Adam Dworkin is a member of Cahill’s Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the firm’s Corporate Department.
Adam has over 30 years of experience advising commercial and investment banks and private credit lenders in leveraged finance transactions, including in the connection with acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, liability management exercises, and out-of-court debt restructurings. He regularly represents investment banks and other lenders in connection with syndicated and private credit loan transactions as well as high yield and investment grade securities offerings. He has worked on some of the largest and most complex leveraged finance transactions to date, including Dell’s acquisition of EMC and the LBO of HCA.
Adam is also active in in the data center finance area representing investment banks and lenders in Rule 144A offerings and loan transactions. He practices in a variety of other industries including technology, communications, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, media, retail, financial institutions and transportation.
“Adam has a senior partner's commercial awareness, paired with a strong ability to execute.” – Chambers USA
“Adam is commercial and getting the deal done instead of winning points.” – Chambers USA
Adam has consistently been ranked for New York Banking & Finance by Chambers USA, with clients noting that he is “fantastic,” “highly constructive and efficient,” and “very knowledgeable with regards to leveraged finance.” Adam is also recognized as a leading banking and finance lawyer by Chambers Global, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, and Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Dealmakers in America guide.
- Lead arrangers and initial purchasers in debt financings for affiliates of Lone Star Funds to fund Lone Star’s acquisition of Hillenbrand, Inc., including a $1.8 billion term B credit facility, a $430 million revolving credit facility and a $350 million letter of credit facility.
- Agents and revolving lenders in Vibrantz’s comprehensive refinancing and exchange transaction.
- Agent and revolving lenders in connection with comprehensive refinancing and exchanger transactions for Radiate HoldCo, LLC.
- Initial purchasers in $4.585 billion senior notes by PR RNO Property Owner 1 to support Tract Capital’s and Fleet Data Centers’ 230 MW data center project in Storey County, Nevada.
- Initial purchasers in $3.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.19% senior secured notes due 2042 by Hut 8 DC LLC to support Hut 8’s 245 MW data center project at Hut 8’s River Bend campus.
- Initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering of $4.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.129% senior secured notes due 2042 by Beacon Point DC.
- Debt financing sources in $5 billion of debt financings, consisting of a $750 million notes offering and $4.3 billion in credit facilities for Central Parent and Central Merger Sub Inc., and CDK Global, Inc., for the acquisition of CDK Global.
- Lead arrangers in a $1.06 million US dollar denominated term B credit facility and a €982 million Euro denominated Term B credit facility for DexKo Global Inc. for the leveraged buyout of DexKo Global Holdings Inc. by Brookfield Capital Partners LLC.
- Debt financing sources in $6.7 billion of credit facilities and senior secured notes offerings for DIRECTV Financing, LLC for the repayment of intercompany debt and the payment of transaction expenses in the separation of DIRECTV from AT&T Inc.
- ICON in approximately $6.3 billion of debt financings for the acquisition of PRA Health Sciences, Inc.
- Lead arrangers in connection with a $2.25 billion Term B credit facility, a $300 million delayed draw term loan facility, and a $400 million revolving credit facility for Azuria Water Solutions, Inc.
- Lead arrangers in the $4.25 billion multicurrency credit facility for the buyout of BMC Software by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital.
- Lead joint book-running managers and the co-managers in the $1.5 billion first lien notes offering by Dell, Inc. to partially fund the buyout of Dell by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC.
- Lead Arrangers in over $13.5 billion bank financing for the acquisition of HCA, Inc. by affiliates KKR and Bain.
- Lead arrangers in $23.775 billion of bank financing that backed the landmark acquisition of EMC Corporation by Dell Inc.
