Mott, Cassandra G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Cassandra Mott represents lenders and borrowers in a broad range of commercial finance transactions across a vast array of industries, including the energy sector. She has structured, negotiated, and documented senior and subordinated financing facilities of many types, including general working capital, investment-grade credit, asset-based, multijurisdictional and multicurrency, and syndicated facilities. A significant portion of Cassandra's practice focuses on syndicated and acquisition financing. She also advises energy clients on collateral support and related documentation issues in connection with hedge transactions.

Her practice includes advising clients on both in-court and out-of-court debt restructurings, as well as on intercreditor issues, helping them structure and negotiate transactions with multiple debt tranches and lien priorities.

Companies for which Cassandra has worked on significant recent matters include Eagle Energy Partners, KeyBank, National City Bank, The Riverside Company, and The Timken Company.

Cassandra is a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Houston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, Women's Energy Network, and Women's Finance Exchange.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Private Equity
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Energy
• Lending
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Energy Finance

Representative Cases

• Albertson's acquired by consortium of investors for $17.4 billion , (2009)
• Bearings manufacturer obtains $500 million credit facility
• Brockway Moran acquires Pacific Crane
• ComparisonMarket places shares with StarVest
• ComparisonMarket.com issues secured convertible subordinated promissory notes in a private placement , (2009)
• ComparisonMarket.com obtains credit line
• Davis Petroleum obtains $125 million secured revolving credit facility , (2009)
• Edgewater acquires business unit of Norac , (2009)
• Energy company signs guarantee agreements , (2009)
• Energy company signs ISDA agreement , (2009)
• High Road Capital acquires All Current Electrical
• International Steel Group finances acquisition of Bethlehem Steel
• Jefferies acts as initial purchaser in offering by P2021 Rig Co.
• Jefferies Finance provides credit facility to Synchronous Aerospace , (2009)
• KBCM Bridge provides loan facility to American Dental Partners for Metropolitan Dental Holdings acquisition
• KeyBank closes $300 million credit facility with Nordson
• KeyBank provides $130 million credit facility to plastic compounds supplier
• KeyBank provides $130 million syndicated secured credit facility to American Dental Partners
• KeyBank provides $150 million credit facility to VIASYS
• KeyBank provides $300 million credit facility to PAREXEL
• KeyBank provides $330 million credit facility to industrial machine manufacturer , (2009)
• KeyBank provides $497 million loan facilities to Gibraltar entities
• KeyBank provides $700 million credit facility to Eaton
• KeyBank provides credit facility to American Dental Partners
• KeyBank provides financing for $56 million LBO of diagnostic service company
• KeyBank provides financing to ICO, Bayshore Industrial, and ICO Polymers
• Life Line Screening obtains credit facility to refinance existing debt
• LTV Corporation sells integrated steel assets to WL Ross & Co.
• National City Bank is administrative agent for Advance Watch workout
• National City provides $100 million financing to Calgon Carbon
• National City provides $105 million credit facility to Calgon Carbon
• National City provides $270 million credit facility for chemical provider
• National City provides $400 million credit facility to greeting card producer
• National City provides $450 million credit facility to Abercrombie & Fitch
• National City provides $80 million financing for LBO of elevator company and mechanical service company
• National City provides financing for LBO of gear drive manufacturer
• National City provides financing for LBO of respiratory products manufacturer
• National City restructures facilities for kitchen textile products producer
• NexPak closes $74 million facility in exit financing
• Nextel closes $580 million equipment financing in exit financing for affiliate
• Online aggregator of auto insurance obtains credit facilities
• OrthoHelix Surgical Designs obtains credit facility in connection with refinancing
• PE firm obtains credit facility
• PE firm obtains financing for acquisition of glass producer
• Pratt-Read refinances debt
• Raymond James acquires Sirchie Fingerprint
• Riverside acquires Adventures in Advertising in MBO
• Riverside acquires Anitox
• Riverside acquires assets of LocalTel Yellow Pages , (2009)
• Riverside acquires AutomationSolutions companies
• Riverside acquires Clayton Group Services
• Riverside acquires Express Courier
• Riverside acquires Genetic Testing Institute
• Riverside acquires HEALTHCAREfirst
• Riverside acquires Integrated Motion
• Riverside acquires International Junior Golf Tour and Education Services
• Riverside acquires JC Whitney & Co.
• Riverside acquires Junior Library Guild
• Riverside acquires Justrite Manufacturing
• Riverside acquires parent companies of Polar Window of Canada
• Riverside acquires portfolio company American Professional Bracing
• Riverside acquires RCS Management
• Riverside acquires Senior Care Services and Rely Medical Supply
• Riverside acquires Thibaut
• Riverside amends credit facility of portfolio company for acquisition financing of Bidco
• Riverside finances acquisition of majority interest in It's Just Lunch
• Riverside finances AEC and Bargman acquisitions
• Riverside obtains financing for portfolio company Insurance Claims Management
• Riverside portfolio company acquires Advocate Medical Services and St. Andrew's Medical Supply , (2010)
• Riverside portfolio company acquires certain assets of CFM Corporation and related subsidiaries
• Riverside portfolio company acquires three branded publications from subsidiary of Reed Elsevier
• Riverside portfolio company ActivStyle refinances senior debt , (2009)
• Riverside portfolio company finances acquisition of HammerBlow
• Riverside refinances credit facilities and loans of Express Courier
• Roadway activates $100 million incremental credit facility
• Roadway Express securitizes trade receivables
• Smith Corona's special committees' board of directors sells controlling interest to Pubco Corp.
• Specialty resins manufacturer completes $70 million accounts receivable sale transaction , (2009)
• Specialty resins manufacturer contributes $103.8 million accounts receivable to subsidiary
• Specialty resins manufacturer contributes $109.8 million accounts receivable to subsidiary
• Specialty resins manufacturer contributes $33.3 million accounts receivable to subsidiary
• Specialty resins manufacturer contributes $84.9 million accounts receivable to subsidiary
• Specialty resins manufacturer sells $26 million accounts receivables , (2009)
• Specialty resins manufacturer sells $27 million accounts receivables , (2009)
• Spectron Group acquired by Imarex
• Syrgis Performance sells H&S Kentucky Holdings , (2009)
• The Timken Company finances Torrington acquisition
• Timken sells Latrobe Steel , (2009)
• World Kitchen closes $438 million exit financing

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• Texas

Education

• Ohio Northern University
• Ohio State University

Published Works

• Banking and Finance Report, 2007
• Macy's Miracle on 34th Street: Employing Mediation to Develop the Reorganization Plan in a Mega-Chapter 11 Case, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 14, 1998, No. 1, 1998

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