Richard S. Petretti

• Counsel to JPMorgan as administrative agent and joint lead arranger for a $1 billion credit facility for Legendary Entertainment.
• Counsel to City National Bank as administrative agent and lead arranger for a $500 million syndicated secured revolving credit and term loan facility for Ole Media Management L.P.
• Counsel to a major independent television production company as borrower on two credit facilities aggregating nearly $100 million to finance production of two new network television series.
• Counsel to a privately held polymer producer as borrower under a $500 million syndicated secured term loan facility and a $375 million syndicated secured revolving credit facility.
• Counsel to JPMorgan as administrative agent in a $700 million syndicated secured revolving credit and last-out term loan facility for Regency Entertainment.
• Counsel to JPMorgan as administrative agent in a $650 million amend and extend of a syndicated secured revolving credit facility for entertainment company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
• Counsel to JPMorgan as agent in a five-year, $800 million syndicated secured revolving credit facility for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
• Counsel to Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts in obtaining $1.875 billion of financing from German American Capital Corporation, consisting of a securitized mortgage loan and two mezzanine loans.
• Counsel to a privately held polymer producer, as borrower in connection with a $550 million syndicated secured Term Loan B and related amendments to an ABL Credit Facility to fund a leveraged recapitalization.
• Counsel to JPMorgan as agent in a syndicated secured add-on credit facility to finance Shine Limited’s $88 million acquisition of Metronome Film & Television AB. The financing required taking guaranties and security in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, England and the United States.
• Counsel to a money center bank, as agent, in connection with the workout of a troubled $280 million syndicated construction loan for a Florida condominium project.
• Counsel to a money center bank, as agent, in connection with bankruptcy planning and possible debtor-in-possession financing for a publicly traded auto parts supplier.
• Counsel to Apollo Management, L.P. and one of its affiliates in connection with the issuance of $250 million of Senior Fixed Rate Notes, $350 million of Senior Toggle Notes, and $335 million of Senior Subordinated Notes, and a $1.65 billion syndicated secured term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of Claire’s Stores, Inc.
• Counsel to Credit Lyonnais as agent in a $75 million project loan to an affiliate of General Communication, Inc. to finance the construction of a fiber optic telecommunications system linking Seattle, Washington; Fairbanks, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska and Juneau, Alaska.
• Counsel to one of the lead investors in connection with the workout and eventual bankruptcy of a stand-alone oil refinery.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.