Sidley represented Jefferies Finance LLC, as borrower and issuer, in its US$1.95 billion bank/bond financing, consisting of a US$950 million senior secured term loan facility and US$500 million priority secured revolving facility, and US$500 million high-yield offering of 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2031.
The Sidley deal team was led by Joshua Thompson and Kelechi Adibe (Global Finance) and Johnny Skumpija and David Ni (Capital Markets), and included Daniel Philion, Hiroko Ito, D.J. Hill, and Bill Turnbull (Global Finance); Todd Gilbert, Kostian Ciko, Jessica Li, and Jennifer Lin (Capital Markets); as well as Christian Brause, Andy Lau, John Schaff, and Noam Waltuch (Tax); Nathan Greene and John Ekblad (Investment Funds); Christian Pilhofer and Paige Garcia (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation); and Stephen McInerney and Colleen Brown (Privacy and Cybersecurity).