Brianna Edwards
Biography
Overview
Brianna is a Senior Associate in White & Case's Debt Finance Group. Qualified in New York and Australia, she has extensive experience advising on market-leading financing transactions for Wall Street investment banks, leading European financial institutions, major domestic banks, private equity funds, direct lenders and corporate borrowers, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions, acquisition financings, restructurings and other senior secured lending transactions across a broad range of industries, including energy, retail, pharmaceuticals, automotive and technology.
Prior to joining White & Case, Brianna worked at leading global law firms in New York.
Experience
Brianna's experience includes representation of:
- JP Morgan and Credit Suisse in a US$10 billion financing package with respect to the acquisition of the Power Solutions business of Johnson Controls.*
- Barclays in the US$2 billion senior secured credit facilities for Post Holdings.*
- JP Morgan in the US$4.92 billion senior secured credit facilities in connection with Organon’s spin-off from Merck, and related finance matters in the concurrent US$5.3 billion bond offering.*
- Goldman Sachs in the (approx.) US$1 billion first and second lien credit facilities with respect to the acquisition of Barracuda Networks.*
- Jefferies in the (approx.) US$1 billion first and second lien credit facilities in connection with the acquisition of Signant Health.*
- Barclays in the US$1 billion incremental term loan facility in connection with the acquisition of Weetabix.*
- Credit Suisse in the US$506.4 million first and second lien credit facilities in connection with the acquisition of Traeger, and the subsequent US$685 million refinancing thereof.*
- JP Morgan in the US$675 million first and second lien credit facilities with respect to GI Partners’ majority investment in American Residential Services.*
- Barclays in the US$775 million first and second lien credit facilities for 8th Avenue.*
- Credit Suisse in the (approx.) US$500 million first and second lien credit facilities with respect to AEA’s acquisition of Melissa & Doug, and the subsequent (approx.) US$650 million refinancing thereof.*
- Golub Capital, HPS Investment Partners and Guggenheim Partners in numerous direct lending and unitranche financing transactions.*
- TPG on the refinancing of its portfolio company iNova Pharmaceuticals.
*Experience prior to joining White & Case
