Hunter focuses his practice on private equity, commercial lending, and financial transactions. He represents private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers, and commercial lenders in a broad range of corporate transactions, including merger and acquisition financing, syndicated credit, mezzanine financing, direct lending, asset-based lending, and reserve-base lending.
With extensive experience drafting complex financial documents, Hunter has a strong command of credit agreements, term sheets, commitment letters, engagement letters, inter-creditor agreements, collateral documentation, and legal opinions. He is skilled at simplifying complex financial constructs for clients, offering practical solutions that help them approach the negotiation table with confidence and make informed decisions.
Hunter thrives in the fast-paced nature of his work, consistently pushing deals over the finish line and achieving results. His versatility across different markets, industries, and credit structures makes him a trusted partner. Known for being efficient, analytical, and collaborative, clients enjoy working with Hunter because of his keen attention to detail and exceptional service.
*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.
Representative Experience
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Represented a software company in connection with its $2,600 million first lien term loan and revolving credit facility and $885 million second lien term loan credit facility.*
- Represented a wireless data communication company in connection with its $1,450 million first lien term loan and revolving credit facility.*
- Represented a chassis equipment company in connection with a $2,000 million asset-based revolving credit facility.*
- Represented a private insurance company in connection with a $630 million term loan and revolving credit facility.*
- Represented a finance research company in connection with a $320 million multi tranche term loan credit facility.*
- Represented a shipping and transportation company in connection with a $230 million asset-based revolving credit facility.*
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Represented Deere & Company in $8 billion in credit facilities, including a $3 billion 364-day unsecured revolving facility, a $2.5 billion 4-year unsecured revolving facility and a $2.5 billion 5-year unsecured revolving facility.*
- Represented Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. in connection with its $350 million term loan facility.*
- Represented a hospital operator in connection with its $710 million asset based revolving credit facility.*
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Represented Denbury Resources Inc. and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases. With approximately $2.5 billion in funded debt, Denbury's restructuring support agreement with its creditors provides for a comprehensive financial restructuring that will equitize all $2.1 billion of Denbury's notes and includes committed debtor-in-possession and exit financings from Denbury’s existing lenders. Denbury Inc. on the restructuring of its long-standing CO2 pipeline arrangements with Genesis Energy, L.P.*
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Represented McDermott International, Inc. and its affiliates in a $1.7 billion super-priority secured credit facility, and subsequently in creditor negotiations achieving a prepackaged Chapter 11 filing that deleveraged over $4 billion of funded debt and in securing a $2.81 billion debtor-in-possession financing package from their senior secured lenders, and upon exit from Chapter 11, in an exit financing consisting of $2.44 billion in letter of credit capacity and $544 million of term loan obligations. McDermott International, Ltd on securing approximately $560 million in new capital.*