A multi-office team of attorneys with international law firm Greenberg Traurig represented Hard Rock International (HRCAF: US) in a $640 million financing transaction that closed May 14. The transaction is comprised of $350 million Senior Notes due 2021 and a $290 million Senior Secured Term Loan. The Notes were issued in a Rule 144A/Reg. S private offering.
The firm also represented Hard Rock in a tender offer for $525 million outstanding Senior Secured Notes. Proceeds of the new financing will be used to finance certain outstanding indebtedness and to fund future investments and general corporate operations.
The Greenberg Traurig team was led by Miami corporate and securities shareholder Marlon D. Goldstein, co-chair of the firm’s National Gaming Practice. The team included Miami corporate and securities shareholders Lorne S. Cantor and Manuel R. Valcarcel IV; Miami tax shareholders Charles E. “Skip” Stiver, Jr., and Mindy B. Leathe; Miami corporate and securities attorneys Drew M. Altman, Robert A. Kanter, and Selden R. Ross; Chicago corporate and securities shareholder Frederick C. Fisher; Chicago corporate and securities attorney Nathan J. Moore; and New York financial institutions and business reorganization and financial restructuring attorney Jonathan G. Moore.
The firm has also represented the Seminole Tribe of Florida in several finance and securities transactions, including a $750 million senior secured credit facility.
This press release is issued as a matter of record only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the new notes or any existing notes.
Comprised of more than 350 lawyers in more than 30 offices, Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate and Securities/M&A Practice provides advice and services to public and privately held companies and entrepreneurs throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The team brings together the strategic business, legal and market experience needed to manage and close the most complex transactions as well as provides practical counsel on day-to-day operations.
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