Joseph O'Brien (Joe)

• Represented a private investment fund and its special purpose subsidiaries in a series of widely syndicated term loan facilities totaling over $15 billion to finance the acquisition of GPU chips and subsequent true lease to a major artificial intelligence company.
• Represented a credit fund lender in connection with a $400 million net asset value facility to a leading real estate sponsor, secured by cash flows and distributions from a portfolio of real estate investments.
• Represented a credit fund lender in connection with a $250 million GP financing facility to a leading private equity sponsor, providing liquidity for sponsor succession planning.
• Represented a private equity sponsor in connection with a $350 million net asset value facility used to finance a dividend recapitalization and follow-on investments across multiple portfolio companies.
• Represented a technology-focused sponsor in connection with an $80 million cross-border GP financing facility used to fund the sponsor’s commitment and related seeding arrangements for a continuation vehicle transaction.
• Represented a private equity sponsor in connection with a $200 million net asset value facility secured by interests in a diversified investment portfolio and used to finance the acquisition of a public utilities company.
• Represented a secondaries fund in connection with a $225 million net asset value facility secured by a diversified portfolio of secondary fund interests.
• Represented a private equity sponsor in connection with multiple subscription credit facilities totaling more than $2 billion for a global fund platform, featuring complex cascading pledge arrangements, separately managed account investor support, and integrated onshore and offshore collateral structures.
• Represented a private investment vehicle as borrower in a series of secured loan facilities collateralized by fine art, providing liquidity against a curated portfolio of high value works while preserving the borrower’s long-term ownership and collection strategy.

Joseph O'Brien advises private equity sponsors, investment funds, financial institutions, and corporate borrowers on the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of complex secured and unsecured financing transactions. His practice spans a broad range of fund finance and specialty lending matters, including GP financings, subscription credit facilities, NAV financings, warehouse facilities, employee co-investment loans, art loans, asset-based financings, and acquisition and other corporate financing transactions.

Joe also devotes substantial time to pro bono matters, including representing small businesses, artists and museums, and military veterans. He earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where he served as Lead Editor of the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law.