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William A. Starshak

Principal

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D: 312.201.3926
william.starshak@goldbergkohn.com

Experience

  • Represented administrative agent on a $1.1 billion asset-based credit facility to a service provider in the oil and gas industry.
  • Represented administrative agent on a $440 million asset-based credit facility with loan parties and collateral located in the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
  • 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 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 an 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 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.

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