John E.Mazey

Partner

Dallas + 1.214.969.5006

John Mazey is a leader of the private credit team at Jones Day. For more than 25 years, John has represented credit funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, other commercial lenders, and corporate clients in financing transactions involving senior secured, unitranche, second lien and mezzanine loans, preferred equity, and other structured solutions. John has significant experience negotiating complex intercreditor and subordination agreements involving super senior working capital facilities, first lien/second lien facilities, unsecured mezzanine loans, and agreements among lenders for first out/last out unitranche structures. As a result of his many years of practice in this space, John has amassed substantial crisis management experience, helping clients navigate through financial distress, loan workouts, and in-court and out-of-court debt restructuring, which have involved rescue loans and debtor-in-possession and bankruptcy exit financing.

Expérience

  • Direct lender provides $87 million senior secured credit facility to large private equity-backed provider of medical supplies to companies in commercial cruise and shipping industriesJones Day advised a direct lender, as administrative agent, collateral agent, sole lead arranger, and lender, in connection with a $87 million senior secured credit facility provided to a large private equity sponsored company that provides medical supplies to companies in the commercial cruise and shipping industries.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company obtains $500 million revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Texas's largest transmission and distribution electric utility, in connection with the establishment of a $500 million revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
  • Granite Construction obtains $150 million term loanJones Day represented Granite Construction Incorporated, one of the largest diversified construction and construction materials companies in the United States, in connection with a $150 million term loan, which provided financing, in part, of its acquisition of certain stone and gravel supply companies.
  • Lennox obtains $350 million incremental increase to its existing credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Jones Day represented Lennox International Inc., a leading global provider of climate control solutions, in connection with an incremental increase of its unsecured credit facilities led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the bank syndicate, which provides for total revolving credit commitments of $1.1 billion.
  • Direct lender amends senior secured credit facility for upstream oil and gas companyJones Day represented a direct lender in connection with an amendment to its senior secured credit facility for an upstream oil and gas company.
  • Direct lender provides $157 million senior secured credit facility to private equity-backed customer experience platformJones Day advised a direct lender, as a lender, joint lead arranger, and joint bookrunner, in connection with a $157 million senior secured credit facility provided to a large private equity sponsored company that provides automated testing and monitoring of customer services platforms.
  • Private credit lender provides $105 million incremental term loan facility supporting software company's acquisition of developer of mobile time and attendance solutionsJones Day advised a private credit lender in connection with a $105 million incremental term facility, comprised of an $85 million term loan and a $20 million delayed draw term loan, supporting a software company's acquisition of a developer of mobile time and attendance solutions in Utah.
  • TotalEnergies' affiliate Cray Valley sells three product lines to Pacific Avenue Capital PartnersJones Day is advising Total Energies on its sale of three product lines to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners (Wingtack®, PolyBD® and Dymalink®) developed by Cray Valley, its resin production and sales affiliate.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company obtains $150 million term loan facilityJones Day represented Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Texas's largest transmission and distribution electric utility and the fifth largest in the United States, in connection with a $150 million term loan facility.
  • Direct lender provides $151 million senior secured credit facility to private equity-backed API integration platformJones Day advised a direct lender, as administrative agent, sole lead arranger, and bookrunner, in connection with a $151 million senior secured credit facility provided to a large private equity sponsored company that provides a SaaS platform for building, deploying, and managing integrations between software applications.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company obtains $625 million term loan facilityJones Day represented Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Texas’s largest transmission and distribution electric utility and the fifth largest in the United States, in connection with a $625 million term loan facility with Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent.
  • Alternative investment management firm acquires leading provider of static and electronic outdoor advertising in Commonwealth of Puerto RicoJones Day advised an alternative investment management firm in the acquisition and senior debt financing of a leading provider of static and electronic outdoor advertising in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  • Global internet infrastructure provider acquires nine data centersJones Day advised a global internet infrastructure provider in the acquisition of nine data centers, including colocation and related network services.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company obtains $650 million credit facilityJones Day represented Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Texas’s largest transmission and distribution electric utility and the fifth largest in the United States, in connection with a $650 million senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility.
  • Granite Construction obtains $350 million revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Granite Construction Incorporated, one of the largest diversified construction and construction materials companies in the United States, in connection with a $350 million revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender.
  • Direct lender provides $100 million term loan facility to designer and developer of enterprise softwareJones Day advised a direct lender, as administrative agent, collateral agent, and sole lead arranger, in connection with a $80 million senior secured term loan facility and $20 million senior secured delayed draw term loan facility provided to a designer and developer of enterprise software, the proceeds of which were used, in part, to finance the acquisition of a data technology provider.
  • Intelsat closes $6.7 billion DIP-to-exit financing transactionsOn May 13, 2020, Intelsat S.A. and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (the “Intelsat Parties”) filed voluntary petitions with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia commencing their respective cases under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company obtains $1.3 billion credit facilityJones Day represented Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Texas's largest transmission and distribution electric utility and the fifth largest in the United States, in connection with a $1.3 billion term loan credit facility.
  • Private credit lender provides $105 million credit facility to owner of upstream oil and gas assets located in Permian Basin of Texas and New MexicoJones Day advised a private credit lender in the structuring and negotiation of a $105 million senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility provided to an owner of upstream oil and gas assets located in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company obtains $2 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Texas’s largest transmission and distribution electric utility, in connection with a $2 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
  • November 2010 External Publications

    Middle Market Lending - Traits and Trends, The Practical Law Journal

    Interventions

    • October 2010
      Jones Day MCLE University - Dallas