Kearsten B. Garbenis

Associate

Pittsburgh + 1.412.394.7251

Kearsten Garbenis focuses her practice on advising clients on the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of corporate transactions. She also advises clients on the administration of benefits and compensation plans, programs, and arrangements that involve complex issues arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code.

Additionally, Kearsten has experience representing lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured, senior and subordinated, and cash flow and asset-based credit facilities.

Esperienze

  • Phoenix Merchant Partners arranges $86 million senior secured term loan credit facility for private academic institutionJones Day represented Phoenix Merchant Partners, LP, as co-lead arranger and co-bookrunner, in connection with the arrangement of a $86 million senior secured term loan credit facility for a private academic institution.
  • PNC Bank leads syndicate of lenders on incremental increase and amendment to existing senior secured revolving and term loan credit facilities for global professional sound reinforcement and live touring production support companyJones Day represented PNC Bank, National Association, administrative agent on the arrangement, syndication, and documentation of a $100 million incremental increase to existing $620 million senior secured revolving and term loan credit facilities, for a professional sound reinforcement and live touring production support company.
  • Large financial institution provides $19 million senior secured credit facility to leading provider of AI and RPA platformJones Day represented a large financial institution, as lender, in a $19 million senior secured credit facility to a leading provider of an AI and RPA platform for expense management, in connection with its acquisition of a telecom expense management and managed mobility solutions business.
  • Educational nonprofit restructures debt and achieves workouts with its lender and major creditorsJones Day successfully assisted pro bono a Virginia-based 501(c)(3) educational organization in restructuring its balance sheet, negotiating and documenting new financing, facilitating settlements with major secured and unsecured creditors, navigating non-profit governance issues, addressing real estate concerns, and resolving labor and employment issues.
  • PNC Bank leads syndicate of lenders on amendment and extension of its existing secured credit facility for leading kaolin clay companyJones Day represented PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with the arrangement, syndication, and documentation of an amendment and extension of its existing senior secured credit facility, consisting of a $190 million outstanding delayed draw term loan and a $75 million revolving credit facility, for a leading producer of kaolin clay.
  • PNC Bank leads syndicate of lenders on amended and restated senior secured credit facilities for professional sound reinforcement and live touring production support companyJones Day represented PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with the arrangement, syndication, and documentation of upsized and extended senior secured credit facilities, consisting of a $350 million revolving working capital credit facility, a $200 million term loan, and a $70 million revolving term-out facility, provided to a professional sound reinforcement and live touring production support company, to be used for the company’s build-out of its new headquarters.
  • Large financial institution leads syndicate of lenders on incremental increase and maturity extension of $200 million unsecured revolving credit facility for public utility companyJones Day advised a large financial institution, as administrative agent, in connection with an amendment, extension, and upsize of a $200 million unsecured revolving credit facility for a public utility company.