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Jack Orford

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Advises financial sponsors, corporate borrowers and lenders on a wide variety of financing transactions, with a focus on leveraged loans and high-yield debt.

Jack has extensive experience advising borrowers and lenders on a wide range of finance and capital markets transactions, including complex cross-border leveraged buyouts, high-yield debt securities, bridge financings, investment-grade debt, private debt, asset-based lending and securitization, and restructuring transactions. Jack has advised 26North, BDT & MSD Partners, Bridgepoint, Brookfield, Cornell Capital, Elliott Management, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, TPG and many of their individual portfolio companies, as well as corporate clients including Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Chase Corporation, Clarivate, Mirion Technologies, Rentokil Initial and Semtech.

Experience highlights

  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals on its $2.35 billion term loan extension, effected through a combination of cashless exchange, debt repurchase and refinancing
  • Asplundh on a $2.75 billion financing in connection with a dividend recapitalization and on a $750 million extended revolving credit facility
  • BDT & MSD Partners on various financing transactions, including for its portfolio companies Balcan Plastics, Culligan, MJH Life Sciences, Waterlogic and Weber
  • Brookfield on financings in excess of $15 billion in connection with the acquisition of the Power Solutions business of Johnson Controls (now Clarios) and subsequent corporate financings
  • Clarivate on financings in excess of $7.5 billion in connection with its acquisitions of ProQuest and Decision Resources Group, and its $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global and certain other refinancings
  • Cornell Capital on various financing transactions in excess of $1.5 billion, including for its portfolio companies Advantek, HC Staffing, Ingenovis Health, Spectrum Automotive and Springboard Healthcare
  • Elliott Management on the financing aspects of its €1.2 billion sale of AC Milan to RedBird Capital Partners
  • Josh Harris on the financing for the acquisition of the Washington Commanders
  • Mirion Technologies on a $920 million financing in connection with its 2021 de-SPAC transaction
  • Rentokil Initial on certain financing aspects of its $6.7 billion acquisition of Terminix Global Holdings
  • Semtech Corporation on $1.815 billion in credit facilities and convertible notes in connection with the acquisition of Sierra Wireless
  • Signify Health on the $535 million refinancing of its first-lien term loan and revolving credit facility
  • Symphony Technology Group on $1.46 billion in financings for the acquisition of RSA
  • TPG, Inc. on the financing aspects of its $2.7 billion acquisition of Angelo Gordon and $1.5 billion in corporate financings
  • TPG Capital on various financing transactions, including for its investments in Centrify and Thycotic, Convey Health Solutions, Elite, Forcepoint G2CI and Health Balance
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Education
LL.B., University of Sydney
B.Sc., Organic Chemistry, University of Sydney
Clerkships
Law Clerk, Hon. Patricia Bergin, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2014
Professional history
  • Partner, 2023-present
  • Counsel, 2022-2023
  • Davis Polk since 2017
  • Lawyer, Ashurst (Australia), 2015-2017
Qualifications and admissions
  • State of New York
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