Cindy Davis focuses her practice on representing domestic and international banks, finance companies, hedge funds, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers in complex financing transactions. She frequently represents lead arrangers and agents in structuring and underwriting syndicated loan transactions. Her typical transactions include US and international asset-based and cash-flow secured and unsecured credit facilities, acquisition financings and other leveraged buyouts, and first and second-lien credit facilities. Cindy also has particular experience in structuring complex credit transactions, including those involving multicurrency facilities and cross-border lending arrangements. Cindy's finance practice ranges from middle-market club deals to multi-billion dollar investment-grade widely syndicated credit facilities. She has represented clients on financings in virtually every type of industry, including food and agribusiness, retail, health care, media/telecom and gaming.
Areas of Concentration
ˇ Asset-based and cash flow financings
ˇ Acquisition financings, including leveraged buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations and going-private transactions
ˇ Cross-border lending arrangements and multi-currency credit facilities
ˇ First and second lien loans and unitranche facilities
ˇ Loan syndications
ˇ Investment grade bank and non-investment grade credit facilities
ˇ Debtor-in-possession financings and exit financings
Significant Representations
ˇ Represented the administrative agent and lead arranger in a $500 million syndicated senior secured cross-border credit facility to a fresh fruit producer and certain of its U.S. and non-U.S. subsidiaries (including subsidiaries in the UK, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Liberia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Cayman Islands, Chile, Japan and Panama).
ˇ Represented the administrative agent and arranger in connection with $1.75 billion cross-border senior credit facilities to certain subsidiaries of a UK equipment rental company.
ˇ Represented the administrative agent, collateral agent and lead arranger in a $250 million syndicated asset-based credit facility to a leading retail and wholesale supplier of crop protection products, fertilizer, seed and related products.
ˇ Represented a national finance company in connection with a $30 million enterprise value first lien revolving credit facility to a large restaurant franchisee owned by a private equity sponsor.
ˇ Represented the administrative agent in a $564 million senior secured syndicated loan facility to a leading poultry and agricultural company.
ˇ Represented the lender finance division of a national finance company in connection with a $100 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a start-up investment partnership formed to make hard money real estate loans to commercial real estate investors and developers.
ˇ Represented the administrative agent and lead arranger in a $300 million unsecured multicurrency cross-border credit facility to a global equipment manufacturer and certain of its Dutch and UK subsidiaries.
ˇ Represented the administrative agent and lead arranger in connection with $202.9 million first lien, second lien and subordinated credit facilities used to finance the acquisition of a US coffee manufacturer by an international company.
ˇ Represented a public retail marketer of natural gas and electricity, as borrower, in connection with a $50 million credit facility provided by a national bank.
ˇ Represented an international bank providing a credit facility being used to finance the start-up of a quick service restaurant franchise joint venture in Russia.
ˇ Represented an international bank providing a credit facility being used to finance the construction of cold storage warehouses in Russia.
ˇ Represented a national finance company, as agent, in connection with $67.5 million of senior credit facilities provided to a national restaurant chain.
*Some of the above representations were handled by Ms. Davis prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Professional & Community Involvement
ˇ Member, State Bar of Georgia, Business Law Section
ˇ Member, The Florida Bar
ˇ Past President, The Women's Finance Exchange, Atlanta Chapter
Awards & Recognition
ˇ Listed, "Georgia's Legal Elite," Georgia Trend (2010)
ˇ Listed, Banking and Finance Law, Chambers and Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world (2007-2011)
ˇ Selected, Super Lawyers magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers magazine (2007)
ˇ Selected, Super Lawyers magazine - Rising Stars Edition (2005)
ˇ Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
ˇ Named, "Legal Dealmaker," Atlanta Business Chronicle
Previous Employment
ˇ Partner, Paul Hastings LLP
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
ˇ Instructor, Commercial Finance Association Workouts and Bankruptcy Workshop, 2006 and 2009
ˇ Moderator, "Borrowers without Borders; A View From All Sides on Cross-Border Syndications," Thomson Reuters LPC "Gold Sheets" Loan Conference
ˇ Instructor, Commercial Finance Association Loan Documentation Workshop, 2004