MosheMichel

Associate

New York + 1.212.326.3873

Moshe Michel focuses his practice on commercial finance. He represents financial institutions, lenders, public and private corporate borrowers, project sponsors, and portfolio companies in cross-border and domestic finance transactions across diverse industry sectors. He has experience working on a variety of financing transactions, including acquisition financings, syndicated facilities, unsecured and secured lending transactions, senior and subordinated facilities, and asset-backed loans, among other credit matters.

Moshe also advises registered investment advisors (RIAs) on regulatory matters, including investment adviser registrations and filings, a broad range of compliance matters, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investment adviser examinations.

Experience

  • Wells Fargo amends and restates $450 million senior secured revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and lender, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as arranger, in connection with the amendment and restatement of a $450 million senior secured revolving credit facility to a global real estate development company.
  • MRESC-K obtains warehouse financing facilityJones Day represented MRESC-K, a joint venture among certain entities managed by Makarora Management LP and KREI Credit Opportunities, LLC, in connection with a master repurchase agreement that provides MRESC-K, through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund, with warehouse financing for commercial real estate loan acquisitions.
  • Austin Powder sells controlling stake to AIPJones Day is representing Austin Powder, a global leader in blasting services and commercial explosives, in connection with the sale of a controlling stake to American Industrial Partners.
  • Wabtec obtains $225 million term loan facilityJones Day represented Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”), a global provider of value-added, technology-based locomotives, equipment, systems and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries, as well as the mining, marine, and industrial industries, in connection with its $225 million investment-grade term loan facility.
  • Timken Europe obtains €200 million term loan facilityJones Day represented The Timken Company, as guarantor, and its subsidiary Timken Europe B.V., as borrower, in connection with a credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A. and KeyBank, National Association, as co-administrative agents, which consisted of a €200 million term loan facility.
  • Wells Fargo amends and restates $650 million senior secured revolving credit facility for publicly traded real estate investment trustJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment and restatement of a $650 million senior secured revolving credit facility for a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
  • Goldman Sachs Bank USA provides $150 million secured revolving credit facilityJones Day represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA in connection with a $150 million secured revolving credit facility.
  • Marelli Group first-ever use of simplified rehabilitation proceedings in Japan to cram-down creditorsJones Day represented Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd. in the restructuring of its US$7 billion senior debt facilities, which included the coordination and implementation of a sponsor selection process, an out-of-court Turnaround ADR process, and the first-ever use of simplified rehabilitation proceedings in Japan to cram-down creditors, and the subsequent implementation and documentation of its restructured financing arrangements across sixteen different jurisdictions outside Japan.
  • Timken amends and restates $1.15 billion credit facilityJones Day represented The Timken Company, a global leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion products, in connection with an amended and restated credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A. and KeyBank, National Association, as co-administrative agents, which consisted of a $750 million revolving credit facility and a $400 million term loan facility.
  • Centre Lane Partners acquires personalization business of Kibo Software, Inc.Jones Day advised Centre Lane Partners, LLC in the acquisition and financing of the personalization business of Kibo Software, Inc., a market leader in modern, omnichannel commerce and a platform company of Vista Equity Partners.
  • American Industrial Partners portfolio company Vertex merges with VectrusJones Day advised Vertex Aerospace, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its stock-for-stock merger with Vectrus, Inc. (NYSE: VEC), at an implied value for Vertex of approximately $2.1 billion.
  • Wells Fargo provides $832 million revolver and term loan facility secured by portfolio of 12 multifamily properties across multiple statesJones Day represented Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, in connection with a $832 million revolver and term loan facility secured by 12 multifamily properties across Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Massachusetts, and Florida.
  • Mill Creek Residential sells Modera TampaJones Day advised Mill Creek Residential in the $124.67 million sale of Modera Tampa to RXR Realty.
  • J.F. Lehman portfolio company acquires InlinerJones Day advised long-standing client J.F. Lehman & Company, a leading mid-market private equity firm focused on the defense, aerospace, and maritime sections, in connection with the acquisition by portfolio company Inland Pipe Rehabilitation of Inliner, a leading, vertically integrated provider of trenchless pipe rehabilitation solutions addressing wastewater and storm water infrastructure, from Granite Construction Incorporated.
  • Calyxt completes $10.9 million placement of Common Stock and WarrantsJones Day represented Calyxt, Inc. in connection with the placement to an institutional investor in an underwritten offering of 3,880,000 shares of its Common Stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 3,880,000 shares of its Common Stock, and Common Warrants to purchase up to 7,760,000 shares of its Common Stock.
  • Multinational bank amends and extends existing $300 million subscription credit facility for real estate investment fundJones Day represented a multinational bank, as lender, in connection with the amendment and restatement of a $300 million secured subscription credit facility for a real estate investment fund that focuses on the development and acquisition of high quality multifamily assets in top U.S. markets.