About Brett P. Barragate
Practice Areas
- Banking
- Financial
- Business Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Debtor & Creditor
- Corporate Law
Education
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1996J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- University of Hartfordb, 1992B.A.
- Major: Politics
- Major: Government
- Honors: cum laude
Representative Cases
- Alcatel-Lucent sells Genesys business to Permira for US$1.5 billion (2011)
- Aurora Capital acquires Alltub Group (2012)
- Aurora Resurgence Management acquires Lexington Precision (2010)
- Aurora Resurgence Management Partners acquires certain steel processing businesses from Northern Steel Group (2010)
- Bearings manufacturer obtains $500 million credit facility
- Chrysler sold to Fiat-led "New Chrysler" after historic court proceedings (2009)
- Cleveland-Cliffs issues $325 million of Notes in private placement (2009)
- Cliffs Natural Resources acquires Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines for CAD$4.9 billion (2011)
- Cliffs Natural Resources finances acquisition of Alpha Natural Resources
- Cliffs Natural Resources proposes to acquire Alpha Natural Resources for $10 billion (2009)
- Commonwealth Bank loan facility for real estate acquisition
- Commonwealth Bank provides facility to real estate trust
- Cortec acquires Display Specialties (2009)
- Dana Corp sells trailer axle manufacturing business (2009)
- Dana Corporation successfully reorganizes in U.S. and U.K. in "Deal of the Year" (2009)
- Dana obtains bankruptcy exit financing (2009)
- Dana securitizes receivables (2009)
- DDR obtains $300 million term loan facility
- EDS sells business unit of A.T. Kearney (2009)
- ERICO amends credit facility
- ERICO obtains credit facility in connection with MBO
- ERICO provides financing to Essex Crane Rental (2009)
- Global manufacturer of products, systems and solutions for niche markets obtains term loan and credit facility (2012)
- Goodrich merges with United Technologies for $18.4 billion (2011)
- Goodrich obtains $500 million credit facility (2009)
- Goodrich obtains credit facility
- Information technology services provider closes credit and loan facility (2009)
- International Automotive Components Group North America obtains credit facility
- International Coal Group acquired by Arch Coal for $3.4 billion (2011)
- International Coal Group completes three public offerings concurrently with two cash tender offers (2010)
- International Coal Group obtains $325 million credit facility
- International Steel Group finances acquisition of Bethlehem Steel
- Iron Ore Company of Canada completes private placement of $243 million of Senior Secured Notes and enters into credit facility (2009)
- Iron Ore Company of Canada undergoes capital restructuring (2009)
- Jefferies acts as initial purchaser in offering by MCBC Holdings and related bank financing
- Jefferies Finance arranges loan and credit facilities for a manufacturing company (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides $105 million financing for software company (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides credit facilities to GPO and healthcare services company (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides credit facility to Synchronous Aerospace (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides credit facility to trucking company (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides financing for a telecommunications company (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides financing for acquisition of grocery chain (2009)
- Jefferies Finance provides financing to Irving Place Capital Partners for acquisition of National Surgical Hospitals (2011)
- Jefferies Finance provides financing to Surgery Center Holdings for acquisition of NovaMed
- Jefferies Finance provides loan facility for The Chefs' Warehouse
- Jefferies Finance provides loan facility to CPI companies for acquisition of Wm. A. Didier & Sons (2009)
- Jefferies provides credit facility for CPI Card Group acquisition
- Jefferies refinances existing senior debt for Securus Technologies
- KBCM Bridge provides loan facility to American Dental Partners for Metropolitan Dental Holdings acquisition
- KeyBank closes $180 million credit facility with Cedar Fair (2009)
- KeyBank closes $180 million credit facility with US Shipping
- KeyBank closes $300 million credit facility with Nordson (2009)
- KeyBank closes $650 million credit facility with Cooper (2009)
- KeyBank participates in Sauer-Danfoss credit facility
