Overview
Jacqueline Leopold is an attorney in the Global Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's New York office. Her practice focuses on leveraged financings and other lending transactions. She has represented lenders, financial sponsors, and corporates in a wide range of banking transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, other acquisition financings, large corporate borrowings, refinancings, and reorganizations. Her experience includes senior secured facilities, asset-based lending facilities, first- and second-lien facilities, bridge facilities, letter of credit facilities, and debtor-in-possession and exit facilities.
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 2001
- Dartmouth College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1998
Representations
- Represented the lead arrangers in connection with an approximately $350 million revolving credit facility for Centene Corporation.
- Represented the lead arrangers in connection with approximately $950 million of senior secured credit facilities for DineEquity, Inc.
- Represented the lead arrangers in connection with an approximately $500 million senior secured credit facility for HealthSouth Corporation.
- Represented the lead arranger in connection with approximately $250 million of first- and second-lien senior secured credit facilities used to finance the acquisition of Tops Markets by Morgan Stanley Equity Partners.
- Represented the lead arrangers in connection with an approximately $2.2 billion senior secured term loan facility and approximately $1.2 billion of senior subordinated bridge facilities used to finance the acquisition of CDW Corporation by Madison Dearborn Partners and Providence Equity Partners.
insights
- Federal Reserve Seeks to Raise Interest by Issuing Revised FAQs for Its Main Street Lending Program - September 28th, 2020
- Federal Reserve Expands Main Street Lending Program to Nonprofit Organizations and Updates FAQs - July 20th, 2020
- Federal Reserve Board Revises and Prepares to Open the Main Street Lending Program - June 11th, 2020
- COVID-19: Federal Reserve Board Announces It Is Expanding the Scope and Eligibility for the Main Street Lending Program - May 1st, 2020
- Overview of the Credit Facilities Implemented by the Federal Reserve to Provide up to $2.3 Trillion Relying upon its Emergency Lending Powers - April 9th, 2020
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Overview of the Liquidity and Credit Support Programs of the CARES ACT and Implemented by the Federal Reserve (UPDATED) - March 27th, 2020
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Overview of the Liquidity and Credit Support Programs for Affected Businesses Proposed by Congress and Implemented by the Federal Reserve - March 24th, 2020