John Papachristos

PARTNER

John represents investment banks, institutional investment funds and corporations in public and private capital markets transactions, leveraged bank financings, mezzanine financings, merger and acquisition transactions and general corporate matters. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to representing mezzanine and private equity finds in mezzanine, equity and structured equity transactions, as well as investment banks in Rule 144A high-yield debt offerings and syndicated institutional loans. He also represents mezzanine and private equity funds in corporate restructuring and reorganization matters, both in and out of court.

John has practiced at Cahill since his graduation from Brooklyn Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of The Brooklyn Law Review (1993-94). He became a partner in 2003 and is a member of the firm's Hiring Committee.

• Representation of Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank,  HSBC, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and others in connection with $15 billion of bank financing for the acquisition of First Data Corporation by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts.
• Representation of Citigroup in connection with $1.7 billion of term loan financing to Flextronics International Ltd. to finance the acquisition of Solectron Corporation.
• Representation of CIBC in connection with a $100 million bank financing for Navisite, Inc.
• Representation of J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch in connection with a Rule 144A offering of Senior Notes and a public offering of Common Stock of Navios Maritime Holdings.
• Representation of Charlie Brown's Steakhouse in connection with its acquisition of the Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse chain.
• Representation of UBS in a $500 million Rule 144A offering of Senior Notes by Case New Holland Inc., a subsidiary of CNH Global N.V.
• Representation of Citigroup in connection with a $1.1 billion Rule 144A offering of Senior Notes by Crown Americas, LLC, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, Inc.
• Representation of Reddy Ice Holdings in connection with its initial public offering and secondary offering.
• Representation of Trimaran Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of the Charlie Brown's Steakhouse chain and Reddy Ice, Inc.
• Representation of mezzanine and equity funds in connection with numerous private investment transactions, including investments in senior secured notes (first and second lien), subordinated notes, convertible preferred stock, common stock and common stock warrants.