John A. Cahill
Biography
Overview
John Cahill is a partner in our Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Real Estate Industry Group.
John's experience spans the full range of real estate financing matters, including complex and cross-border hedge, private equity, private credit, real estate and venture transactions, with a particular focus on advising real estate funds and other investment vehicles on the back-leverage market.
He also brings market-leading experience in the formation of, and raising capital and M&A for, real estate private equity funds in Asia, in jurisdictions including Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, China and Korea.
John represents major financial institutions, private equity funds and other institutional investors, in complex domestic and cross-border commercial transactions. His practice has concentrated on the representation of investment banks, insurance companies, private equity funds, development companies, other types of institutional lenders and venture capital firms in the formation of real estate private equity funds and raising equity and debt for such funds.
In addition, his practice encompasses the development, acquisition and sale, finance, leasing, operation, management, licensing, branding, repositioning, workout and restructuring of hotels, condo-hotels, resorts and other hospitality, recreational, and real estate-based entertainment properties for businesses in North America and Asia.
John represents many investment banks, private equity funds and other institutional investors who are focused on structured finance transactions, including, without limitation, commercial mortgage-backed securities, A/B note structures, repurchase agreements, corporate credit facilities, subscription lines of credit, mezzanine finance transactions, preferred equity investments, convertible debt transactions, and commercial loans. In connection with his representation of private equity funds, venture capital firms and pension trusts, Mr. Cahill has done numerous joint ventures for the acquisition financing and development of commercial real estate projects in the U.S. and Asia with an emphasis on hotels and resorts.
John has represented clients in transactions covering a wide variety of commercial properties throughout the United States and Asia. These properties have involved office towers, regional and super-regional shopping malls, hotels, casinos, resorts and large residential condominiums, and urban and suburban mixed-use developments.
Experience
Representative transactions include the representation of:
- multiple private equity funds in subscription credit facilities ranging in size from $50 million to $1.25 billion.*
- a private equity fund in a joint venture with a Hong Kong listed company for co-sponsorship of China distressed debt fund.*
- a private equity fund in the joint venture with respect to the acquisition of a Japanese public company. *
- a fund advisor in the US$200 million equity restructuring and exit from a China joint venture with a Hong Kong listed company. *
- a private equity fund in US$2 billion in corporate debt. *
- a private equity firm in the restructuring of its hotel franchise agreement throughout China.
- Arch Capital Partners in Fund V.*
- Star Asia in all of its distressed debt funds for Japan. *
- multiple private equity funds in connection with multiple global master repurchase credit facilities relating to REIT bonds. *
*Certain transactions above were handled prior to joining White & Case
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