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Chad Werner is a partner in King & Spalding’s Finance practice, resident in the Atlanta office. Chad’s practice focuses on representing financial institutions, lenders, sponsors and corporate borrowers with a wide range of financial transactions, including syndicated credit facilities on both a leveraged and investment-grade basis, cash flow and asset-based financings, mezzanine financings, subordinated debt transactions, first lien/second lien arrangements, acquisition financings, recapitalizations and cross-border facilities, with an emphasis on secured and asset-based lending transactions.

Chad holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Emory University, where he graduated from in 1997, and obtained his J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 2006, where he graduated cum laude.  He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and authored “Still Applicable: An Examination of BAPCPA’s Perplexing Response to the Ride-Through Debate”, 16 J. Bankr. L. & Prac. 49 (2007). Chad is a member of the board of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Business and Finance Section and was named a 2016 “Rising Star” by IFLR 1000.

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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Credentials

J.D., Tulane University, cum laude

B.B.A., Emory University

Georgia

Rising Star: Banking


IFLR 1000 US, 2018

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Rising Star: Banking


IFLR 1000 US, 2018

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Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $500 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a leading manufacturer and marketer of baby and young children’s apparel products and accessories.

Represented SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $120 million revolving credit and term loan facility for a provider of healthcare cost containment services.

Represented an owner, operator and franchiser of casual dining restaurants in the United States and Canada in connection with a $125 million revolving credit and term loan facility.

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Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $500 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a leading manufacturer and marketer of baby and young children’s apparel products and accessories.

Represented SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $120 million revolving credit and term loan facility for a provider of healthcare cost containment services.

Represented an owner, operator and franchiser of casual dining restaurants in the United States and Canada in connection with a $125 million revolving credit and term loan facility.

Represented a multi-line industrial distributor specializing in industrial maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supplies in the United States in connection with a $75 million asset-based revolving credit facility.

Matters

Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $500 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a leading manufacturer and marketer of baby and young children’s apparel products and accessories.

Represented SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $120 million revolving credit and term loan facility for a provider of healthcare cost containment services.

Represented an owner, operator and franchiser of casual dining restaurants in the United States and Canada in connection with a $125 million revolving credit and term loan facility.

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Matters

Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $500 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a leading manufacturer and marketer of baby and young children’s apparel products and accessories.

Represented SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as a joint lead arranger, in connection with a $120 million revolving credit and term loan facility for a provider of healthcare cost containment services.

Represented an owner, operator and franchiser of casual dining restaurants in the United States and Canada in connection with a $125 million revolving credit and term loan facility.

Represented a multi-line industrial distributor specializing in industrial maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supplies in the United States in connection with a $75 million asset-based revolving credit facility.

Credentials

J.D., Tulane University, cum laude

B.B.A., Emory University

Georgia

Rising Star: Banking


IFLR 1000 US, 2018

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Recognition

Rising Star: Banking


IFLR 1000 US, 2018