Ashley, Robert da Silva

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Portuguese
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Robert da Silva Ashley represents public and private corporate borrowers, financial institutions, debt investors, and project companies in sophisticated cross-border and domestic lending transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, corporate recapitalizations, distress debt acquisitions, debtor-in-possession financings, project financings and developments, and leveraged equity sponsor financings in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Robert has experience working on a broad range of credit facilities, including term, revolving, asset-backed, bridge, secured and unsecured, syndicated and single-lender, and senior and subordinated facilities. Representative industries in which Robert has negotiated and documented transactions include energy (oil and gas and renewables), banking and finance, automotive parts manufacturing, real estate, cosmetics, fashion and design, sports, telecommunications, and human resource services. Robert has been active in a variety of client matters in Latin America and has recently represented certain major financial institutions and global energy companies, providing analysis and strategic advice concerning counterparty credit risk exposure.

Robert is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance

Representative Cases

• Bestel finances sale of assets to Grupo Televisa
• Gevity amends $100 million secured revolving credit facility
• GrupoNueva sells Amanco to Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V.
• HIG Capital acquires Diam Europe SA , (2009)
• International Power America acquires portfolio of peaking generation facilities , (2009)
• Intesa sells remaining interest in Scotiabank Peru to The Bank of Nova Scotia
• Jefferies Finance arranges $119 million credit facilities for Anchor Drilling , (2009)
• Jefferies Finance arranges loan and credit facilities for a manufacturing company , (2009)
• JohnsonDiversey Holdings sells 46% interest to Clayton Dubilier & Rice as part of a $2.6 billion recapitalization , (2009)
• Natexis provides $265 million credit facilities to Sterling Energy
• Pershing Square Capital proposes DIP loan to General Growth Properties , (2010)
• Reader's Digest completes $2.0 billion sale to Ripplewood investor group , (2009)
• WL Ross makes strategic investment in Greenbrier , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, International Banking, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Public Finance, Savings & Thrifts, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• U of California - Berkeley
• U of California - San Diego

Address

222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017-6702

Phones

1.212.326.7886 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.212.755.7306 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com