Ann Richardson Knox is a partner in Haynes and Boone's Finance Practice, resident in our New York office. She negotiates and documents complex secured loans and financings on behalf of major financial institutions and non-traditional lenders such as private equity funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds and project finance lenders.
Ann represents major U.S. and foreign banks as lead agent and arranger, in syndicated credit facilities, mezzanine financings and commercial loans to:
- opportunity funds, energy funds and other entities seeking liquidity, in credit facilities secured by the capital commitments of fund investors;
- funds and corporations seeking to leverage their portfolios, in credit facilities secured by such portfolios of private equity, mezzanine and debt investments;
- real estate funds, secured by their real estate portfolio, including pools of commercial real estate and hospitality properties;
- corporations and other entities, in capital market and high-yield transactions.
Additionally, Ann represents alternative lenders such as private equity funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds and project finance lenders, in:
- secured first and second lien credit facilities and note purchases;
- workouts and exit financings;
- negotiation, structuring of acquisition and portfolio company financing in both friendly and hostile acquisitions.
Recent representations include:
- Represented the lead lender and agent in a $1.5 billion subscription secured facility to an international real estate opportunities fund;
- Represented the lead lender and agent in a $1.75 billion subscription secured facility to an international real estate opportunities fund;
- Represented the agent and lead lender in a $400 million revolving credit facility secured by a pool of hotel properties in multiple states;
- Negotiated and documented workout financing for a distressed health care company consisting of first and second lien facilities;
- Represented the agent in connection with the negotiation and documentation of exit financing for a paper products company;
- Represented the agent and lead lender in a $400 million revolving credit facility secured by a pool of commercial properties owned by a real estate opportunities fund;
- Represented the issuer in a $6.05 billion self tender offer, the then-largest issuer self-tender;
- Represented the purchaser in structuring acquisition financing for a $2.6 billion hostile tender offer;
- Completed various cross-border financings involving the UK, Poland, France, Luxembourg, Canada, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Brazil, and Iraq.
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