Overview
“Casey is easy to work with and practical.” – Benesch Client, Chambers USA Casey focuses his practice on representing banks, other financial institutions, and borrowers in secured and unsecured lending transactions.
Casey is a partner with the firm’s Commercial Finance & Banking Practice Group and Corporate Practice Group, as well as a member of the firm’s Professional Personnel Committee. He has vast experience structuring, documenting and negotiating various types of loan transactions, including asset-based transactions, health care transactions, subordinated debt placements, letters of credit and bond financings, syndicated, multibank senior credit facilities, real estate mezzanine financings, venture capital transactions and other leveraged buyout transactions. Casey’s loan transaction experience also includes loan maintenance and modifications, loan restructurings and loan workouts. Casey also represents various businesses in matters of contract preparation and negotiation, corporate governance, and general business counseling.
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Experience
Represented American Equipment Solutions, a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners, in its divestiture of Kanawha Scales & Systems and related industrial weighing business to Investcorp.
Represented a private equity buyer in its acquisition of a wholesale distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings.
Represented a private equity fund in its acquisition of a distributor and installer of garage and overhead doors and related products.
Representation of senior secured lender in connection with a $15 million secured line of credit.
Represented a private equity firm in connection with refinancing consisting of $14.5 million senior term facility, $2 million senior revolving facility, and $6.7 million mezzanine loan.
Represented a private equity firm in connection with $49 million senior term facility, $30 million asset based revolving facility, and $8 million senior subordinated notes relating to acquisition of competitor.
Representation of lender in connection with asset-based credit facilities totaling over $40 million involving seventeen loan parties secured by mortgages on ten properties in 4 different states.
Representation of a national bank in connection with a $15 million asset based credit facility to a regional supplier of building materials secured by mortgages on nine pieces of real property in multiple states.
Representation of a client and its subsidiaries in connection with an approximately $32 million asset based agented credit facility.
Representation of lender in connection with approximately $18 million asset based credit facilities to market leading distributor of books and general merchandise products to educational retailers, secured by mortgages on real property and supported by guaranty of parent not-for-profit trade association.
Represented a national lending institution in connection with $45 million multi-currency, syndicated credit facility to one of the world’s largest suppliers in the floral industry.
Representation of lender in connection with workout and restructuring of asset based credit facility to resolve a dispute among the equityholders of the borrower and an international automotive company.
Representation of a company and multiple subsidiaries in connection with a $45 million syndicated loan facility to a publicly held company, with a portion of the loan proceeds being used in connection with the acquisition of the shares of an Italian company.
Representation of lender in connection with $17.8 million asset based credit facility.
Representation of lender in connection with $40 million credit facility used for a dividend recapitalization of a leading electronics security company.
Representation of lender in connection with a $50 million secured line of credit to a leading producer of food packaging materials.
Representation of a national lending institution in connection with multi-currency, cross-border asset-based credit facilities to multiple borrowers located in the United States and Canada.
Representation of a private equity fund in an aggregate $28.25 million senior secured and mezzanine financing in connection with the acquisition of a fulfillment and warehousing company.
Representation of a national lending institution in its capacity as administrative agent in syndicated financing transaction to finance 18 nursing home properties located in multiple states owned by 6 affiliated borrowers.
Representation of a national lending institution as agent in a syndicated $85 million senior credit facility provided to a global health and beauty product manufacturer.
Representation of a national lending institution in a $55 million senior credit facility for working capital, capex facility and real estate and construction facility, and letter of credit backed IRB facility to an aviation products manufacturer.
Representation of lender in connection with asset based revolving credit facility involving multiple borrowers, three levels of subordinated debt, and significant governmental receivables requiring compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act.
Representation of a company and its subsidiaries in connection with structuring and negotiating credit facilities consisting of (i) approximately $102 million senior secured credit facility, and (ii) approximately $70 million institutional mezzanine credit facility.
Representation of a client and its subsidiaries in connection with structuring and negotiating credit facilities consisting of (i) approximately $57 million senior secured credit facility, and (ii) approximately $8 million institutional mezzanine credit facility. The above mentioned credit facilities were in connection with equity sponsored acquisition financing.
Represented a national lending institution in connection with $150 million syndicated credit facility to family of companies in the steel distribution, processing and logistics business.
Represented a national lending institution in connection with $175 million syndicated credit facility to one of the world’s leading merchants of primary and secondary non-ferrous metals.
Representation of a tire distributor in a $120 million syndicated senior credit facility and a $40 million subordinated debt facility.
Representation of a national bank in connection with forbearance, liquidation and wind-down of troubled company in the staffing and recruiting industry related to the $40 million working capital senior financing piece, including intercreditor issues culminating in a secured party sale.
Representation of a private equity firm in connection with an approximately $46 million senior secured credit facility to distributor of heavy equipment to multiple industries throughout the Midwest.
Representation of a national lending institution in connection with $34 million senior secured asset-based credit facility relating to the acquisition of a leading supplier of recycled flexible PVC and TPE compounds, and negotiation of intercreditor issues in connection with a $10 million secured mezzanine loan.
Representation of a real estate developer in connection with a $262.4 million senior term loan and $37.5 million subordinated term loan.
Represented Slate Capital in its acquisition of Horizon Facilities, a provider of staffing services to rental car companies.
Representation of a private equity firm in connection with a $32.5 million senior secured credit facility relating to the acquisition of a leading distributor of municipal and contractor equipment.
Representation of a private equity firm in connection with refinancing of $40 million asset based revolving facility, $51 million senior term loan credit facility, and $7.5 million subordinated senior notes.
This deal involved crossing liens with a separate term loan lender and also involved six additional subordinated note holders.
Representation of a national lending institution in connection with $14 million senior secured asset-based credit facility to family of domestic and international companies that produce and distribute nature-related toys and gifts around the world.
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Credentials
Education
- University of Akron Law Review
- summa cum laude
- cum laude
Clerkships and Bar Admissions
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- Board Member, Jeff’s Newbeginning, Inc.
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Member, Cuyahoga County Bar Association
- Named, Best Lawyers®, Commercial Transactions/ UCC Law, Lawyer of the Year, 2024
- Listed, Chambers USA Leading Lawyers, Banking & Finance, 2014-2025
- Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars 2010, 2015-2019
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, 2020-2026
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