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Monica
L.
Holland
Partner
Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1999
Princeton University, A.B., 1996
Practice
Monica Holland, a partner in the Finance Group, has extensive experience in representation of senior lenders and borrowers in connection with domestic and cross-border acquisition and leveraged buyout financings, first and second lien financings, workouts, debt restructurings and intercreditor issues. She is ranked a leading lawyer in Banking & Finance by Chambers USA and is currently shortlisted for “Up and Coming Finance Lawyer of the Year” (2012) by Chambers USA (Women in Law Awards).
Experience
- Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with the $250 million senior secured facilities for GTAT Corporation and GT Advanced Technologies Limited
- Barclays Capital and RBC Capital Markets as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $700 million amended and restated refinancing credit facility for Open Text ULC
- Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC as lead arrangers and bookrunning managers in connection with a $300 million term loan for PolyOne Corporation related to its acquisition of ColorMatrix Group, Inc.
- Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, in connection with a $700 million second amended and restated credit facility for PerkinElmer, Inc., Wallac Oy and PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, PNC Capital Markets LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $1.1 billion amended and restated financing for Steel Dynamics, Inc.
- Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners of a $400 million financing in connection with TPG Capital’s acquisition of MDA Property Information Business
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC and Barclays Capital as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with a $915 million amended and restated credit facility for Michael Foods Group, Inc. (f/k/a M-Foods Holdings, Inc.)
- Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in a $1.2 billion term loan and a $250 million asset-based revolving credit facility supporting the merger of J. Crew Group, Inc. with Chinos Acquisition Corporation, an affiliate of TPG Capital, L.P. and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC as joint lead arrangers and joint lead bookrunners of an $840 million senior credit facility in connection with the acquisition of Bresnan Communications by Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as lead arranger and bookrunner and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent of a $300 million amended and restated asset-based financing for Nortek, Inc. as the US borrower, and Ventrol Air Handling Systems Inc. as the Canadian borrower
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole lead arranger and sole book manager of a $400 million senior revolving credit facility for BMC Software, Inc.
- Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, and Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, in connection with a $2 billion senior secured financing for the acquisition of NBTY, Inc., by The Carlyle Group
- J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as sole lead arranger and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as administrative agent in connection with a senior secured credit facility for Madison Square Garden L.P. (“MSG”)
- Banc of America Securities LLC and Bank of America, N.A. in connection with the financing for Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.’s acquisition of the Travel Channel
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as co-bookrunner and joint lead arranger, and Credit Suisse, as co-administrative agent and co-collateral agent, with respect to an $800 million exit financing, consisting of an $450 million term credit facility and a $350 million asset-based revolving credit facility for World Color Press Inc. (successor in interest to Quebecor World Inc.) and certain of its affiliates
- The underwriters in connection with an offering of secured high yield notes by Cricket Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc.
- Vonage Holdings Corp. as borrower and issuer in connection with its $130.3 million senior secured first lien credit facility, $72.0 million senior secured second lien credit facility and $18.0 million senior secured third lien convertible notes, which were used together with cash on hand to repurchase existing convertible notes in a tender offer
- Cadbury Schweppes plc and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. in connection with the $4.4 billion financing related to the spin-off of Dr Pepper Snapple Group (“DPS”) from Cadbury Schweppes
- Banc of America Securities LLC as sole lead arranger and sole book manager of a $120 million first lien financing and a $40 million second lien financing for the acquisition of GFA Brands, Inc. by special purpose acquisition company Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc., now known as Smart Balance, Inc.
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
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