Stacie L. Cargill

Broadly Syndicated Loans

• Counsel to FirstCash Inc. regarding its $400 million credit facility and $500 million note offering, including an amendment and restatement in connection with the merger of FirstCash Inc. with Cash America International Inc., a transaction that was named “USA Deal of the Year” by Global M&A Network.
• Counsel to LHC Group Inc., a corporate borrower in the home health care sector during a $500 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Almost Family Inc.
• Counsel to the agent in a widely syndicated $1.2 billion asset-based senior secured term loan and revolving facilities, including representation of incremental facility increases and maturity extensions, to an international specialty finance company with operations in eight countries that provides consumer financial solutions.

Private Equity

• Counsel to Ridgemont Equity Partners during a $115 million term loan credit facility, a $40 million asset-based credit facility and $10 million note issuance to support the acquisition and ongoing working capital requirements of Munch’s Supply, a leading wholesale distributor of HVAC equipment, parts, and supplies.
• Counsel to a private equity sponsor in a $220 million revolving and term loan credit facility to support the acquisition and ongoing working capital requirements of a regional telecommunications provider.
• Counsel to Ridgemont Equity Partners in a $379 million first lien and second lien financing during its acquisition of SEKO Logistics, a third-party freight and delivery service.
• Counsel to a private equity sponsor in a $13 million senior secured credit facility in to support the acquisition of a marketing and branding services company.

Middle-Market

• Counsel to a leading bank in a private equity-backed acquisition financing in the pharmaceutical testing sector with a $22 million senior secured credit facility.
• Counsel to a corporate borrower in the substance abuse and mental health sector in its $70 million senior secured credit facility.
• Counsel to a corporate borrower in the media distribution sector in its $35 million senior secured credit facility.

Stacie Cargill is a counsel in Alston & Bird’s Finance Group in the Dallas office. She represents corporate borrowers, equity sponsors, and financial institutions on a wide variety of domestic and international financing transactions, concentrating on acquisitions and investment financing, asset-based lending, and debt restructurings in single and multiple borrower, single-lender, agented, and participated syndication arrangements involving a variety of commercial enterprises. Before becoming an attorney, Stacie worked in broadcast advertising sales.

Stacie is an active member of the Dallas–Fort Worth community. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association, and Dallas Women Lawyers Association and serves as co-chair of the Women in Corporate Transactions Practice Area Affinity Group of the National Association of Women Lawyers. She previously served as the president of the Fort Worth chapter of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Stacie also dedicates a portion of her practice to serving the community through pro bono work. She was named to the Texas Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list in Banking 2015–2018 and was recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for her experience in banking and finance law.

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2009)
• University of Texas at Arlington (B.S., 1995)

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