Michael Ma is an associate in the New York office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP where he focuses his practice on corporate matters with an emphasis on matters relating to banking and capital markets.

Michael represents leading investment banks, institutional investors and commercial banks in connection with public and private capital markets transactions, including debt offerings, high yield bond offerings, bank financings, syndicated institutional loans, asset backed loans and tender offers in connection with acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, project financings, bridge lending and loan commitments, out-of-court restructurings and other financing transactions.

Selected Matters

  • Representation of the financing sources in Talen Energy Supply, LLC’s acquisition of Caithness Energy’s Moxie Freedom Energy Center and BlackRock’s Guernsey Power Station.
  • Representation of the financing sources in $2.7 billion of debt financings, consisting of a $1,654.2 million term loan, a $700 million secured notes offering and a $325 million ABL revolving facility for MITER Brand’s acquisition of PGT Innovations, Inc.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in $1.05 billion credit facility for Chromalloy Corporation.
  • Representation of the financing sources in $4.20 billion of debt financings, consisting of a $1.0 billion notes offering and $3.20 billion in credit facilities to fund the leveraged buyout of Syneos Health, Inc. by a consortium of private investment firm affiliates of Elliott Investment Management L.P., Patient Square Capital and Veritas Capital.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in $660 million credit facilities for Evertec Group, LLC’s acquisition of Sinqia S.A.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in Live Nation Entertainment’s $3.7 billion credit facilities.
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in approximately $3.1 billion (equivalent) of multi-currency debt financings, consisting of $1.7 billion and €630 million in notes offering and $700 million in credit facilities for Solenis LLC’s acquisition of Diversey, Inc.
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in $7.78 billion of multi-currency debt financings, consisting of $2.17 billion in notes offering and $5.60 billion credit facilities for Hub International Limited.
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in $2.95 billion of debt financings, consisting of $1.2 billion notes offering and $1.75 billion exit credit facilities for Talen Energy Supply, LLC’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in $750 million of multi-currency debt financings, consisting of $550 million in notes offering and $200 million in credit facilities for Calderys Financing, LLC’s acquisition of HarbisonWalker International.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in $1.25 billion term loan credit facility for Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in $1.46 billion credit facilities for KPS Capital’s acquisition of Primient (Primary Products Finance LLC).
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in $635 million of debt financings, consisting of $565 million first lien credit facilities and $70 million in asset-based revolving credit facility for Platinum Equity Advisers’ acquisition of Pelican Products, Inc.
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in 4.1 billion of multi-currency debt financings, consisting of $1.2 billion and €765 million in notes offering and $1.6 billion and €500 million in credit facilities for Olympus Water US Holding Corporation’s acquisition of Solenis LLC.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in $1.25 billion asset-based revolving credit facility for Adient US LLC.
  • Representation of the lead arrangers in $615 million credit facility for Evertec Group, LLC.
  • Representation of the debt financing sources in $1.4 billion of debt financings, consisting of $1.1 billion credit facilities and $300 million notes offering in connection with Oregon Tool, Inc’s acquisition of ASP Blade Holdings, Inc.