Aaron F. Adams is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s Global Finance practice group. He represents borrowers and lenders in connection with senior credit facilities, note offerings, mezzanine financings, asset-based financings and other banking and credit matters.
Mr. Adams earned his Juris Doctor in 2000 from the Boston University School of Law, where he was a member of the Boston University Law Review. He received a Master of Arts degree from The University of Chicago in 1996 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy with honors from Swarthmore College in 1994. Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Adams was an associate in the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 2000 to 2006.
Mr. Adams is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Representative Clients and Transactions:
- Hewlett-Packard Company: representation of Hewlett-Packard in connection with its $8.238 billion bridge credit facility to finance the acquisition of Autonomy Corporation plc.
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation: representation of Fairchild in connection with a $400 million revolving credit facility.
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation: representation of Tenet in connection with the issuance of $900 million of senior secured notes.
- Callaway Golf Company: representation of Callaway in connection with a $210 million asset based revolving credit facility for its US and Canadian subsidiaries.
- Thompson Creek Metals Company: representation of Thompson Creek in connection with the issuance of $300 million of senior notes.
- Vail Resorts: representation of Vail Resorts in connection with the refinancing of its $400 million revolving credit facility and the issuance of $390 million of senior subordinated notes.
- Huntington Ingalls Industries: representation of Huntington Ingalls Industries in connection with its $1.225 billion senior credit facilities and $1.2 billion of senior notes incurred in connection with its spin-off from Northrop Grumman.
- Textron: representation of Textron in connection with its $1.0 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility.
- Dresser-Rand Group: representation of Dresser-Rand Group in connection with its $1.0 billion senior secured credit facility and issuance of $375 senior notes to fund the acquisition of Guascor Group and an accelerated share repurchase.
- U.S. TelePacific: representation of U.S. TelePacific in connection with its $460 million senior unsecured credit facilities, including a delayed draw term loan to fund acquisitions.
- Noodles & Company: representation of Catterton Partners in connection with a $120 million senior secured credit facility to finance its acquisition of Noodles & Company.
- Williams Companies: representation of Williams in connection with its $1.75 billion revolving credit facility.
- Belo: representation of Belo in connection with its $500 million revolving credit facility and the issuance of $257 million of senior notes.
- Millicom International Cellular: representation of Millicom in connection with a $250 million term loan to fund its acquisition of Amnet.
- Salem Communications: representation of Salem Communications in connection with a $30 million revolving credit facility and the issuance of $300 million of senior secured second lien notes.
- Zayo Group: representation of Zayo Group in connection with a $75 million revolving credit facility and the issuance of $250 million of senior secured first lien notes.