“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 the Corporate & Securities 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.
Representative Experience
- 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 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 real estate developer in connection with a $262.4 million senior term loan and $37.5 million subordinated term loan.
- 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.
- Represented Slate Capital in its acquisition of Horizon Facilities, a provider of staffing services to rental car companies.
- Representation of a national lending institution in connection with $15 million senior secured asset based credit facility comprised of a domestic credit facility and an export facility guaranteed by the U.S. Export Import Bank to multiple Borrowers in the hardwood lumber business.
- 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 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.
- 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.
