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Sidley Represents Wafra on Its US$125.36 Million Series 2024-1 Secured Railcar Equipment Notes
May 30, 2024
Sidley represented Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), Signal Rail Holdings LLC, a joint venture between certain funds managed or advised by Wafra and Trinity Industries Leasing Company, and Signal Rail I LLC (the “Issuer”), in connection with the Issuer’s US$125.36 million Series 2024-1 Secured Railcar Equipment Notes, which closed on May 22, 2024.
Wafra is a global alternative investment manager with over US$30 billion of assets under management across a range of alternative assets, including real assets, real estate, and strategic partnerships.
The Sidley team was led by Brien M. Wassner (M&A and Private Equity), and David K. Solow and Andrew C. Adair (Global Finance), and included T.J. Gordon, Becca Dyson, and Victor H. Jimenez (Global Finance); Bart J. Biggers, Marc A. Korman, Stephen S. Laudone, Morgan Bennett Lindsay, and Matthew B. Cahill (Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure); and Christian Brause and Joel Lifshitz (Tax); with support from Ellen P. Pesch (Financial Institutions – Insurance); Beth J. Dickstein (M&A and Private Equity); Carla G. Teodoro (Investment Funds); and Tom Hunter and Zhuan Faraj (Financial Institutions – Banking and Financial Services).
Wafra is a global alternative investment manager with over US$30 billion of assets under management across a range of alternative assets, including real assets, real estate, and strategic partnerships.
The Sidley team was led by Brien M. Wassner (M&A and Private Equity), and David K. Solow and Andrew C. Adair (Global Finance), and included T.J. Gordon, Becca Dyson, and Victor H. Jimenez (Global Finance); Bart J. Biggers, Marc A. Korman, Stephen S. Laudone, Morgan Bennett Lindsay, and Matthew B. Cahill (Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure); and Christian Brause and Joel Lifshitz (Tax); with support from Ellen P. Pesch (Financial Institutions – Insurance); Beth J. Dickstein (M&A and Private Equity); Carla G. Teodoro (Investment Funds); and Tom Hunter and Zhuan Faraj (Financial Institutions – Banking and Financial Services).
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