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James Gallagher

Partner, Corporate

jamesgallagher@paulhastings.com

James Gallagher is a partner in the Corporate Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. James specializes in leveraged finance transactions, specifically private credit and special situations investing. He represents private credit funds, special situation and opportunistic funds, business development companies (BDCs), hedge funds and other investment advisers, leading financial institutions and borrowers in leveraged finance, unitranche, first lien/second lien, mezzanine, debtor-in-possession financings, rescues, exits, liability management transactions and other secured and unsecured lending transactions.

EDUCATION

Georgia State Robinson College of Business, M.B.A., 2015

Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 2015

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 2010

REPRESENTATIONS

  • A private credit manager and related funds in connection with an out-of-court restructuring of first lien indebtedness of the world’s leading provider of entertainment and event technology and production services.

  • A private credit manager in connection with a $665 million senior secured unitranche term loan credit facility, the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of a food product and packaging company.