Jonathan H. Homer

Jonathan is a corporate partner in the New York office, representing private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and other corporate borrowers in a wide range of debt financing transactions. He specializes in advising private equity firms during the leveraged buyout phase and continuing to advise them and their portfolio companies through refinancing and repricing transactions, corporate restructurings, secondary acquisitions, spin-offs, public equity offerings, and other exit transactions.

Jonathan also has significant experience representing both privately held and publicly traded companies in respect of various debt facilities, including various term facilities, cash flow and asset-based revolvers, convertible debt, preferred equity, receivables factoring, and other bespoke credit facilities. His market experience ranges from middle-market to large cap financings with complex capital structures spanning multiple jurisdictions and he is adept in both the syndicated and private debt markets. Jonathan is known for his ability to cleanly and efficiently execute a transaction while ensuring that his clients get the best possible terms.

• Represented Littlejohn & Co. private equity firm in connection with acquisition financings of (i) Magnate Worldwide, a logistics and shipping company, and (ii) Lipari Foods Operating Company, a food packaging company. Additional representation of various Littlejohn portfolio companies in respect of repricing transactions, incremental financings, add-on acquisition financings and various ongoing finance-related matters.
• Represented Finalsite, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, in connection with acquisition financings of Blackboard K-12 Community Engagement Division of Anthology. Additionally, represented Veritas in connection with the financing of its leveraged acquisition of Chromalloy from funds managed by The Carlyle Group.
• Represented Aurora Capital Partners in connection with the financing of its acquisition of (i) Westcoast Gate, a provider of automated gate and security products and services across the state of California, from Kian Capital Partners and (ii) Spray-Teck, a manufacturer of industrial fans. Additional representation of various portfolio companies of Aurora Capital in connection with dividend recapitalizations, refinancings, joinders, amendments and other debt-related matters.
• Represented Midocean Partner’s financing of its acquisition of Pragmatic Institute LLC, an online human resource provider. Additional representation of multiple Midocean portfolio companies through the management of their credit facilities.
• Represented LCatterton private equity to finance its acquisition of Alliance Animal Health, a consortium of veterinary practices.
• Represented the North Road Company, a production company formed by Peter Chernin, in connection with its debt capital structure and acquisition financing of Red Arrow Studios.
• Represented Blue Road Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Sweet Harvest Foods, a natural sweeteners platform.
• Represented Bridgepoint Advisers Limited, a UK-based private equity firm, in respect of the financing of its purchase of The Flexitallic Group SAS, a manufacturer of gaskets and related materials.
• Public company representation: Represented (i) multiple public companies – including Amazon, Verisign, Kraft Heinz, and Vmware – in respect of their investment grade revolving credit facilities, (ii) Zevia LLC, in respect of its asset based revolving facility, (iii) Atmos Energy Corporation, in respect of various debt facilities, (iv) StepStone Group, in connection with its cash-flow revolving credit facility and (v) WillScot Mobile Mini, a provider of modular spaces and portable storage and tank containers, in connection with the refinancings of their asset-based credit facilities concurrent with the merger of WillScot and Mobile Mini.
• Additional private company representation: Represented (i) a UK-based consulting firm in connection with the refinancing of its $600 million term loan and $100 million revolving credit facility, (ii) a UK-based IT consulting firm with operations throughout the UK, U.S., and Europe, in connection with the refinancing of its term loan and revolving credit facilities, (iii) a manufacturer of cloud storage and servers and provider of related SaaS in connection with its obtaining of a true sale receivables purchase facility, (iv) a private family owned investment firm in connection with a $40 million secured line of credit to fund ongoing working capital and portfolio investments, (v) a U.S.-based manufacturer of consumer products in connection with managing its capital debt structure consisting of multiple tranches of term loans, preferred equity, and asset-based revolving credit facility.