A Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Department, Ismael Duran advises financial institutions, direct lenders, financial sponsors and corporate borrowers in connection with tailored, complex bank syndicated leveraged finance and other commercial lending transactions, including acquisition, bridge, asset-based and other corporate financings. Admitted to practice in New York and Spain, Ismael also frequently represents financial institutions, sponsors and corporate borrowers in connection with financings in the Latin America region.
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Work Highlights
- Representing JPMorgan Chase Bank and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in connection with the refinancing of the first lien Term Loan B and first lien revolving credit facility and the incurrence of a new Term Loan A by Formula 1
- Representing Financing Sources in $1 Billion Committed Financing for Combination of 3M’s Food Safety Business With Neogen
- Representing JPMorgan Chase Bank in providing up to $5.425 billion of committed financing in connection with II-VI Incorporated’s acquisition of Coherent
- Representing Citi in Debt Financing for Vertiv’s $1.8 Billion Acquisition of the E&I Engineering Group
- Representing the lead arrangers in connection with the $1.6 billion term loan facility and $1 billion revolving credit facility used to finance Michael Kors’ acquisition of Gianni Versace for €1.83 billion
- Representing the lender in the $5 billion financing of Kinder Morgan Acquisitions
- Representing lenders in $12.5 billion bridge financing to Thermo Fisher Scientific in connection with Thermo Fisher’s acquisition of Life Technologies
- Representing the lenders in connection with the committed financing to Lions Gate Entertainment related to its acquisition of Starz in a $4.4 billion cash and stock transaction
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2005 LL.M.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Fundacion Rafael del Pino Scholarship
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Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), 1996 Licenciado en Derecho
with honors
A Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Department, Ismael Duran advises financial institutions, direct lenders, financial sponsors and corporate borrowers in connection with tailored, complex bank syndicated leveraged finance and other commercial lending transactions, including acquisition, bridge, asset-based and other corporate financings. Admitted to practice in New York and Spain, Ismael also frequently represents financial institutions, sponsors and corporate borrowers in connection with financings in the Latin America region.
Ismael has represented lenders and other financial institutions in connection with syndicated credit facilities, including JPMorgan, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and many others. Ismael has also represented corporate borrowers in connection with their financing activities. Ismael regularly represents lenders and borrowers in connection with the negotiation and implementation of credit facilities as they relate to Latin American clients or Latin American interests.
Recent experience includes advising:
- JPMorgan Chase Bank and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in connection with the refinancing of the first lien Term Loan B and first lien revolving credit facility and the incurrence of a new Term Loan A by Formula 1
- Financing Sources in $1 Billion Committed Financing for Combination of 3M’s Food Safety Business With Neogen
- JPMorgan Chase Bank in providing up to $5.425 billion of committed financing in connection with II-VI Incorporated’s acquisition of Coherent
- Citi in Debt Financing for Vertiv’s $1.8 Billion Acquisition of the E&I Engineering Group
- The lead arrangers in connection with the $1.6 billion term loan facility and $1 billion revolving credit facility used to finance Michael Kors’ acquisition of Gianni Versace for €1.83 billion
- The lender in the $5 billion financing of Kinder Morgan Acquisitions
- Lenders in $12.5 billion bridge financing to Thermo Fisher Scientific in connection with Thermo Fisher’s acquisition of Life Technologies
- The lenders in connection with the committed financing to Lions Gate Entertainment related to its acquisition of Starz in a $4.4 billion cash and stock transaction
Prior to joining the Firm, Ismael was a corporate associate at Garrigues Abogados, a Spanish law firm, where he advised Spanish companies and counseled foreign clients with interests in Spain.
Ismael Duran received his law degree in 1996 from Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain and his LL.M. in 2005 from Columbia Law School. Ismael is fluent in English, Spanish and French.