Jessie Chiang

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Jessie Chiang

Jessie Chiang is a partner in Weil's Banking & Finance practice and is based in New York. Her practice focuses on advising financial institutions and corporate borrowers in a variety of bank financing transactions. She has experience in investment grade lending, cross-border and domestic acquisition financings, middle market and large cap financings, bridge loans, debtor-in-possession financings, liability management and debt restructuring transactions and subordinated and second lien financings. Jesse is recommended for Bank Lending by Legal 500 US.

Jessie has been part of the teams advising:

  • A major financial institution, as representative of the initial purchasers, in a $450 million senior secured 144A/Reg S senior secured notes offering by OUTFRONT Media, Inc.
  • A major financial institution, as administrative agent and lead arranger, in a $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving facility for Hasbro, Inc. and Hasbro SA
  • A major financial institution in committed senior unsecured bridge financing to support the $4 billion acquisition by Hasbro, Inc. of Entertainment One Ltd.
  • A major financial institution in committed bridge financing to support the $3.675 billion acquisition by Parker Hannifin Corporation of LORD Corporation.
  • A major financial institution, as administrative agent, in a $1.5 billion senior unsecured 364-day revolving facility for Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) for general corporate purposes.
  • A major financial institution, as administrative agent, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, in a senior unsecured term facility to finance the acquisition by MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. of Springstone, Inc.
  • Brookfield Principal Credit, as administrative agent, and the other term loan lenders in an $80 million senior secured debtor-in-possession facility for Bumble Bee Foods, LLC to finance business operations during its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • CEC Entertainment, Inc. in a $200 million senior secured debtor-in-possession term facility to finance business operations during its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and $375 million first and second lien term exit facilities to finance business operations upon emerging from its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Cedar Fair, L.P. in a $1.3 billion senior secured term loan and revolving facility.
  • Citi in £6.5 billion committed unsecured bridge financing to support the pending acquisition by Parker-Hannifin Corporation of Meggitt plc.
  • Citi, as administrative agent and arranger, in a $2.75 billion amended and extended senior unsecured revolving facility for Becton, Dickinson and Company.
  • Citi, as administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in an amended and extended $2 billion senior unsecured revolving facility for International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. to refinance existing indebtedness.
  • Citibank and Morgan Stanley, as administrative agents, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in connection with amendments to International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.’s $2 billion senior unsecured term and revolving facilities.
  • Doncasters Group in the restructuring of its £1.2 billion of first and second lien debt and its investment and management loan notes, via an English Scheme of Arrangement and English pre-pack administration which resulted in the Group’s lenders acquiring ownership of the operating group and reduction of £900 of liabilities from the operating group’s balance sheet.
  • The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in a $2.5 billion senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility to replace, and increase commitments under, its existing facility.
  • Goldman Sachs, as lender, in connection with commitment papers for a $8.1 billion senior unsecured bridge facility to fund Emerson Electric Co.’s acquisition of National Instruments Corporation (d/b/a NI)
  • Goldman Sachs, as representative of the initial purchasers, in a $555 million senior secured notes offering by Dye & Durham Corporation.
  • Goldman Sachs, as administrative agent, collateral agent, L/C issuer, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in a $350 million term loan facility and $77 million revolving credit facility for Dye & Durham Corporation.
  • Iron Mountain Information Management, LLC in a $1.2 billion senior secured term loan facility.
  • Johnson & Johnson in its $10 billion 364-day revolving facility to refinance and reprice existing indebtedness.
  • Johnson & Johnson in its $4 billion registered offering of U.S. Dollar-denominated notes and an aggregate $2.7 billion registered offering of Euro-denominated notes to fund the acquisition of Shockwave.
  • JPMorgan, as administrative agent, joint lead arranger and bookrunner, in first lien facilities to finance Leonard Green's acquisition of Service Logic Acquisition, Inc.
  • JPMorgan Chase, as administrative agent and a joint lead arranger, in a $1.5 billion unsecured 364-day revolving facility for Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) for general corporate purposes, including to pay existing indebtedness and to finance capital needs.
  • The Kroger Company in a $2.75 billion amended and extended unsecured revolving facility.
  • The lead arrangers, joint bookrunners and agents in $1.1 billion first and second lien multicurrency facilities to finance KKR's acquisition of a majority stake in ERM.
  • The lead arrangers in $125 million asset-based revolving, $440 million first lien term and $275 million bridge facilities to finance One Rock Capital's approximately $932 million take-private of Innophos Holdings, Inc.
  • Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent, in a senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility for Owens Corning to finance acquisition of Masonite International Corp.
  • Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse in committed bridge financing to support the merger of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. with the Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) Business of DuPont in a deal that values the combined company at $45 billion on an enterprise value basis.
  • Phoenix Services Holdings Corp. with its $106 million senior secured term facility.
  • Providence Equity Partners in $550 million first and second lien credit facilities to finance its acquisition of GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc.
  • Signet Jewelers Limited in a $1.5 billion extended asset-based revolving credit facility.
  • Subsidiaries of Steward Health Care System LLC, as borrowers, under a bridge loan facility.
  • Steward Health Care System LLC in a $75 million debtor-in-possession senior secured term loan facility to finance its chapter 11 cases.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui, as administrative agent, in a $223 million senior unsecured term facility for Howmet Aerospace Inc.
  • TE Connectivity Ltd. in a senior unsecured revolving facility for Tyco Electronics Group S.A. and an amendment and extension of a $1.5 billion senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility for Tyco Electronics Group S.A.
  • Truist Bank, as administrative agent, in a $200 million senior unsecured term facility for Howmet Aerospace Inc.

Jessie received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a James Kent Scholar. She received her B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Georgetown University.

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