DeLong, Laura A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Laura DeLong represents lenders and public and private corporate clients in lending and debt placement transactions. She has experience in a variety of commercial lending transactions, including secured and unsecured credit facilities, syndicated and single-lender credit facilities, and senior and subordinated credit facilities, and in acquisition-related financings and leveraged equity sponsor financings.

Prior to entering law school, Laura worked as an investment banking analyst with Morgan Stanley where she performed financial modeling and valuation analyses, conducted due diligence, and executed M&A and capital raising transactions. She also worked as an investor relations consultant where she advised public and private clients on institutional targeting and corporate communications strategies. In 2006, she served as the Jones Day loaned executive for the United Way of Greater Cleveland. Laura serves on the cabinet of GeneratioNext for the Cuyahoga County United Way and is a member of the Associate Committee for the Jones Day United Way Campaign. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance

Representative Cases

• Cortec acquires Display Specialties
• Davis Petroleum obtains $125 million secured revolving credit facility , (2009)
• Edgewater acquires business unit of Norac , (2009)
• KeyBank provides financing for $56 million LBO of diagnostic service company
• National City provides $450 million credit facility to Abercrombie & Fitch
• National City provides financing for LBO of gear drive manufacturer
• OrthoHelix Surgical Designs obtains credit facility in connection with refinancing
• Primus Capital acquires Healthcare Management Systems
• Raymond James acquires Sirchie Fingerprint
• Resilience Capital merges portfolio company with Durakon Industries , (2009)
• Riverside acquires Coeur , (2009)
• Riverside acquires Eemax and Home Heating Products , (2009)
• Riverside acquires Genetic Testing Institute
• Riverside acquires Junior Library Guild
• Riverside acquires UltraVolt and Galluppi Associates , (2009)
• 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)
• TSG Consumer Partners acquires Pevonia and Medicalia

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

• Ohio

Education

• Boston College
• Ohio State University

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7471 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com