Jon Finelli
Lawyers
Represents lenders and borrowers in a broad range of complex U.S. and cross-border financings, chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.
Jon represents a variety of clients in a broad range of complex U.S. and cross-border financings, chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. He has significant experience representing both borrowers and lenders in leveraged and investment-grade acquisition financings, recapitalizations and refinancings, asset-based and asset-backed financings, public and private placements, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, bridge financings, project financings, mezzanine financings and direct lending transactions.
Experience
Recent Work
- Springs Window Fashions capital raise and refinancing transaction
- Lumen Technologies comprehensive debt recapitalization transaction
- Air Methods emerges from chapter 11
- Mallinckrodt emerges from chapter 11
- Air Methods files chapter 11; $155 million DIP and $335 million exit financing
- Party City emerges from chapter 11
- Mallinckrodt prepackaged chapter 11 filing and restructuring support agreement
- Anchor Glass amendments and extensions for $743 million term loan facilities
- AppHarvest chapter 11 filing and restructuring support agreement
- Shutterfly $200 million new-money financing and exchange
- LifeScan Global refinancing and amendment to credit facilities
- Altisource amendment and extension of term loan facility
- Party City restructuring
- Ector County Energy Center chapter 11 plan confirmed
- Canopy Growth credit agreement amendment
- Incora comprehensive recapitalization transaction
Education
J.D., St. John's University School of Law
- Recipient, American Bankruptcy Institute Medal for Excellence in Bankruptcy Studies
- Editor-in-Chief, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
B.A., History, Boston College
Prior experience
- Special Counsel, Baker Botts, 2018
- Senior Associate, Baker Botts, 2014-2018
- Associate, Fried Frank, 2007-2014
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
- U.S. District Court, S.D. New York