Borrowers and lenders value Jessica Gichner's expertise in representing them when negotiating senior credit facilities-including acquisition and development financing. Lenders rely on Jessica for counsel when structuring working capital lines of credit. Jessica develops creative solutions and views her role as resolving conflict, as opposed to creating it.
Practicing in the areas of commercial lending and corporate finance, Jessica represents clients in the following industries:
· Financial services
· Healthcare
· Life sciences
Her experience also includes healthcare receivable lending, asset based lending, second lien financing, debtor-in-possession financing and senior noe offerings.
Experience
Jessica has represented the following clients:
· A dental company in obtaining debtor-in-possession financing
· A hospital company in obtaining a $100,000,000 revolving line of credit and completing a $500,000,000 senior note offering
· A pet products company in obtaining a $225,000,000 senior credit facility
· A surgery center company, as local counsel, in a $179,937,000 Senior PIK Toggle Note offering and subsequent representation as lead counsel for an exchange offer of $184,635,000 Senior PIK Toggle Notes
· A finance company in providing $70,000,000 in life sciences loans to start-ups
· A finance company in providing $50,000.000 in financing to various healthcare companies
· An institutional pharmacy company in obtaining a $43,000,000 senior secured credit facility
· A privately held home health company in obtaining a $30,000,000 senior secured credit facility
· The healthcare finance division of a publicly traded company in connection with providing a $28,000,000 senior secured credit facility to finance the acquisition of a prosthetics manufacturing company
· A bank in connection with providing a $25,000,000 senior secured bridge loan to a dialysis provider
· An international pharmaceutical company in providing $3,000,000 to a strategic target pharmaceutical company in connection with the negotiation of a letter of intent
Professional
· Member, Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations
· Member, Leadership Health Care
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When Jessica is not involved with her daughter's pre-school activities, she enjoys new dining experiences with friends, and cooking with local produce. Jessica has a love of travel; she vacations with her family at a cabin in the Bahamas, and has visited Africa, Japan, and Europe.