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Alden Millard is a Partner in the Firm’s corporate department. He regularly represents several leading leverage buyout sponsors and their portfolio companies in connection with various bank financings, including acquisition financings. He also advises several of the Firm’s commercial banking clients in connection with a broad range of syndicated bank financings. His clients have included The Blackstone Group, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Thomas H. Lee Partners.
Mr. Millard’s recent experience includes representation of:
Sponsors/Borrowers:
The Blackstone Group in connection with a $1.050 billion senior secured bank financing for its acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems.
The Blackstone Group and First Reserve Corporation in connection with $820 million of senior secured bank facilities for their acquisition of Foundation Coal Corporation.
The Blackstone Group and Providence Equity Partners in connection with a $1.075 billion senior secured bank financing for their recapitalization of Freedom Communications, Inc.
Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital, Providence Equity Partners and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. in connection with senior secured and bridge financings for the $2.6 billion acquisition of Warner Music Group.
The Blackstone Group, CIVC Partners, The Cypress Group and The PMI Group in connection with various unsecured bank financings for their $2.2 billion purchase of bond insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance Corp. from GE Capital.
The Blackstone Group and Apollo Management in connection with $1.85 billion of senior secured bank financing for their $4.35 billion acquisition of Nalco Company.
Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group in connection with senior secured and bridge financings for their acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Company.
The Blackstone Group and several of its portfolio companies, including various bank financings for Celanese, Columbia House, Graham Packaging Company, Haynes International and The Premcor Refining Group.
DreamWorks L.L.C. in connection with a $1 billion structured non-recourse financing of an existing and future portfolio of films and related assets.
Lenders:
JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with a syndicated $600 million senior credit facility for Xcel Energy Inc.
JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with a syndicated $4.5 billion senior credit facility for Comcast Corporation.
JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with a syndicated $300 million senior secured credit facility for Westar Energy, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co. in connection with a $500 million senior secured project finance credit facility.
JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with various syndicated bank facilities for Altria Group, Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc.
Bank of America, N.A. in connection with various syndicated bank facilities for Gannett Co., Inc.
Mr. Millard received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1996 and his A.B., cum laude, from Harvard University in 1991.
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Columbia Law School, 1996 J.D. |
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Harvard University, 1991 A.B.
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