Jeffrey Stuart Chavkin
Jeffrey Stuart Chavkin
Jeffrey Stuart Chavkin
Biography
Jeffrey Chavkin practices in the areas of lender and borrower representation, corporate finance and commercial law. His experience includes the structuring, negotiation, documentation and administration of a broad spectrum of syndicated and non-syndicated credit transactions involving both domestic and foreign companies in a wide variety of industries. These transactions include secured and unsecured loans, acquisition credits, loans to private equity sponsored portfolio companies, multi-currency facilities, senior and subordinated credit facilities including net capital subordinated loans to broker‑dealers, asset based loan facilities, loans to mutual funds and closed end funds, real estate loans including construction facilities and letter of credit facilities. Mr. Chavkin also represents commercial banks when acting in a corporate trust capacity, including as trustee, paying agent, depositary and escrow agent as well as issuers in connection with debt issued under Indentures. His experience also extends to federal and state bank regulatory issues and the special legal needs in extending credit to regulated industries.
Mr. Chavkin served as Deputy Leader of Bryan Cave’s Banking, Business and Public Finance Client Service Group from 2000 through 2006 and as its Leader from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Chavkin was recognized as among New York’s top rated lawyers for banking and finance by ALM’s Legal Leaders in 2014.
Admissions
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New York, 1976
Education
New York University, LL.M. (Taxation), 1981
Boston University, J.D., 1975
Tufts University, B.A., 1972
Related Practice Areas
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Financial Services Corporate & Regulatory Team
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Corporate
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Finance
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Workouts & Financial Restructuring
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Wealth Management
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Subchapter S
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Going Private
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Community Banking Litigation
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De Novo Banking
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Bank Transactions & Strategy
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Bank Regulatory Compliance, Operational Support & New Products
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Banking Sector
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Funds Finance
Experience
- Representation of the administrative agent in connection with a $195 million senior secured credit facility for a publicly traded and telecom company.
- Representation of Berry Global, Inc. in connection with a $500 million senior secured incremental term loan incurred in connection with the financing of its acquisition of AEP Industries, Inc.
- Representation of Terex Corporation in connection with the $850 million refinancing of its senior secured credit facility.
- Representation of Berry Global, Inc. in connection with repricing transactions for in excess of $4 billion of senior secured incremental term loans.
- Representation of DHX Media Ltd. in connection with a $525 million syndicated credit facility.
- Representation of the lead arranger in connection with the arrangement of a $25 million secured second lien term loan for a publicly held telecommunications company.
- Representation of Berry Global, Inc. in connection with the issuance of $1.2 billion of Second Priority Senior Secured Notes issued under several indentures.
- Representation of Berry Global, Inc. in connection with the financing of its acquisition of a company in a competitive bidding process.
- Representation of Caleres, Inc. in connection with the issuance of $200 million of Rule 144A senior notes.
- Representation of Caleres, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with a $600 million syndicated asset based credit facility.
- Representation of Caleres, Inc. in connection with seller provided financing in connection with its sale of Shoes.com, Inc.
- Representation of the administrative agent in connection with a $82.5 million senior secured credit facility supporting the acquisition of a portfolio company by a private equity fund.
- Representation of Terex Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries in a $1.1 billion senior secured multicurrency credit facility consisting of a multicurrency revolving credit facility, a U.S. dollar denominated term loan and a Euro denominated term loan.
- Representation of a bank lender in a $250 million senior unsecured delayed draw term loan for a major telecommunications company.
- Representation of a bank lender in a $200 million senior unsecured term loan for a public utility holding company.
- Representation of Belkin International, Inc. in connection with its $150 million asset based US and UK credit facilities which supported the acquisition of the Linksys business of Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Representation of the administrative agent in connection with a $30 million senior unsecured credit facility for a joint venture of Duke Energy Corporation and American Transmission Company LLC.
- Representation of Caleres, Inc. in connection with the amendment and restatement of its $380 million senior secured asset based credit facility and an increase thereof to $530 million to enable Brown Shoe to consummate the acquisition of American Sporting Goods Corporation and The Basketball Marketing Group, Inc. as well as in connection with its subsequent sales of such companies.
- Representation of Caleres, Inc. in connection with its issuance of $200 million of senior unsecured notes due 2019.
- Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the senior and mezzanine financing for the acquisition of a portfolio company.
- Representation of Terex Corporation in connection with a $1.2 billion secured credit facility to back its tender offer for all of the shares of Demag Cranes, a German corporation, consisting of a multicurrency revolving credit facility, a U.S. dollar denominated term loan and a Euro denominated term loan.
- Representation of a bank in connection with a sale of a $1 billion portfolio of troubled time share loans and the seller financing therefor.
- Representation of a privately held Canadian company in connection with a complex cross‑border acquisition and financing.
- Representation of a large bank in connection with a variety of credit facilities in which it is a participating lender and/or joint lead arranger with a focus on investment grade facilities.