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Mike Rupe is a Financial Restructuring partner, the Head of the Firm’s Special Situations practice and one of the Team Leaders of the Firm’s Capital Solutions practice based in the New York office. Mike is a consummate dealmaker, well-known for his ‘cutting to the chase’ commercial and pragmatic approach to complex business and legal issues, extensive market knowledge and vast industry network.
Throughout his 25+ year career, Mike has focused his practice on the representation of sophisticated financial institutions in all aspects of in- and out-of-court workout, restructuring and special situations matters, including some of the most high profile Liability Management Transactions. Mike also represents private credit funds and other sources of alternative capital in a variety of financing transactions.
Mike’s representative experience includes:
Financial Restructurings
- Leading financial institutions through some of the largest and most complicated recent restructurings, including Talen Energy Supply, Payless Holdings, Boardriders, Nine West Holdings, Fairway Group Holdings, Gymboree, Chuck E. Cheese, Logan’s Roadhouse, TriMark, Totes Isotoner and a plethora of non-public matters.
Opportunistic Investments (including Liability Management Transactions)
- Represented distressed investor in structuring a drop-down transaction to provide needed liquidity to a data and analytics company focused on the construction industry
- Represented distressed investor in structuring a drop-down transaction to provide needed liquidity to the largest alcohol co-packer in the U.S.
- Represented distressed investor in structuring an uptiering transaction to provide needed liquidity to a leading fishing supply company
- Represented distressed investor in structuring a structurally senior new money facility to provide needed liquidity to an end-to-end satellite solutions company
Private Credit/Direct Lending
- Represented lender in its roles as the first lien lender, second lien lender and preferred equity investor in an investment in a market leader in developing cloud software designed to revolutionize the customer experience for utilities, energy retailers, suppliers, and energy transition companies through a comprehensive customer-to-cash technology platform
- Represented lender as administrative agent and lender on its first lien senior secured credit facility to a leading home security system company
- Represented lead arranger and lender on a first lien term loan and royalty financing
- Represented lender on its unitranche senior secured credit facility to a vertically integrated company that manufactures, sells, installs and supports high quality commercial fitness equipment and digital solutions
- Represented lender on the debt and equity financing used to finance the recapitalization of a technology company providing energy management solutions for restaurants to reduce utility costs, enhance food safety and increase operational efficiency
- Represented lender on the debt and equity financing used to support an acquisition and provide ongoing working capital liquidity to a company that provides cutting-edge data-enabled solutions to the intelligence and defense communities, with a focus on artificial intelligence and digital technologies
- Represented lender on a unitrache financing of one of the largest integrators and resellers of supply chain data capture and mobile tech solutions
- Represented lender in a time-sensitive deal that closed in just over one week to provide financing to a company providing specialized consulting services to the air transportation industry
Preferred Equity
- Represented hedge fund on its anticipated preferred equity investment in a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market
- Represented lender in its roles as the first lien lender, second lien lender and preferred equity investor in an investment in a market leader in developing cloud softwaredesigned to revolutionize the customer experience for utilities, energy retailers, suppliers, and energy transition companies through a comprehensive customer-to-cash technology platform
- Represented investor in preferred equity investment in a company that specializes in creating customized service contracts, protection and maintenance plans and various F&I solutions needs
Mike received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and his B.A. from The Ohio State University. He is admitted to practice in New York, Ohio (inactive) and Illinois (inactive). Mike was a Judicial Extern for the Hon. R. Guy Cole Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
*Certain representations occurred prior to Mike’s association with Cadwalader.
