Overview
Frank Lopez is the co-head of the global Securities and Capital Markets practice and a partner in the Leveraged Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is a resident of the firm's New York office. Mr. Lopez has represented investment banks, direct lenders, private equity sponsors, and public and private companies for over 20 years in hundreds of public and private capital transactions across a broad array of sectors. He has led over 100 high-yield bond deals over the course of his career as well as dozens of IPOs and other equity capital markets transactions. Frank also regularly advises public and private companies on general corporate and securities laws matters.
Mr. Lopez has a reputation as one of the preeminent Capital Markets attorneys of his generation and has been ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, and Legal 500 for capital markets each of the last 13 years, and has been described by clients as "one of the best capital markets attorneys in the nation with a wide-ranging skillset in corporate finance" as well as having "an ability to combine an exceptional technical capability with a strong commercial instinct to consistently deliver remarkable performance." Mr. Lopez was selected to The National Law Journal's inaugural Trailblazers list recognizing the nation's leading lawyers in Finance, Banking & Capital Markets, and also sits on the Board of Visitors of Georgetown Law School.
Accolades and Recognitions
Recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2010-2021)
Recognized by Legal 500 US for Capital Markets and Finance (2009-2021)
The National Law Journal's Trailblazers list recognizing the nation's leading lawyers in Finance, Banking & Capital Markets.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
University of Florida, B.S.With Highest Honors
Recent Representations
Equity Capital Markets
Represented Citigroup, JP Morgan, and RBC in the initial public offering of Five Point Holdings
Represented Wells Fargo Securities, Baird, and Raymond James in the initial public offering of Mastercraft
Represented Comtech in its public offering of common stock underwritten by Citigroup and Jefferies
Represented Credit Suisse and Citigroup in the initial public offering and follow-on offerings of WCI Communities
Represented Raymond James and Keefe Bruyette in the initial public offering of Alcentra
Represented Raymond James, UBS, and Stifel in the follow-on offering of Casella Waste
Represented an asset manager of business development companies in its initial public offering underwritten by Morgan Stanley and UBS
Represented Pine Island Capital in the initial public offering of Pine Island Acquisition Corp.
Represented Citigroup in the initial public offerings of Senior Connect and Sandbridge Acquisition Corp.
Represented Jefferies in the initial public offerings of Healthcor Catalio, Clarim Acquisition and Bright LightsAcquisition as well as the ATM program for Regis Corp.
Represented Credit Suisse in the initial public offerings of Global Synergy, Lux Healthtech and GO Acquisition.
Represented Lexington Realty Trust in connection with various equity capital markets offerings.
Representing investment banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and UBS, as placement agent in dozens of PIPE offerings.
Debt Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance and Private Credit
Represented investment banks and direct lenders in dozens of leveraged finance and private credit transactions for acquisitions by private equity sponsors, including AEA, Carlyle, Catterton, HIG, Jordan, Madison Dearborn, KKR, Thoma Bravo and TPG, including two of the three largest unitranche deals in history
Represented Celgene in its offerings of over $10 billion of senior notes
Represented JP Morgan Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo Securities in a $1 billion senior notes offering of PulteGroup
Represented Bed Bath and Beyond in its debut bond offering of $1 billion of senior notes
Represented Jefferies and Deutsche Bank Securities in the senior notes offering of Airxcel
Represented Grifols Worldwide in its offerings of over $3 billion of senior notes
Represented Citigroup in the offerings of bonds to finance the construction of Citi Field, the New York Mets Stadium
Represented Partners Group and KKR Capital Markets in the offering of private senior notes to help finance the acquisition of Envision Healthcare
Represented Citigroup and Morgan Securities in the senior notes offering of Five Point Holdings
Represented Light Tower Rental, a portfolio company of Clairvest, in its debut high yield bond offering
Represented Credit Suisse and Citigroup in the senior notes offering of WCI Communities
Represented RBC in the senior notes offering of Allen Media
Represented GIC, KKR Asset Management, Jefferies Finance Asset Management, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management in various private high yield and direct lending transactions
Represented Flexential, a portfolio company of GI Partners, in its debut senior secured note offering
Represented Jefferies, UBS and RBC in the senior secured notes offering of 99 Cents, a portfolio company of Ares
Represented Jefferies, Deutsche Bank and BofA in the senior notes offering of Providence Health
RepresentedNGL Energy Partners in a $2.5 billion offering of senior secured notes
Represented Barclays and BBVA in the senior secured notes offering of Prime Healthcare
Represented Jefferies in the senior secured notes offering of Tacora Resources
Liability Management and Out-of-Court Restructuring
Represented Light Tower Rental in its out-of-court restructuring and Chapter 11 filing
Represented hedge funds in the out-of-court restructuring of an entertainment company
Represented credit funds in the out-of-court restructuring of an investment in a media company
Represented Flexi-Van in the exchange offer of its senior secured notes
Represented Blaze Recycling in its exchange offer of its senior secured notes
Represented investment banks as dealer managers and solicitation agents in dozens of tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations