Alexander S. Waddell

ALEXANDER WADDELL focuses his practice on debt financing and leveraged finance transactions. He represents borrowers, private equity sponsors, banks, and other financial institutions in connection with a broad range of secured and unsecured financings, including acquisition financings, syndicated facilities, asset-based loans, fund financings, letter of credit facilities, and other structured debt transactions. His experience includes transactions at multiple levels of the capital structure and across a wide range of industries, including energy, insurance, manufacturing, agribusiness, healthcare, food and beverage, financial services, and private equity.

Alexander earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, graduating in the top five percent of his class. While in law school, he received the Faculty Award for Excellence for earning the highest grade in his class in Contracts, Business and Human Rights, Licensing Transactions, and Commercial Law. He earned his B.S., cum laude, with highest honors in accounting from the Andre B. Lacy School of Business at Butler University and is a licensed CPA.

• ZMC, a media, entertainment, communications, and technology private equity firm, in its acquisition of a controlling stake of semiconductor silicon solutions and services company Pure Wafer.
• DCLI BidCo LLC, the direct parent of Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (“DCLI”), in connection with its high-yield Rule 144A offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2029.
• Vistra Corp. in connection with various amendments to the credit facilities of its subsidiaries.
• Raising Cane’s Restaurants, LLC in the issuance of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 9.375% senior notes.
• Regal Rexnord Corporation in its US$4.95 billion acquisition of Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
• H.I.G. Growth Partners in the sale of its portfolio company Eruptr LLC to Amulet Capital Partners, LP, a middle-market private equity investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare sector.
• Hood Companies, Inc. in connection with various amendments to its credit facility.
• Fortegra Financial with respect to various financing matters, including its offering of subordinated bond and working capital facility amendment and extension of its senior secured credit facility.
• Grove Collaborative with its term loan and ABL facilities.
• Latino Media Network with its finance facility with Soros Fund Management.
• An upstream oil and gas company in connection with multiple reserve-based revolving credit facilities.