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Aleksandra Kopec is a partner in King & Spalding's Global Finance practice group resident in the Charlotte office. Ms. Kopec is active in King & Spalding's leveraged finance practice.
Ms. Kopec represents financial institutions, lenders and borrowers in leveraged finance, acquisition financings, first and second lien financings, cross-border facilities, syndicated credit facilities, cash flow and asset-backed financings and other secured and unsecured lending transactions. One of Ms. Kopec’s speciality areas of practice is subscription line facilities.
Select recent transactions include representing:
• Wells Fargo Bank, as administrative agent and lead arranger, for a $450 million amended and restated revolving credit facility for Innophos Holdings, Inc., the proceeds of which were used to refinance existing debt and to finance general working capital and corporate needs. The borrower is a leading producer of specialty grade phosphate products for the food, pharmaceutical and industrial market segments.
• A large financial institution, as administrative agent, for a $260 million revolving and term loan facility for an industrial manufacturer of highly engineered products serving customers in semiconductor packaging and process industries, the proceeds of which were used for an acquisition and will continue to be usedfor working capital and general corporate purposes.
• A a venture backed health technology company, as borrower, for a $70 million term loan facility, the proceeds of which were used to fund capital growth expenditures. The credit facility includes a warrant for common stock of the borrower.
• A private equity fund, as borrower, for a $50 million subscription line facility, the proceeds of which will be used for acquisitions, working capital and other general corporate purposes. This is one of many facilities across this family of funds, which is a leader in the real estate investment and lending space.
Ms. Kopec holds a dual bachelor degree from Yale University and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where she was the managing editor for the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy.
Prior to joining King & Spalding in Charlotte, Ms. Kopec practiced law in New York, principally with Clifford Chance US LLP. In the winter of 2009, her article titled "Purchase-Money Security Interests" was published in the Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal.
King & Spalding brings together more than 100 finance lawyers located in offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East to represent lenders, investors, funds and borrowers in the full range of secured and unsecured financings. Over the past three years, we closed approximately 600 finance transactions for our clients, amounting to $165 billion in aggregate financing.
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