones Day represented KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility provided to The Davey Tree Expert Company, a landscaping services company.
  • Gray Television completes $1.85 billion refinancing, including $1.25 billion private offering of Senior Secured First Lien Notes and new $500 million senior secured term loanJones Day represented Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”), a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia that owns and/or operates television stations and digital assets in 114 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36% of U.S. television households, in connection with its (i) private offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.500% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) under Rule 144A and Regulation S, and (ii) new $500 million term loan “B” facility.
  • Blue Sea Capital sells Sunvair Aerospace Group to Greenbriar Equity GroupJones Day represented Blue Sea Capital LLC in the sale of Sunvair Aerospace Group, a leading maintenance, repair and overhaul ("MRO") services provider specializing in landing gear, avionics, flight instruments, sensors and cargo loading systems, to Greenbriar Equity Group.
  • Range Media Partners secures minority investment from Liberty Global, Wildcat Capital, and Playground ProductionsJones Day advised Range Media Partners in its minority investment from Liberty Global, Wildcat Capital, and Playground Productions.
  • PHINIA Inc. completes $525 million Senior Secured Notes offering and amends credit agreementJones Day represented PHINIA Inc. in connection with (i) a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $525 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and (ii) an amendment to the credit agreement that governs the company's existing credit facilities to modify certain covenants, remove the mandatory prepayment provision based on quarterly and annual operating cash flow calculations, and increase the required total net leverage ratio under the company's financial covenant.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Next Day AccessJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Best Life Brands of Next Day Access, a leading provider of residential and commercial home access solutions across the United States and Canada.
  • TransDigm completes additional $550 million Senior Secured Notes offering and reprices $6.2 billion of existing tranche H and I term loansJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer, and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of an additional $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”).
  • TransDigm completes $4.4 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and extension and increase of its revolving credit facility to $910 millionJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and $2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (collectively, the “Notes”).
  • Diebold Nixdorf obtains $200 million super-priority senior secured revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, a multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation, and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related services for global financial, retail, and commercial markets, and certain of its domestic subsidiaries in obtaining a $200 million super-priority senior secured revolving credit facility.
  • Baird Capital portfolio company acquires Velocity Dynamics, LLCJones Day represented Baird Capital in the acquisition by portfolio company Cleanwater1, Inc. of Velocity Dynamics, LLC, a leading solutions provider of branded, proprietary dry and liquid feed systems for the optimization of chemistry in water and wastewater utilities and industrial plants.
  • TransDigm completes $1 billion Senior Secured Notes offering and $1 billion incremental term loanJones Day represented TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm Group”), a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by TransDigm Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
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