Deanna L. Kashdan

• Represented several leading financial institutions in over $14 billion of syndicated credit facilities for real estate investment trusts in 2019.
• Finance counsel to the largest home improvement retailer in the U.S. on their syndicated credit facilities and public debt finance.
• Counsel to several financial institutions and private equity and mezzanine investment sponsors on acquisition financing and related intercreditor concerns with transactions consisting of senior and subordinated facilities, first- and second-lien facilities, term loan B financing, and various other debt products.
• Represented one of the largest U.S. commercial lending institutions in multiple, fully secured, Islamic-compliant facilities.
• Represented a large international hospitality appliance manufacturer in a $625 million cross border senior secured credit facilities.
• Counsel to several private equity and mezzanine investment sponsors on acquisition financing and related intercreditor concerns with transactions consisting of senior and subordinated facilities, first- and second-lien facilities, term loan B financing, and various other debt products.
• Counsel to the lead arranger and agent bank in a $690 million senior secured revolving and term loan facilities for leading provider of data communications services.
• Represented a health care industry issuer in a $200 million public debt offering.
• Counsel to the lead arranger and agent bank with a $300 million senior secured acquisition financing for media company.
• Counsel to the U.S. financing arm of one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and power equipment in a $4.5 billion senior debt financing and simultaneous commercial paper program increase.
• Counsel to one of the nation's largest commercial banking institutions acting as the agent bank to multiple syndicated credit facilities for various real estate investment trusts.

Deanna Kashdan represents lenders, arrangers, borrowers/issuers, sponsors, and underwriters in various corporate debt finance transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, private placements and public debt offerings. Deanna has acted as counsel to several of the largest U.S. commercial banks and other lending institutions on a broad range of finance transactions. Her practice also includes representation of borrowers, issuers, and sponsors in complex public and private debt transactions. Deanna’s representation of both lenders and issuers gives her the unique ability to be efficient in negotiating on behalf of her clients.

Deanna’s clients include several top tier financial institutions, mid-market commercial banks, investment grade corporations and middle market, leveraged issuers. She focuses her practice on financings for real estate investment trusts, investment grade syndicated financings, LBOs, acquisition and recapitalization finance, and representation of major banks and debtors in sensitive prebankruptcy restructurings and workouts.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Georgia State University (J.D., 1999)
• University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1995)