Christopher
Beaucage

An associate in the Corporate Department, Chris Beaucage is a member of the Finance Group and the Hybrid Capital & Special Situations Group. He has a diverse practice representing private equity sponsors, investment funds, creditors, borrowers, issuers and distressed investors in a wide range of transactions, including acquisition financings, distressed debt investments, liability management transactions and restructurings.

Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Chris worked in the New York office of another leading international law firm, representing debtors and creditors across various industries in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

Chris also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Chris’s notable representations include:

• A cross-holder ad hoc group in Oregon Tool, a global leader and manufacturer of professional-grade cutting tools, in three financing transactions by the company. These transactions increased the company’s liquidity by $150 million, reduced pre-transaction debt by over $75 million and extended maturities dates
• An ad hoc group of convertible noteholders of DISH Network, in connection with a $5.1 billion new money spectrum bond financing for EchoStar and a $4.9 billion exchange into new spectrum bonds of EchoStar
• A consortium of investors in connection with a superpriority bridge financing for Locus Solutions, a leading provider of computer processing and data preparation services
• A group of opportunistic investors in a series of senior secured and hybrid preferred financings for Signal Energy
• Cross River Bank as the sole secured creditor in the restructuring and bankruptcy case of Sunlight Financial
• An ad hoc group of first lien term loan lenders in a deleveraging transaction by Belk and its affiliates, a privately owned department store with nearly 300 stores across the Southeastern United States
• JP Morgan Chase Bank, as first lien lender to Electrical Components International, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of electronical distribution systems and other critical engineered components for diversified markets
• An ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with the out-of-court recapitalization and restructuring of Innophos Holdings, a North American manufacturer of specialty phosphates, chelated minerals, and other ingredients