- KeyBank provides $100 million credit facility for Dayton Power & Light
- KeyBank provides $130 million credit facility to plastic compounds supplier (2009)
- KeyBank provides $130 million syndicated secured credit facility to American Dental Partners
- KeyBank provides $150 million credit facility to Dayton Power & Light
- KeyBank provides $150 million credit facility to manufacturing company
- KeyBank provides $150 million credit facility to VIASYS (2009)
- KeyBank provides $275 million credit facility to STERIS (2009)
- KeyBank provides $300 million credit facility for Crown
- KeyBank provides $300 million credit facility to PAREXEL (2009)
- KeyBank provides $330 million credit facility to industrial machine manufacturer (2009)
- KeyBank provides $350 million credit facility for Sauer-Danfoss (2009)
- KeyBank provides $400 million credit facility to Nordson (2009)
- KeyBank provides $400 million credit facility to STERIS
- KeyBank provides $497 million loan facilities to Gibraltar entities
- KeyBank provides $700 million credit facility to Eaton
- KeyBank provides $750 million multi-credit facility for acquisition of Ocular Sciences (2009)
- KeyBank provides $95 million credit facility to valve manufacturer
- KeyBank provides credit facility and term loan for acquisition of fishing company
- KeyBank provides credit facility for CH Energy
- KeyBank provides credit facility to American Dental Partners (2009)
- KeyBank provides financing for $56 million LBO of diagnostic service company
- KeyBank provides financing for acquisition of healthcare company
- KeyBank provides financing to ICO, Bayshore Industrial, and ICO Polymers
- KeyBank provides line of credit for PE fund
- KeyBank provides line of credit to PE firm
- KeyBank provides loan facility to DPL
- KeyBank provides term loan for medical REIT
- Kirtland Capital obtains financing for add-on acquisition (2009)
- Kirtland Capital portfolio company acquires Ox Bodies
- Kirtland Capital portfolio company acquires Rugby Manufacturing
- Largest bondholder in Hollinger bankruptcy (2009)
- MBIA Insurance is creditor in subprime mortgage case (2009)
- MBIA Insurance is secured creditor in Forum Health chapter 11 case (2010)
- MBIA Insurance seeks advice regarding regulatory claims against the FDIC
- Metaldyne completes $65 million tender offer to purchase outstanding 10% Senior Notes and 11% Senior Subordinated Notes (2009)
- Molycorp acquires Neo Material Technologies for CDN$1.3 billion (US$1.26 billion) (2012)
- Morgan Stanley closes $650 million private placement by York Enhanced Strategies Fund (2009)
- MTC obtains $55 million credit facility (2009)
- NACCO makes $325 unsolicited tender offer for Applica (2009)
- National City closes $600 million amendment with OM Group
- National City provides $270 million credit facility for chemical provider
- National City provides $450 million credit facility to Abercrombie & Fitch
- National City provides $57 million credit facility to manufacturing company
- National City provides $650 million credit facility to American Greetings (2009)
- National City provides credit facility to RPM International
- National City provides financing to Bob Evans for acquisition of Mimi's Cafe
- National City provides loan to electrical component manufacturer
- North American Coal forms joint venture for mining services in South Texas project
- OM Group acquires Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG for $1 billion (2011)
- PNC Bank converts construction loan for Texas mall renovation (2009)
- PolyOne to acquire ColorMatrix Group for $486 million (2011)
- Sherwin-Williams obtains $650 million credit facility (2009)
- Textile manufacturer restructures $155 million debt (2009)
- The Timken Company finances Torrington acquisition
- Thermal management company obtains credit facility
- Timken obtains $500 million senior unsecured credit facility (2012)
- Timken sells Latrobe Steel (2009)
- TransDigm Group acquires AmSafe Global Holdings from Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group (2012)
- Williams Communications signs $375 million exit credit agreement
- WL Ross acquires loan servicing unit of American Home Mortgage (2009)
- WL Ross obtains acquisition financing for Horizon Natural Resources
- WL Ross portfolio company obtains $200 million credit facility
Qualifications
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- New York
- Ohio
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
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