Sean Zoltek
Biography
Overview
Sean Zoltek is counsel in the Debt Finance practice based in the Firm's Los Angeles office. Sean represents investment companies, private equity debt funds, sovereign wealth funds, banks, and other alternative financing funds and vehicles in their financing matters. Sean has extensive experience advising on leveraged acquisitions, dividend recapitalizations, facility refinancings, holding company facilities, convertible debt arrangements, preferred equity investments, and other bespoke financing arrangements in private credit as well as widely held and syndicated financings. Sean's work involves a diverse range of industries, including energy, software and other intellectual property, healthcare, retail, transportation, and logistics, and with such deals involving new money originations, liability management transactions, out-of-court restructurings, and bankruptcies.
Experience
Representation of a business development company as joint lead arranger, agent, and lender, in connection with a US$260 million senior secured term financing. The proceeds were used to acquire a valet and parking services company by a private equity sponsor.*
Representation of a specialty finance company as arranger, agent, and sole lender, in connection with a US$225 million senior secured financing. The proceeds were used to acquire a nationwide title search company by a late-stage mortgage software platform company.*
Representation of a private equity debt fund as arranger, agent, and majority lender, in connection with a US$22.5 million senior secured bifurcated unitranche financing. The proceeds were used to acquire an international workflow automation software and services provider by a private equity sponsor.*
Representation of a sovereign wealth fund as lead arranger and sole lender in connection with a CAD$200 million senior secured second lien financing. The proceeds were used to acquire a Canadian automobile financing company by a private equity sponsor.*
Representation of a private direct lender as arranger, agent, and majority lender, in connection with US$216 million senior secured financing. The proceeds were used to acquire two separate online multimedia services companies by a small group of investors that purchases "fallen angel" type technology companies to add to their portfolio.*
Representation of a credit investment advisor and its related fund as arranger and sole lender in connection with a US$265 million senior secured financing. The proceeds were used to acquire a medical doctor practice and healthcare wellness provider company by a private equity sponsor.*
Representation of a banking and financial services corporation as trustee in connection with a liability management transaction relating to exchanges and refinancings of up to US$15 billion of existing debt, and issuances of approximately US$1.3 billion of new money for a telecommunications company.*
Representation of a credit investment advisor and its related funds, as arranger and sole lender, in connection with a US$250 million senior secured financing. The proceeds were used to refinance an existing facility of public oil transportation and drilling equipment manufacturing company.*
Representation of a business development company as joint lead arranger, agent, lender, and co-sponsor, in connection with a US$1.1 billion senior secured bifurcated unitranche financing. The proceeds were used to provide ongoing liquidity for a fashion branding and licensing company.*
Representation of an asset management company as arranger, agent, and sole lender, in connection with a US$250 million senior secured financing. The proceeds were used to acquire a stand-alone clinic and emergency room manager by a private equity firm.*
* Matters prior to working for White & Case
