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Overview
Corey Wright, a partner in Paul Hastings’ Global Finance practice, is based in New York.
Corey advises leading commercial and investment banks and global financial institutions on a wide range of financing and capital markets transactions. He advises clients across a variety of industries, including both high-yield bond and bank-side financings and refinancings, debt and equity offerings, and out-of-court debt restructurings, including debt exchange and debt tender offers.
Corey consistently garners recognition as a leading finance and capital markets lawyer from top industry publications, including Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 U.S. and IFLR1000.
Accolades
- Chambers USA, Banking & Finance – Band 1 (2025)
- “A best in class leveraged buyout adviser.”
- Chambers USA, Leading lawyer for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2021-25)
- “An extremely creative problem solver who figures out ways to get to a ‘yes’.”
- “He is excellent with complex issues and complex capital structures.”
- The Legal 500 U.S., Commercial lending: Advice to Bank Lenders – Leading Partner (2025)
- The Legal 500 U.S., Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Leading Partner (2025)
- The Legal 500 U.S., Capital Markets: High Yield Debt Offerings – Leading Partner (2025)
- IFLR1000 U.S., Banking – Highly Regarded (2025)
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D.
- Western New England University, B.A. (magna cum laude)
Representations
- Lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a $17 billion non-investment grade leverage bridge loan agreement for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
- Initial purchasers in a $4 billion high-yield notes offering for Rocket Companies, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Mr. Cooper
- Underwriters on Paychex's $4.2 billion senior notes offering in connection with its acquisition of Paycor
- Financing sources on Sycamore Partners’ $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Lead arrangers and administrative agent in connection with Databricks’ $5.25 billion credit facilities
- Financing sources for a $1.2 billion asset-based facility in connection with a take private transaction for Nordstrom, Inc.
- Lead arrangers and administrative agent in connection with OpenAI’s $4 billion revolving credit facility
- Underwriters on Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.’s $600 million senior notes offering
- Initial purchasers on Concentra’s $650 million senior notes offering in connection with its spinoff from parent company Select Medical
- Initial purchasers on Restaurant Brands International Inc.’s $1.2 billion senior secured notes offering
- Underwriters on Aptiv’s senior notes offering
- Initial purchasers on Insight Enterprises, Inc.’s $500 million senior notes offering
- Underwriters on NMI Holdings, Inc.’ s $425 million senior unsecured notes offering
- Charter Communications on its acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Brighthouse Networks
- HCA on its leveraged buyout
- Aramark on its leveraged buyout
- The dealer managers in a $38 billion private debt exchange offer by GMAC and certain of its subsidiaries, the largest private debt exchange offer to date
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.
Engagement & Publications
- “USA - NATIONWIDE: An Introduction to Banking & Finance,” Chambers & Partners, 2025