Deanna L. Kashdan

• Represented large international hospitality appliance manufacturer in $625 cross border senior secured credit facilities.
• Counsel to several private equity and mezzanine investment sponsors on acquisition financing and related intercreditor concerns in connection with transactions consisting of senior and subordinated facilities, first- and second-lien facilities, term loan B financing and various other debt products.
• Counsel to lead arranger and agent bank in $690 million senior secured revolving and term loan facilities for leading provider of data communications services.
• Represented healthcare industry issuer in $200 million public debt offering.
• Counsel to lead arranger and agent bank in connection with $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.
• Represented one of the largest U.S. commercial lending institutions in multiple, fully secured, Islamic-compliant facilities.
• Counsel to one of the nation’s largest commercial banking institutions acting as the agent bank with respect to multiple syndicated credit facilities for various real estate investment trusts.

Deanna L. Kashdan represents lenders, arrangers, borrowers/issuers, sponsors and underwriters in various commercial finance transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, private placements and public debt offerings, project finance, leveraged buyouts, acquisition and recapitalization finance, asset-based finance, credit enhancement transactions, structured finance, mezzanine finance, reorganizations and workouts.

Ms. Kashdan has acted as counsel to several of the largest U.S. commercial banks and other lending and insurance institutions on a broad range of secured and unsecured, syndicated, single-lender and club transactions. Her practice also includes representation of borrowers, issuers and sponsors in complex debt public and private transactions, representation of debtors in sensitive prebankruptcy restructurings and workouts, and representation of both public and private companies in asset based, middle-market and investment grade deals.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

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