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2.24.25
Richard Kohn and William Starshak Present at the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law’s “Colloquium on Navigating the New Era of Digital Finance”
Experience
- Represented U.S. and Canadian administrative agents in connection with the provision of a $435 million asset-based credit facility provided in connection with a material acquisition in North America. Negotiated split lien intercreditor agreement with senior secured noteholders.
- Represented administrative agent on a $550 million asset-based credit facility. Negotiated split lien intercreditor agreement with term loan agent.
- Represented U.S. and Canadian administrative agents with the provision of a $450 million asset-based facility.
- Represented administrative agent in connection with global going private transaction, which included the perfection of collateral in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
- Represented administrative agent on an asset based credit facility in the United States and four Caribbean jurisdictions.
- Represented U.S. and European administrative agents on a $180 million asset-based credit facility with borrowers in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom.
- Represented U.S. and Canadian administrative agents in the provision of cash flow credit facility, which included the perfection of collateral in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Ireland and Israel.
- Represented lender in connection with the provision of a $106 million credit facility to a tier one private equity fund.
- Represented first out lender in connection with its position in a unitranche credit facility during a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
- Advised U.S. and European clients on complex cross-border asset-based lending structures in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Credentials
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 1999
– cum laude
- University of Virginia, B.A., Foreign Affairs and History, minor in Economics, 1994
– with high distinction
Admissions
- Illinois (2000)
- New York (2016)
Professional Activities
- Secured Finance Network, Member International Finance Committee
- Meritas, Board of Directors Member (2013-2016); Global Strategy Committee Member (2010-2011)
- University of Virginia Benefactors Society, Board Member
- U.S. Soccer Development Council of the United States Soccer Federation, Founding Member
- Chicago-Hamburg Sister Cities Committee, Member
- The University of Chicago Law School, Lecturer in Law
Publications
- “Measure Twice, Cut Once: Five Key Issues That Should Be Evaluated Upfront When Assessing a Cross-Border Lending Transaction,” co-authored with Jonathan Cooper, The Secured Lender, July 2012.
- “The Next Phase of Secured Lending Reform in Mexico,” The Secured Lender, July 2012.
Presentations
- “Digital Assets and Data as Collateral,” the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law’s “Colloquium on Navigating the New Era of Digital Finance,” New York, Feb. 20, 2025.
- “International Lending 201,” Secured Finance Network Midwest Chapter Lunch and Learn, Chicago, Nov. 20, 2024.
- “International Lending 101,” Secured Finance Network Midwest Chapter Lunch and Learn, Chicago, Oct. 2023.
- “Financing Goods in Transit,” the Secured Finance Network’s International Lending Conference, London, May 25, 2022.
- “Building Co-Lender Relationships in Cross-Border Deals,” the Secured Finance Network’s Cross-Border Lending Summit, New York, Sept. 10, 2014.
- “Cross Border Lending in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia,” at the Secured Finance Network’s 5th Annual International Lending Conference, London, June 2011.
- “Due Diligence Issues in Cross Border Loans,” the Secured Finance Network’s 5th Annual International Lending Conference, London, June 2011.