Practice Expertise

  • Corporate Finance
  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Energy

Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Finance-NEW
  • Energy
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
  • Finance and Restructuring
  • Financial Services
  • International Renewable Energy and Clean ...
  • Lending Services
  • Real Estate Investment and Finance
  • Renewable Energy and Clean Power
  • Solar
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power
  • Sustainability and ESG
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Profile

Eric is a finance lawyer who represents agents, lenders, sponsors and borrowers in commercial financing matters across a broad range of industries and asset classes. Many of his clients are in the energy industry, including solar, wind and other renewable assets, or provide financing to energy clients.

Bar Admissions

    Education
    JD, University of Notre Dame Law School, 2004

    MBA, University of Notre Dame, 2004

    BA, Economics and Political Science, Stonehill College, cum laude, 2000

    Areas of Practice

    • Banking and Finance
    • Corporate Finance
    • Corporate Finance-NEW
    • Energy
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • Finance and Restructuring
    • Financial Services
    • International Renewable Energy and Clean Power
    • Lending Services
    • Real Estate Investment and Finance
    • Renewable Energy and Clean Power
    • Solar
    • Sustainability
    • Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power
    • Sustainability and ESG

    Professional Career

    Significant Accomplishments
    • Represented private equity fund portfolio company in a dividend recapitalization awarded “Refinancing of the Year” by the Global M&A Network in 2009.
    • Represented private equity fund in its multi-tranche financing of the acquisition in a bankruptcy 363 sale of a supplier to the recreational vehicle industry. The financing was recognized as the 2009 “Financing Deal of the Year” by The M&A Advisor.
    • Represented publicly traded financial services company borrower in connection with a $400 million senior secured covenant lite credit facility, including a subsequent amend and extend transaction.
    • Represented subsidiary of a national residential solar electricity provider in the issuance of $27.2 million of senior notes in a back-leverage financing.
    • Represented public company borrower in a $1 billion amend and extend transaction of its senior credit facility.
    • Represented borrower in connection with a $150 million revolving credit facility.
    • Represented lender in connection with a $38 million credit facility made available to a middle-market private equity fund portfolio company borrower.
    • Represented lender in connection with a $75 million senior unsecured term loan facility to a financial services company borrower.
    • Represented private equity fund portfolio company borrower in connection with the refinancing of senior and mezzanine credit facilities with $50 million of senior and subordinated notes issued in a private placement and a $20 million working capital revolving credit facility.
    • Represented private equity fund portfolio company borrower in connection with a multi-tranche acquisition financing for a “going private" transaction.
    • Represented public company borrower in connection with an amend and extend transaction in connection with its $480 million multi-currency senior credit facility.
    • Represented provider of secure transportation logistics borrower in connection with a series of bilateral credit facilities in an aggregate amount in excess of $230 million.
    • Represented public company in connection with the issuance of $100 million of senior unsecured notes in a private placement.
    • Represented a private charitable foundation in a refinancing of $325 million of indebtedness through the issuance of $275 million of senior notes in a private placement and a $50 million revolving credit facility.
    • Represented public company borrower in connection with a $650 million acquisition financing.
    • Represented telecommunications borrower in connection with $660 million first and second lien credit facilities.
    • Represented publicly traded energy company borrower in connection with a $200 million ABL credit facility.
    • Represented lender in connection with an $18.5 million construction and term loan facility related to seven solar projects in Arizona.
    • Represents borrowers in routine loan administration, including compliance issues, waivers, amendments and lender consents.
    • Represented bank in acquisition of branch assets of another bank involving $76 million of deposits and $58 million of loans.
    • Involved in transportation projects structured under the Virginia Public-Private Transportation Act.


    Professional Associations
    • Member, Virginia Bar Association and Richmond Bar Association
    • Former Chair, Pro Bono Committee of the Richmond Bar Association (2011-12); Committee Member (2009-12)
    • Member, Membership Committee of the Richmond Bar Association
    • Member, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project Screening Committee
    • Member, Hunton & Williams Recruiting Committee


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