Yuan Tao

Structured Finance and Securitization

• Represented a major Fintech startup in the securitization of employee payroll related receivables.
• Represented several professional sports leagues and their constituent teams in secured note issuances.
• Represented major timeshare operators and hospitality chains, gas utilities and broadband networks in their receivables securitization operations.
• Represented automotive financing companies in their securitization of financing and leasing assets.
• Represented lenders in the receivables securitization operations of a major UK energy company.
• Represented several restaurant chains in their whole business securitizations.

 

Secured Lending

• Represented a Canadian mid-market asset manager in various financing transactions.
• Represented an Israeli pension fund in its secured lending facility with a US real estate developer.
• Represented a major airline in their recurring aircraft financing and acquisition operations.
• Represented multiple private equity funds in capital call facilities.
• Represented a wide variety of borrowers, from owners of single commercial and multi-residential properties to large private equity portfolios, in mortgage financing transactions, including agency (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) mortgages.
• Represented a major car rental chain in reorganization related financing operations.
• Represented a major Hong Kong real estate investment fund in its secured credit facility.
• Represented a Swiss athletic apparel brand in the financing operations of their US-domiciled entities.
• Represented a major US-based building component supplier in its continued financing operations.
• Represented a major UK-based supplier of power and energy infrastructure related equipment in its debt issuance and secured credit operations.
• Represented a major Australian gaming and hospitality conglomerate in its borrowing operations.
• Represented a New York chain of urgent care clinics in their secured borrowing operations.

 

Business Combinations and Reorganizations

• Represented a major big-box retailer in post-bankruptcy financing operations.
• Represented a New Zealand based consumer goods manufacturer in their re-domiciling and subsequent initial public offering in the US.
• Represented a major music label in its public equity and debt offerings.
• Represented a privately held modeling agency in its sale.
• Represented a healthcare communications/PR agency in its combination with multiple other entities.
• Represented a private equity buyer of a large network of financial advisors and a mobility services provider spun off from a Big 4 accounting firm.
• Represented an investment bank in the sale of a privately held household chemicals manufacturer.
• Represented a chain of medical cannabis dispensaries in their reorganization operations.
• Represented a major international infrastructure fund in the reorganization of their US subsidiaries.
• Represented a major commercial satellite operator in the reorganization of their subsidiaries.