Meyer C. Dworkin
Advises lenders and borrowers on a wide range of finance transactions, including leveraged financings, NAV facilities, and back-leverage and derivatives transactions.
Meyer advises lenders and borrowers on a wide range of finance transactions, including private credit and syndicated acquisition and other leveraged and investment-grade financings, asset-based financings, debtor-in-possession and other distressed financings, and structured credit financings. His structured credit practice includes work on NAV facilities, capital call facilities, and single-asset and portfolio back-leverage transactions secured by liquid and illiquid debt, equity and other asset classes. In addition, he represents hedge funds, private equity funds and corporations in negotiating prime brokerage, derivatives and repurchase agreements, as well as other trading and financing documentation and complex structured financial products.
Meyer’s work is recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers USA and IFLR1000. Clients appreciate that Meyer “thoroughly understands every aspect of complex debt facilities, including current market norms, and advises in a highly pragmatic, efficient and responsive manner.”
Experience
Structured Credit Representation
- Since 2019, advised on approximately $60 billion of structured credit financings across more than 260 transactions for leading private equity and private credit investors and financial institutions
- Advised lenders and borrowers on over 125 asset-backed and back-leverage transactions in an aggregate principal amount of over $30 billion — secured by both single assets as well as portfolios of liquid and illiquid bonds, loans and preferred equity interests and structured as credit facilities, swap and repurchase transactions
- Advised lenders and borrowers on over 100 net asset value (NAV) facilities in an aggregate principal amount of over $20 billion, including two of the largest dedicated fund-of-funds complexes
- Advised lenders and borrowers on over 35 revolving capital call/subscription line facilities in an aggregate principal amount of over $7.5 billion
Lender Representations
- $17 billion financing for Fiserv’s acquisition of First Data Corporation
- $10.5 billion financing for Coty’s acquisition of P&G’s Beauty Business
- $7.8 billion financing for JAB’s acquisition of Keurig Green Mountain
- $4.7 billion financing for Kaseya’s acquisition of Datto
- $4 billion financing for JBS’s acquisition of Cargill Pork
- €3.9 billion financing for KKR’s acquisition of Refresco
- $2.4 billion financing for II-VI’s acquisition of Finisar
- $625 million financing for Bain Capital’s acquisition of Fogo de Chao
Borrower Representations
- $3.5 billion financing for Emerson Electric
- $2.7 billion financing for Reynolds Consumer Products
- $2.2 billion financing for VF Corporation
- $2 billion financing for Noble Americas and $1 billion asset-based commodity credit facility for Noble Clean Fuels
- $1.6 billion financing for The Baldwin Group
- $1.5 billion financing for Kontoor’s separation from VF Corporation
- $1.5 billion financing for TPG
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers Global – Banking & Finance
Chambers USA – Banking & Finance, New York
IFLR1000 – Banking, United States, Highly Regarded
American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers – Fellow
Education
- cum laude
- magna cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York