All Professionals
Overview
Rafael Alvarado is a partner in the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Dallas office. His practice focuses on the representation of financial institutions and corporate borrowers in a wide range of commercial lending transactions. He has assisted clients with domestic and international transactions, including syndicated credit facilities, senior and subordinate credit facilities, energy loans, asset-based and acquisition financings and other leveraged financings.
Accolades
- Banking and Finance Law, The Best Lawyers in America (2026)
- Ones to Watch, Banking and Finance Law (Dallas), The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40, D Magazine
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2014
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.S. in Mathematics (with honors ); B.A. in Economics (with honors),2010
Representations
- JPMorgan Chase Bank in a $2 billion reserve-based credit facility to a public E&P company.
- Wells Fargo Bank, as agent, in a fully-underwritten $500 million reserve-based revolving credit facility for a sponsor-backed E&P company.
- Bank of America, as agent, in a $500 million reserve-based credit facility for an E&P company in connection with the acquisition of certain oil and gas assets.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with Denbury ’s $615 million DIP-to-Exit reserve-based credit facility.
- Daseke, as borrower, under credit facilities and related debt financing commitments established to support Daseke’s merger with a special purpose acquisition company and emergence as a publicly traded company.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank in a $175 million amended and restated revolving credit facility, with U.S. and German tranches, to Neenah Paper.
- Texas Capital Bank in a $225 million asset-based revolving credit facility to an oilfield services company.
- Citibank in a $500 million reserve-based revolving credit facility for sponsor-backed E&P company.
- Special situations investor as lender and administrative agent in $33.6 million of restructured first out/last out senior secured term loan credit facilities provided to a business - to - business payment processing and inventory software, technology and services business in order to recapitalize defaulted senior debt and implement a first out tranche of new money loans to fund cash collateral for a supersedeas appeal bond in an out of court workout and restructuring.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank , as agent, in connection with a $325 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a public oilfield services company and related debt restructuring and intercreditor arrangements.
- Private equity sponsor and its portfolio company in connection with a $150 million senior secured term loan financing and related revolving credit facilities to fund the acquisition of apple orchards and other related farm assets.
- Mizuho Bank as lead left arranger, administrative agent and lender under a $1.4 billion senior unsecured syndicated sustainability-linked revolving credit facility provided to DCP Midstream, LP (NYSE: DCP).
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.