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Adam J. Longenbach
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1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
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As a partner in the Corporate Department, Adam Longenbach 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.

EXPERIENCE

Since joining Paul, Weiss, Adam's recent experience includes:

  • National CineMedia, the largest movie theater advertising business in North America, in its exit financing upon emergence from Chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas
  • An ad hoc group of bondholders of New Fortress Energy, in connection with $1.2 billion of structurally-enhanced refinancing commitments and the exchange of $1.4 billion of existing notes for structurally-enhanced notes
  • Xplore, Inc. in connection with a $450 million structurally senior preferred equity financing for its fiber network buildout project, and a subsequent comprehensive balance sheet restructuring through a CBCA proceeding
  • consortium of Investors of Enerkem, a clean technology company based in Montreal, in connection with a priming liquidity facility and uptiering of convertible notes
  • Apollo Global Management in connection with a $1.25 billion secured note financing for Wolfspeed, a leader in the worldwide adoption of silicon carbide and gallium nitride technologies for efficient energy consumption and a sustainable future
  • Apollo Credit as sole provider of a $500 million commitment to finance the take-private of Bally’s Corporation by Standard General, its largest shareholder
  • Insight Partners in its acquisition of Talkwalker
  • Hornblower in connection with numerous refinancings, as well as DIP financing/Chapter 11 and exit for Hornblower
  • Stone Point Capital in connection with the carve-out acquisition of Truist Insurance Holdings and its subsequent sale of McGriff Insurance to Marsh McLennan
  • Enviva, the world's largest producer of sustainable wood pellets, in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • An ad hoc group of lenders of Learfield, a collegiate sports marketing company representing over 200 collegiate properties, in an out-of-court recapitalization transaction allowing the company to reduce its outstanding debt by over $600 million and secure $150 million in new-money equity investments
  • An ad hoc committee of holders of unsecured convertible notes issued by SmileDirectClub (“SDC”), which filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas
  • An ad hoc group of term loan lenders and noteholders of GoTo Group, a provider of software as a service and remote work tools for business and IT, in connection with an uptier debt exchange and maturity extension involving $2.1 billion of term loans, $950 million of secured notes, and $100 million of new money term loans
  • Carnival Corporation & plc in multiple secured and unsecured high yield debt financing and repricing transactions
  • Sandvine, an application and network intelligence company based in Ontario, in its in and out-of-court restructurings and financings
  • Oaktree Capital in a $45 million second lien financing for Cennox, Inc.

Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Adam’s experience included advising:

  • DL Chemical in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Kraton Corp., a producer of specialty polymers, for $2.5 billion
  • Oaktree Capital Management in connection with direct lending transactions for a number of private equity sponsors
  • Nexus Capital in connection with the acquisition financing for various portfolio companies
  • A consortium of investors in connection with the recapitalization of Belk
  • Isagenix in connection with an out-of-court restructuring
  • Centric Brands in connection with the $1.2 billion financing aspects of its carve-out acquisition of a significant portion of Global Brands Group Holding Limited’s North American licensing business
  • Court Square Capital Partners in connection with a $420 million first lien, $145 million second lien and $70 million asset based revolving credit facility for its acquisition of Recess Holdings
  • American Express Global Business Travel in its $300 million senior secured Term Loan B and multicurrency revolving facility with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for the refinancing of its acquisition bridge facility for the purchase of the Hogg Robinson Group
  • PNC Bank in connection with a $300 million syndicated revolving credit facility and a $30 million term loan facility provided to one of the largest independent food distributors in the U.S.

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