Biography
Michael Denton is an associate in Weil’s Banking & Finance practice and is based in New York. Michael participates in advising borrowers, private equity sponsors, banks and other financial institutions in a variety of financing transactions, including first and second lien credit facilities, middle market and large cap financings, cross-border and domestic acquisition financings and debt restructuring transactions.
Michael has been part of the teams advising:
- Air Methods Corporation (a portfolio company of American Securities) in a $155 million senior secured term loan facility to provide debtor-in-possession financing to fund operations during the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and a $250 million senior secured term loan facility, and as issuer, in a $185 million rights offering to holders of certain of its secured lenders in connection with Air Methods' emergence from Chapter 11
- American Securities and its portfolio company Air Methods Corporation in a $125 million senior secured incremental revolving facility
- CPPIB Credit Investments III, as lender, in a $70 million senior secured term facility for David's Bridal, LLC
- CEC Entertainment, LLC in $375 million first and second lien term exit facilities to finance business operations upon emerging from its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
- The administrative agent in its $500 million in senior secured term loan facility for The Hertz Corporation
- The joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in $2.8 billion senior secured facilities for The Hertz Corporation to finance its business operations upon emerging from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
- Northeast Grocery, Inc. in $873 million ABL revolving and first and second lien term post-merger financing facilities
- Orveon (a portfolio company of Advent International) in a senior secured revolving facility to finance working capital needs
- Trive Capital in senior secured facilities to finance its acquisition of NCB Management Services, Inc. and to refinance NCB's existing indebtedness
Michael received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.