Attorneys & Professionals

Ariel Goldman, Cahill's Co-Operating Partner, represents leading commercial and investment banks in leveraged finance and asset-based lending transactions, including bank financings and leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, bridge lending and loan commitments and debt and equity offerings. Ariel has been particularly active on data center financings and related digital infrastructure projects.

Ariel represented the financing sources in numerous acquisitions, including the:

Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance Media
T-Mobile USA’s merger with Sprint Corp.
Forward Air’s acquisition of Omni Logistics
The acquisition of Novolex by Apollo, and Novolex’s acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen
Acquisitions of RCN, Grande Communications and Wave Broadband by TPG

In addition to acquisitions, Ariel represents the financing sources in restructurings and special situations, such as:

New Fortress Energy’s $3 billion restructuring
DISH Network’s $5 billion convertible note exchange offers
Mitel Network’s $1 billion uptier restructuring

Ariel has practiced in a variety of industries, including digital infrastructure and data centers, media and telecommunications, aerospace, gaming, healthcare, automotive, and pharmaceuticals.

Ariel is recognized by Chambers USA as “Up & Coming” for Banking & Finance in New York. He is also recognized as a notable practitioner in the areas of banking and debt capital markets by IFLR1000.

In 2025, Ariel was recognized as a Complex Financial Instruments MVP by Law360 for his work in leveraged finance.

In 2021, Ariel was profiled in Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next” series as a lawyer to note in the world of banking and finance.