Alston & Bird LLP

Paul has a deep understanding of corporate finance and restructuring engagements, with core competencies in transactional finance and private credit matters. Clients value his hands-on, commercial approach.

Paul focuses on transactional finance matters, including leveraged acquisition financings and transactional finance matters in distressed settings, representing corporate borrowers, financial sponsors, portfolio companies, financial institutions, and alternative capital sources. He handles both domestic and cross-border engagements.

He has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating secured and investment grade credit facilities; first-lien, second-lien, mezzanine, and multitranche financings; liquidity lines; and high-yield debt offerings. He also counsels clients on forbearance arrangements, out-of-court restructurings; debtor-in-possession and exit financings; and special situations requiring complex restructuring solutions.

Paul routinely represents private equity funds and alternative capital sources, including business development companies (BDCs), small business investment companies (SBICs), mezzanine funds, and private debt funds in the structuring and documentation of private credit transactions.

During his more than 25 years of practice, he has developed sector experience in education, financial services (including asset management), REITs, health care, life sciences, manufacturing, and TMT (technology, media, and telecommunications).